Larra Rucker

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Doctoral student in public policy

University of Arkansas

4 h-index 14 pubs 66 cited

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Larra Rucker's research investigates representation and inequality within U.S. public sector organizations, with a particular focus on gender-based disparities in state bureaucracies and school districts. Her work examines occupational segregation, pay inequality, and the representation of women and ethnic/racial groups in administrative and leadership positions. Rucker also studies professional development in early childhood education, analyzing its association with teacher beliefs and practices, and the alignment between state licensing policies and teacher qualifications.

Her publications span topics such as gender-based pay inequality in state bureaucracies from 1995-2015, sex-based occupational segregation in U.S. state bureaucracies, and women's representation in school district employment categories. She has also published on ethnic/racial representation in U.S. school district leadership and the intersectional representation of employees in these districts. Rucker's scholarship metrics include an h-index of 4, 14 total publications, and 66 total citations.

Metrics

h-index: 4
Publications: 14
Citations: 66

Positions

Doctoral student in public policy publications 2019–2026

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Institution web page

Selected Publications

Is It Who You Are or What You Do? Gender-Based Occupational Segregation and Pay Inequities in State-Level Public Sector Leadership Positions (2026)

State and Local Government Review DOI OpenAlex
Intersectional Representation Among Employees in U.S. School Districts (2025)

Journal of Social Equity and Public Administration 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
Ethnic/Racial Representation in Leadership Positions in US School Districts, 2002–2014: Are School Districts Achieving Parity? (2025)

Social Science Quarterly 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
Half-Baked by Design? A Four-State Analysis of Gender-Based Occupational Segregation and Pay Inequities (2025)

Public Personnel Management 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
Women’s Representation in Employment Categories in U.S. School Districts, 2002 to 2014: Are School Districts Achieving Parity? (2024)

Public Administration Quarterly 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
How policy can help prepare early childhood teachers: the alignment between state childcare licensing policy and teacher qualification attainment (2022)

Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
Variation in State Early Childhood Lead Educator Qualifications: Pre-service Versus In-service Qualification, Professional Organization, and Geographical Proximity (2021)

Early Childhood Education Journal 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
The what, how, and who, of early childhood professional development (PD): Differential associations of PD and self-reported beliefs and practices (2020)

Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education 21 citations DOI OpenAlex
You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby, but You Still Have a Long Way to Go: Gender-Based Pay Inequality in U.S. State Bureaucracies, 1995-2015 (2019)

Public Personnel Management 12 citations DOI OpenAlex
Two Tales of Cities: Revisiting Sex-Based Occupational Segregation in U.S. Municipal Bureaucracies, 1991-2015 (2019)

Public Personnel Management 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
Reconsidering Sex-Based Occupational Segregation and Agency Missions: An Analysis of U.S. State Bureaucracies (1987-2015) Using Two Different Thresholds (2019)

Administration & Society 10 citations DOI OpenAlex