Policing and Surveillance
My dissertation focuses on the landscape of police surveillance capabilities. Using an original, national survey developed in collaboration with Matthew B. Kugler and CivicPulse, I present quantitative, descriptive evidence on the range of surveillance tools that local police departments might have. The project expands existing knowledge by including evidence from small jurisdictions, which to date has been largely overlooked. I use the results from the survey to engage with socio-legal discussions regarding the costs and benefits of increasingly sophisticated police surveillance practices.
Articles and Working Papers
*Mariana Oliver and Matthew B. Kugler, Surveying Surveillance: A National Study of Police Department Surveillance Technologies, 54(1) Ariz. State Law J. (forthcoming April 2022).
Matthew Kugler and Mariana Oliver, Constitutional Pandemic Surveillance, 111(4) J. Crim. L. & Criminology (Nov. 25, 2021), [link]
Matthew B. Kugler, Mariana Oliver, Jonathan Chu, and Nathan Lee, American Law Enforcement Responses to COVID-19, J. Crim. L. & Criminology: online (March 17, 2021). [link]
Matthew B. Kugler and Mariana Oliver, Surveillance Intrusiveness in a Pandemic, NW. U. L. REV: online (April 28, 2020). [link]
Greek Life on College Campuses
This is a long-term project spearheaded by Dr. Simone Ispa-Landa and her team at Northwestern University. We interview women in Greek Life at an elite, college campus over the course of their college years and beyond to understand how highly-educated women make sense of status hierarchies and gender norms.
Articles
Simone Ispa-Landa and Mariana Oliver. “Hybrid Femininities: Making Sense of Sorority Rankings and Reputation.” Gender & Society (2020). [link]
Hiring Discrimination
In this project with Dr. Lincoln Quillian and John Lee of Northwestern University, we conducted a meta-analysis of existing field studies of racial or ethnic discrimination in hiring. Our findings show that considerable, additional discrimination occurs after a callback at the job offer (hiring) stage.
Articles
Lincoln Quillian, John Lee, and Mariana Oliver. “Evidence from Field Experiments in Hiring Shows Substantial Additional Racial Discrimination after the Callback.” Social Forces 1–28 (2020). [link]