Term: Spring 2020, may be continued through Summer 2020 Status: Open Contact: Prof Pamela Oliver (pamela.oliver@wisc.edu) , Sociology Graduate Student Morgan Matthews (mmathews5@wisc.edu) Description: We are hiring undergraduate research assistants for our NSF-funded project “Generating …
Month: December 2019
Soc 320 Research Opportunity, Spring 2020: Measuring Varieties of Populism in Political Speeches
Term: Spring 2020 Status: Open Contact: Kerem Morgul morgul@wisc.edu Description: This project proposes a novel method for measuring populism in political speeches, a method that maps populist discourse along two dimensions: (i) a vertical dimension …
Essay by Associate Professor John Eason Part of Focus, online publication of IRP
Focus is the Institute for Research on Poverty’s online collection of brief essays summarizing current poverty and policy research for non-researchers. Each issue is accompanied by Focus+, a college classroom resource, which includes additional information …
Memorial for Sandy Ramer on December 14
We are sorry to share the news that Sandy Ramer passed away on November 12th. Sandy was the Sociology Department’s graduate advisor from 1983 – 2010. She was adored by many faculty members and graduate …
Soc 320 Research Opportunity, Spring 2020: Environment & Labor: Waste Remediation Industries
Term: Spring 2020 Status: Open Contact: Alexis Econie econie@wisc.edu See below for syllabus and application form. Description: This is a directed study course focused on research surrounding the social construction of skill and risk in …