University of Wisconsin-Madison
Four Sociology instructors were nominated to be Honored Instructors as recognized by University Housing for Fall 2024. Jason Nolen, Tamkinat Rauf, Fabien Accominotti, and Jessica Calarco each received this distinction. Jason Nolen is a Lecturer who taught Criminology and Sociology of Race & Ethnicity in the United States this semester. Tamkinat Rauf is an Assistant Professor who …
Alzheimer’s & Dementia Abstract: Introduction: Late-life air pollution exposure is associated with an increased risk for dementia, with this effect exacerbated among apolipoprotein E-4 (ApoE-4) carriers. However, whether midlife occupational exposures likewise influence dementia outcomes, and varies as a function of ApoE-4 status is unknown. Methods: Using data from 3814 participants in the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS), …
Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology Abstract: While researchers have some recommendations for measuring gender identity in surveys based on research and other sources that are summarized in a series of working group and panel reports, we continue to refine our understanding and practices. Gender identity is usually measured in surveys using a categorical selection …
Chad Alan Goldberg was selected to be the 2024 Swarsensky Scholar-in-Residence at Temple Beth El in Madison, Wisconsin. He delivered the keynote lecture at the Swarsensky Memorial Weekend on Sunday, November 10. The lecture is entitled “Antisemitism and American Exceptionalism: Rethinking the Place of the Postwar Era in US History.”
Socius Abstract: The #MeToo movement illustrated how higher-ups may abuse their power by engaging in sexual harassment and generated heightened concern about hierarchical workplace romantic relationships. In a survey experiment, the authors test whether sexual attention from a superordinate outside one’s reporting chain (desired or not) leads to stereotyping and resultant career penalties. A woman …
Annual Review of Law and Social Science Abstract: Two broad thematic perspectives can be distinguished in the literature that broaches the revolutions–law nexus. One considers how actors’ relations to, and usages of, legal statutes and constitutional provisions affect the dynamics of revolutionary conjunctures (law in revolutions). The other examines how the dynamics and modalities of …
L’Année sociologique Abstract: Status—the value people are accorded by others—is a basic dimension of social stratification. There is, however, an ambiguity as to what sociologists mean when they talk about status differences: they can be differences in the overall amount of esteem individuals receive from various others; or differences in how any individual distributes their …
Comparative Population Studies (download pdf) Abstract: Couples in which wives have more education than their husbands have been found to be more likely than other couples to divorce. But this relationship varies across time and place. We compare the relationship between spouses’ relative education and marital dissolution across four birth cohorts born between 1951 and …
Frontiers in Public Health Background: Individuals’ sense of belonging (SoB) to their neighborhood is an understudied psychosocial factor that may influence the association between neighborhood characteristics, health, and disparities across socio-demographic groups. Methods: Using 2014–2016 data from the Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW, N = 1,706), we conduct a detailed analysis of SoB and health in an American …
Chloe Hart was quoted in the USA Today article “These women spoke out about Diddy years ago. Why didn’t we listen?” Some of the women alleging Combs abused them are Black women, which may play a part in the doubt they faced. According to Chloe Grace Hart, an assistant professor of sociology at University of …