Felicia Pratto (born April 29, 1961) is a social psychologist known for her work on intergroup relations, dynamics of power, and social cognition.
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.
This book describes how societies are structured through group-based social hierarchies, and how societal structures lead to intergroup conflict, racism, classism, and patriarchy.