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  2. Year: 2020
  3. Month: July

Month: July 2020

Kingsley Gobourne is a New Leader in Promoting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Madison

Posted on July 31, 2020

Kingsley Gobourne, UW Sociology alumnus (2009) and member of the department’s Board of Visitors, is working to improve the culture and climate at UnityPoint Health-Meriter.  As the program manager of diversity, equity and inclusion, Gobourne …

Posted in News, Student & AlumniTagged Inequality, News

Money Bail System Treats Rich and Poor Differently

Posted on July 30, 2020

A guest column by Professor Emerita Pamela Oliver was published in the July 25 edition of the Wisconsin State Journal that describes how the money bail system unfairly affects decisions on guilt and punishment in our …

Posted in Faculty & Lecturers, NewsTagged Criminal Justice, Inequality, News

COWS Releases State of Working Wisconsin 2020 Report

Posted on July 29, 2020

The Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS) has launched the 2020 edition of their “State of Working Wisconsin” report that tracks the ongoing economic indicators of the COVID-19 crisis in the state.  This year’s research took …

Posted in Community Partnership, Faculty & Lecturers, Grants & Research Findings, PublicationsTagged News

John Eason Receives NSF Funding for Research on COVID-19

Posted on July 27, 2020

Associate Professor John Eason has received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to research the extent of the reciprocal relationship of infections and deaths from COVID-19 among prisoners, correctional staff and the larger …

Posted in Faculty & Lecturers, Grants & Research Findings, NewsTagged Criminal Justice, Faculty, News

Nora Cate Schaeffer’s Presidential Address to the American Association of Public Opinion Research

Posted on July 17, 2020

Because of changes due to the pandemic, in June 2020 the University of Wisconsin Survey Center’s Faculty Director Nora Cate Schaeffer became the first president of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) to give …

Posted in Faculty & Lecturers, NewsTagged Faculty, News

ASA History of Sociology Section Award Honors Chad Goldberg’s Book

Posted on July 16, 2020

The American Sociological Association’s History of Sociology Section selected “Modernity and the Jews in Western Social Thought” written by Professor Chad Goldberg to be co-winner of its 2020 Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award. Congratulations Chad!

Posted in Faculty & Lecturers, NewsTagged Faculty, News

Five-year Renewal Funding for Interdisciplinary Training Program

Posted on July 10, 2020

The Interdisciplinary Training (ITP) program focuses on three themes for its predoctoral education research scholars: 1) Design and implementation of field-based randomized studies in schools; 2) Statistical analysis of quantitative survey, observational, and assessment data …

Posted in Faculty & Lecturers, News, Student & AlumniTagged Graduate Program, News

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