University of Wisconsin-Madison
Jill Richardson’s dissertation research examines how a Montana-based non-profit, Blackfoot Challenge (BC), facilitates the exchange of knowledge between experts and laypeople for carnivore management. Her article titled, “The Cows May Safely Graze: Placing Expert-Lay Relationships at the Center of Overcoming the Expert-Lay Knowledge Divide” was recently published in “Rural Sociology.” Her research was recently featured …
Sociology alumna Alex Hanna, Ph.D. 2016, came out as a transgender woman while at UW- Madison and recently created a scholarship to support undergraduate students committed to and engaged in activities that support the LGBTQ+ community. Her story was recently featured in the College of Letters & Science publication “Sift & Winnow.” Hanna now works …
Term: Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 Status: Open Working With: Taylor Laemmli, laemmli@wisc.edu Topic: Class Keeping: Paying Privileged Non-Elites to Maintain Elite Lifestyles This project examines class keeping, my term for a relationship in which elites pay privileged non-elites (class keepers) to maintain their lifestyles. Class keepers include, for example, personal assistants, estate managers, makeup artists, …