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  2. Year: 2021
  3. Month: January

Month: January 2021

Monica Grant and Michael Light Appointed as Vilas Associates

Posted on January 28, 2021

Congratulations to Monica Grant and Mike Light for their appointments as Vilas Associates!  Recipients are chosen competitively by Divisional Research Committees of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education on the …

Posted in Faculty & Lecturers, NewsTagged Faculty, News

Nathan Seltzer Receives Katherine DuPre Lumpkin Dissertation of the Year Award

Posted on January 28, 2021

Nathan received his Ph.D. in April of 2020 and is now a National Institute on Aging T32 Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Demography at the University of California, Berkeley.  His dissertation, “The Population Effects …

Posted in News, Student & AlumniTagged Graduate Program, News

Christine Schwartz’s Research Referenced in “New York Times”

Posted on January 28, 2021

In an opinion piece published in the “New York Times” on January 13, 2021, Thomas B. Edsall explores the various motivations of the pro-Trump mob that attacked the Capitol on January 6.   Edsall addresses “disgruntlement …

Posted in Faculty & Lecturers, NewsTagged Inequality, News

In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Franklin Wilson

Posted on January 13, 2021

Franklin D. Wilson taught at the University of Wisconsin from 1973 until 2007, where he was most recently the William H. Sewell-Bascom Emeritus Professor of Sociology. He served as Chair of the Department of Afro-American …

Posted in Faculty & Lecturers, NewsTagged Faculty, News

In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Franklin Wilson

Posted on January 12, 2021

Franklin D. Wilson taught at the University of Wisconsin from 1973 until 2007, where he was most recently the William H. Sewell-Bascom Emeritus Professor of Sociology. He served as Chair of the Department of Afro-American …

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Virtual Book Launch for Book on Wisconsin Idea

Posted on January 5, 2021

A virtual book launch event will be held January 28, 4:15 – 5:15pm CST, for Education for Democracy: Renewing the Wisconsin Idea, a new book from University of Wisconsin Press, edited by Professor Chad Alan …

Posted in Faculty & Lecturers, News, PublicationsTagged Faculty, News

Winter 2020 Commencement Speaker: Sociology Alumna Rose Lavelle

Posted on January 1, 2021

Lavelle was a member of the U.S. Women’s soccer team that won the World Cup championship in the summer of 2019. Lavelle majored in Sociology in 2017.  She shared life lessons and her admiration for …

Posted in News, Student & AlumniTagged Alumni, News

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