University of Wisconsin–Madison

Month: August 2023

Soc 320 Research Opportunity, Fall 2023: Cultural Scripts About Flirtation in American Media

Term: Fall 2023 (Soc 320, Section 036) Status: OPEN Contact: Please contact Chloe Hart chloe.hart@wisc.edu to apply for this position. See details below. It is available for 2 credits. Description: Flirtation – expressing romantic or sexual interest in someone – isn’t a skill that is formally taught in schools or workplaces. Informal sources of information …

Happiness Scholarship and Redistributive Preferences by Tamkinat Rauf & Jeremy Freese (August 2023)

Social Psychology Quarterly Abstract: Despite a steep rise in income inequality over the past five decades, Americans’ preferences for redistribution have remained stagnant. Previous research suggests that redistributive preferences are rooted in stable institutional and cultural contexts but can change with exposure to information. We investigate the role of understandings of the link between income …

Morgan Henson Named 2023-2024 Morgridge Fellow

Congratulations to Morgan Henson, who was named a 2023-2024 Morgridge Fellow with the Center for Public Service and Community-Engaged Scholarship! The fellows were selected through a juried process to participate in the year-long learning community designed to further institutionalize and support Community-Engaged Scholarship. Congratulations, Morgan!

Soc 320 Research Opportunity, Fall 2023: Computational Textual Analysis on the Sociological Research of Nationalism

Term: Fall 2023 Status: Open Working With: Siying Fu siying.fu@wisc.edu Topic: Computational Textual Analysis on the Sociological Research of Nationalism In this project, we explore the key themes in the classic and recently influential sociological studies of nationalism with computational textual analytical techniques, especially LDA topic modelling. The undergraduate researchers will be responsible for data collection, processing …