Devah Pager, the Harvard sociologist who advanced the argument that there is discrimination in hiring through a groundbreaking report, died last week of pancreatic cancer. She was 46-years-old. Pager ...

Devah Pager, a Harvard sociologist best known for rigorously measuring and documenting racial discrimination in the labor market and in the criminal justice system, died last Friday at her home in ...

Devah Pager, a Harvard sociologist best known for rigorously measuring and documenting racial discrimination in the labor market and in the criminal justice system, died Nov. 2 at her home in ...

As a young girl growing up in Hawaii, Devah Pager was accustomed to a diverse society, where people of different ethnic groups blended easily and many of her peers claimed "mixed" racial identities.

In the stories of homeless men she encountered as a graduate student, Devah Pager found the seeds for her studies documenting employment discrimination that hobbles men with a felony conviction and ...

To truly appreciate Devah Pager, you had to see her in action. Pager was in my office at Harvard once when a researcher stopped by to tell me about an interview just conducted of men and women ...