On Friday, February 23, 2024, Monica Grant delivered the annual Sewell Memorial lecture, titled “Fertility Responses to Climate Change in Malawi.” Seventy members of the Sociology community attended the lecture, including faculty, staff, emeriti, students, …
Month: February 2024
A Sociology of Real Estate: Polanyi, Du Bois, and the Relational Study of Commodified Land in a Climate-Changed Future by Max Besbris, John N. Robinson III, and Hillary Angelo (2024)
Annual Review of Sociology Abstract: Real estate plays an essential part in various sociological theories of political economy, state capacity, racecraft, stratification, and urbanization. However, since foundational insights about the novelty of commodified, emplaced private …
Anupama Kumar’s internship in India
During the summer after her first year as a grad student, Anupama Kumar traveled to Thiruvanathapuram, India to intern with Kudumbashree NRO as a part of her fellowship from the Institute for Regional and International …
Chiara Packard receives 2023-2024 Genevieve Gorst Herfurth Award; Julia Thomas receives honorable mention
Chiara Packard has won the 2023-2024 UW Madison’s Genevieve Gorst Herfurth Award for Outstanding Research in the Social Sciences for her paper “Prosecution for Services: How the Blending of Coercion and Care Shapes Prosecutors’ Decisions.” …
THE MYTH OF MUTUALITY: Decision-Making, Marital Power, and the Persistence of Gender Inequality by Jaclyn S. Wong and Allison Daminger (2024)
Gender & Society. Abstract: Invisible power—the ability to resist changing one’s behavior because of an unspoken consensus that the status quo is natural or inevitable—upholds gender inequality in different-gender marriages. Yet the “consensus” that Aafke …
Lifetime years married held steady for men with a BA degree since 1960 but dropped to lowest level since 1880 for men without a BA by Christine Schwartz, Rodrigo González-Velastín, and Anita Li (2024)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) Abstract: Trends in life expectancy and marriage patterns work together to determine expected lifetime years married. In 1880, adult life expectancy was short and marriages were more …
Alumnus Dom Ricks interviewed for Wisconsin State Journal
Alumnus Dom Ricks was featured in an article in the Wisconsin State Journal for his work as the first Black principal in the history of the Middleton-Cross Plains School District. Dom earned his BA in …
Get ready for Day of the Badger 2024!
Mark your calendars: Day of the Badger is April 16-17 this year. Let’s party with a purpose! Day of the Badger is a spirited day of giving that unites alumni, friends, and students to strengthen …
W. E. B. Du Bois: A Life of Critical Engagement
The Havens Wright Center for Social Justice is hosting Michael Burawoy to give a series of lectures about the life of W. E. B. Du Bois. Critical Engagement vs. Public Sociology. Tuesday, April 2 at …
Genetic Influences on Depression and Selection into Adverse Life Experiences by Tamkinat Rauf and Jeremy Freese (2024)
Social Science & Medicine Abstract: Genome-wide association studies find that a large number of genetic variants jointly influence the risk of depression, which is summarized by polygenic indices (PGIs) of depressive symptoms and major depression. …