Felicia Pratto

Felicia Pratto
OccupationProfessor of Psychology
Academic background
Alma materCarnegie Mellon University, New York University
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Connecticut

Felicia Pratto (born 1961) is a social psychologist known for her work on intergroup relations, dynamics of power, and social cognition.[1] She is Professor of Psychological Sciences at the University of Connecticut. Pratto is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science.

Pratto is co-author, with Jim Sidanius, of Social dominance: An intergroup theory of social hierarchy and oppression.[2][3] This book describes how societies are structured through group-based social hierarchies, and how societal structures lead to intergroup conflict, racism, classism, and patriarchy.

  1. ^ "Felicia Pratto". pratto.socialpsychology.org. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
  2. ^ Sidanius, Jim; Pratto, Felicia (1999). Social dominance : an intergroup theory of social hierarchy and oppression. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521622905. OCLC 39875228.
  3. ^ Mabasa, Langutani F. (2003). "Book Review: Social Dominance: An Intergroup Theory of Social Hierarchy and OppressionSocial Dominance: An Intergroup Theory of Social Hierarchy and oppressionAuthors: SidaniusJ. and PrattF.Date: 2001". South African Journal of Psychology. 33 (3). Cambridge University Press: 197. doi:10.1177/008124630303300311. ISBN 0-521-62290-5. ISSN 0081-2463. S2CID 147203264.

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