Larra Rucker Data-verified
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Larra Rucker's research investigates issues of representation and equity within U.S. public sector employment, with a particular focus on school districts. Her work examines gender-based occupational segregation and pay inequities, as well as ethnic and racial representation in leadership positions. Rucker also studies early childhood education policy, analyzing the alignment between state licensing requirements and teacher qualifications. She has published on topics including women's representation in employment categories, gender-based inequalities in administrative positions, and variations in lead educator qualifications in early childhood settings. Rucker has collaborated with researchers including Brinck Kerr, Valerie H. Hunt, Melissa Taylor, and Anna Zajicek at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
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- h-index: 4
- Publications: 13
- Citations: 58
Selected Publications
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Intersectional Representation Among Employees in U.S. School Districts (2025)
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Ethnic/Racial Representation in Leadership Positions in US School Districts, 2002–2014: Are School Districts Achieving Parity? (2025)
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Half-Baked by Design? A Four-State Analysis of Gender-Based Occupational Segregation and Pay Inequities (2025)
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Women’s Representation in Employment Categories in U.S. School Districts, 2002 to 2014: Are School Districts Achieving Parity? (2024)
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How policy can help prepare early childhood teachers: the alignment between state childcare licensing policy and teacher qualification attainment (2022)
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Variation in State Early Childhood Lead Educator Qualifications: Pre-service Versus In-service Qualification, Professional Organization, and Geographical Proximity (2021)
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- How policy can help prepare early childhood teachers: the alignment between state childcare licensing policy and teacher qualification attainment
- Variation in State Early Childhood Lead Educator Qualifications: Pre-service Versus In-service Qualification, Professional Organization, and Geographical Proximity
- Examining gender-based inequalities in US public sector administrative positions over time
- Women’s Representation in Employment Categories in U.S. School Districts, 2002 to 2014: Are School Districts Achieving Parity?
- Half-Baked by Design? A Four-State Analysis of Gender-Based Occupational Segregation and Pay Inequities
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
- Examining gender-based inequalities in US public sector administrative positions over time
- Women’s Representation in Employment Categories in U.S. School Districts, 2002 to 2014: Are School Districts Achieving Parity?
- Half-Baked by Design? A Four-State Analysis of Gender-Based Occupational Segregation and Pay Inequities
- Intersectional Representation Among Employees in U.S. School Districts
- Ethnic/Racial Representation in Leadership Positions in US School Districts, 2002–2014: Are School Districts Achieving Parity?
- Examining gender-based inequalities in US public sector administrative positions over time
- Women’s Representation in Employment Categories in U.S. School Districts, 2002 to 2014: Are School Districts Achieving Parity?
- Intersectional Representation Among Employees in U.S. School Districts
- Ethnic/Racial Representation in Leadership Positions in US School Districts, 2002–2014: Are School Districts Achieving Parity?
- How policy can help prepare early childhood teachers: the alignment between state childcare licensing policy and teacher qualification attainment
- Variation in State Early Childhood Lead Educator Qualifications: Pre-service Versus In-service Qualification, Professional Organization, and Geographical Proximity
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