Oh is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Asian Languages and Cultures. Her article, Babies, Work, or both? Highly educated women’s employment and fertility in East Asia was selected as one of five finalists from …
Year: 2020
Alex Hanna (Ph.D. ’16) Named One of 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics for 2021
Hanna is a senior research scientist on Google’s Ethical Artificial Intelligence (AI) team and the Women in AI Ethics project named her to its list of 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics for 2021. The …
Opinion piece in Newsweek: John Eason States Need to Vaccinate the Prison Population
Eason, who wrote this article with 3 colleagues who also research criminal justice, points out how some of the counties in the U.S. that are most affected by COVID-19 are those where correctional facilities are …
Soc 320 Research Opportunity, Spring 2021: Prosecutorial Decision-Making Across Contexts
Term: Spring 2021 (Soc 320, Section 235) Status: Open Contact: Please contact Chiara Packard cpackard@wisc.edu with your resume and cover letter (see details below) to apply for this position. It is available for 1-3 credits. …
John Eason and Colleagues Examine Wisconsin’s Changing Demographics
In collaboration with UW-Madison graduate students Chloe Haimson, Jungmyung Kim, and Benny Witkovsky, Associate Professor John Eason published an article in The Conversation, that was also featured in the Wisconsin State Journal, describing their research …
Study by Michael Light Demonstrates Low Crime Rates among Undocumented Immigrants Compared to U.S. Citizens
Associate Professor Michael Light, and UW-Madison graduate student co-authors Jingying He and Jason Robey, had their research published in an article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that compares crime rates between …
Soc 320 Research Opportunity, Spring 2021: Lobbying and the Revolving Door in Policymaking Processes
Term: Spring 2021 Status: Open Working With: Wendy Li, wyli@wisc.edu Topic: Lobbying and the Revolving Door in Policymaking Processes This project studies the career patterns of lobbyists and policymakers, to understand how policy careers and policy …
Felix Elwert Selected Editor-in-Chief for Sociological Methods and Research Journal
Felix Elwert, Professor of Sociology, will become the next Editor-in-Chief of Sociological Methods and Research (SMR). SMR is the top-ranked methodology journal in the social sciences by impact factor (4.51 in 2019), putting it ahead of …
Michal Engelman to be New Director of the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study
Associate Professor Michal Engelman will be the new director of the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, a long-term study of 10,317 men and women who graduated from Wisconsin high schools in 1957. Engelman plans to enhance the …
Soc 320 Research Opportunity, Spring 2021: Discourse Used in Federal Contraceptives Hearings
Term: Spring 2021 Status: Open Working With: Kelsey Wright, kwright22@wisc.edu Topic: Discourse Used in Federal Contraceptives Hearings This project investigates the discourse used in federal hearings related to federal provision of contraceptives. It pays particular attention …