Annika Wilcox
Biographic Data
| ID | 3685378 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Annika Wilcox |
| GIVEN NAMES | Annika |
| FAMILY NAME | Wilcox |
| SIGNATURE | WILCOX A |
| AFFILIATIONS | East Stroudsburg University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5247-9936 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
“Dangerous, Demeaning, and Immoral”
This paper discusses the potential individual, institutional, and societal implications of ongoing federal and state funding cuts for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)‐related research and programming across science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields in United States higher education. We draw on the concepts of organizational inequality regimes, institutional isomorphism, and neoliberalism to conceptualize likely consequ…
The Inauthenticity of Organizational Diversity Initiatives
Organizations often use diversity initiatives to craft an image of moral goodness while doing little to address workplace inequalities. This disconnect is intensified in the U.S. technology industry, where companies attempt to claim identities as progressive diversity supporters despite obvious patterns of inequality and discrimination. How do tech employees make sense of this contradiction? This study combines the sociology of diversity, sociolo…
Advancing equity in academia
The language of “diversity” or “DEI”? Exploring job titles of diversity professionals in US institutions of higher education
Diversity discourse and related policy have been common in US higher education, and many such institutions employ diversity professionals. As diversity has historically been a contested concept, the language schools use to articulate diversity can greatly shape the discursive environment and work faced by diversity professionals, especially in the current moment of regular political attacks on diversity and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) …
Conforming Critical Diversity
Workplace well‐being
Well‐being (or lack thereof) is one phenomena that is shaped by and has important implications for organizational (in)equalities, yet remains widely conceptualized at an individual level. Through a review of previous research on organizational inequality and diversity, we argue for a shift towards studying “workplace well‐being”—well‐being as created by and through work organizations. We identify and discuss three pillars of workplace well‐being …
Human Rights and Dissent in Hybrid Environments
Research indicates that social movements are shaped by increased opportunities and threats, yet this work rarely examines environments of intersecting opportunity and threat. This article extends the literature on political opportunity theory by explaining how shifting rights regimes influence the political context of movements. Specifically, we analyze how dissent in Communist Czechoslovakia responded to the expansion and contraction of rights a…
Gender inequality in relational position-taking
Elite Cultural Work and Discursive Obstruction of Human Rights Activism
When challenged, states frequently respond with discursive campaigns meant to undercut the legitimacy of social movements. However, we know little about how the social and cultural status of challengers affects the state’s discursive response. We address this gap by analyzing an important historical case of human rights activism in Communist Czechoslovakia. Despite its long history of violence and repression, Czechoslovakia signed several interna…
Elite Cultural Work and Discursive Obstruction of Human Rights Activism
When challenged, states frequently respond with discursive campaigns meant to undercut the legitimacy of social movements. However, we know little about how the social and cultural status of challengers affects the state’s discursive response. We address this gap by analyzing an important historical case of human rights activism in Communist Czechoslovakia. Despite its long history of violence and repression, Czechoslovakia signed several interna…
Gender inequality in relational position-taking
The language of “diversity” or “DEI”? Exploring job titles of diversity professionals in US institutions of higher education
Diversity discourse and related policy have been common in US higher education, and many such institutions employ diversity professionals. As diversity has historically been a contested concept, the language schools use to articulate diversity can greatly shape the discursive environment and work faced by diversity professionals, especially in the current moment of regular political attacks on diversity and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) …
Conforming Critical Diversity
Human Rights and Dissent in Hybrid Environments
Research indicates that social movements are shaped by increased opportunities and threats, yet this work rarely examines environments of intersecting opportunity and threat. This article extends the literature on political opportunity theory by explaining how shifting rights regimes influence the political context of movements. Specifically, we analyze how dissent in Communist Czechoslovakia responded to the expansion and contraction of rights a…
Elite Cultural Work and Discursive Obstruction of Human Rights Activism
When challenged, states frequently respond with discursive campaigns meant to undercut the legitimacy of social movements. However, we know little about how the social and cultural status of challengers affects the state’s discursive response. We address this gap by analyzing an important historical case of human rights activism in Communist Czechoslovakia. Despite its long history of violence and repression, Czechoslovakia signed several interna…
Workplace well‐being
Well‐being (or lack thereof) is one phenomena that is shaped by and has important implications for organizational (in)equalities, yet remains widely conceptualized at an individual level. Through a review of previous research on organizational inequality and diversity, we argue for a shift towards studying “workplace well‐being”—well‐being as created by and through work organizations. We identify and discuss three pillars of workplace well‐being …
Human Rights and Dissent in Hybrid Environments
Research indicates that social movements are shaped by increased opportunities and threats, yet this work rarely examines environments of intersecting opportunity and threat. This article extends the literature on political opportunity theory by explaining how shifting rights regimes influence the political context of movements. Specifically, we analyze how dissent in Communist Czechoslovakia responded to the expansion and contraction of rights a…
Gender inequality in relational position-taking
Conforming Critical Diversity
Advancing equity in academia
The language of “diversity” or “DEI”? Exploring job titles of diversity professionals in US institutions of higher education
Diversity discourse and related policy have been common in US higher education, and many such institutions employ diversity professionals. As diversity has historically been a contested concept, the language schools use to articulate diversity can greatly shape the discursive environment and work faced by diversity professionals, especially in the current moment of regular political attacks on diversity and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) …
“Dangerous, Demeaning, and Immoral”
This paper discusses the potential individual, institutional, and societal implications of ongoing federal and state funding cuts for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)‐related research and programming across science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields in United States higher education. We draw on the concepts of organizational inequality regimes, institutional isomorphism, and neoliberalism to conceptualize likely consequ…
The Inauthenticity of Organizational Diversity Initiatives
Organizations often use diversity initiatives to craft an image of moral goodness while doing little to address workplace inequalities. This disconnect is intensified in the U.S. technology industry, where companies attempt to claim identities as progressive diversity supporters despite obvious patterns of inequality and discrimination. How do tech employees make sense of this contradiction? This study combines the sociology of diversity, sociolo…
Sociology (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Gender Diversity and Inequality (5 works) · Diversity (politics (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Equity (law (3 works) · Inequality (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works)