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  2. Year: 2019
  3. Month: October

Month: October 2019

Sociology at Work Event October 30: What Can You Do with a Sociology Major?

Posted on October 24, 2019
Posted in Student & AlumniTagged News

Sociology Colloquium Features Eviatar Zerubavel October 30

Posted on October 24, 2019

On Wednesday October 30 at 12:15pm Eviatar Zerubavel, Board of Governors Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University, will present the Department of Sociology Colloquium in room 8417 in the Sewell Social Sciences Building.  His …

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Benny Witkovsky Presents Free Public Lecture on Small Cities and the Politics of Exclusion

Posted on October 21, 2019

Benny Witkovsky, a Sociology graduate student, is the guest speaker at “Forward? The Wisconsin Idea, Past and Present” free lecture series on Tuesday October 22 from 6:00pm – 7:15pm in the Benetic-Biotechnology Center Building, 425 …

Posted in News, Student & Alumni

Segregation and Violence Paper Discussed on Podcast

Posted on October 17, 2019

A research article written by Professor Michael Light and graduate student Julia Thomas was discussed this fall on an episode of The Weeds podcast.  Skip to 47:22 for the paper, “Segregation and Violence Reconsidered: Do …

Posted in News, Publications

Myra Marx Ferree Comments on the Crisis of Masculinity

Posted on October 17, 2019

Myra Marx Ferree, Professor Emerita, was recently interviewed about the nation state, gender and intersectional feminism for The Europe Desk podcast, produced by the BMW Center for German and European Studies at Georgetown University.  Myra …

Posted in Faculty & Lecturers, News

NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow Awarded to Cortez

Posted on October 4, 2019

Congratulations to Dagoberto Cortez (PhD19) for receiving a National Science Foundation SBE Postdoctoral Research Fellowship! He is currently working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Sociology at The University of Texas at …

Posted in News, Student & Alumni

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