Work by Christine Schwartz and alum Pamela Smock was cited in the 2024 Economic Report of the President. The Report presents an overview of the nation’s economic progress and makes the case for the Biden-Harris …
Month: March 2024
Not all friends are created equal: Friendship ties across different social contexts in South Korea by Chaeyoon Lim, Yoonyoung Na, Hyeona Park, and Dong-Kyun Im (2024)
Social Networks Abstract: This study explores variation in composition and strength of close friendship ties across timing and contexts of tie formation. Analyzing South Korean survey data and comparing it with existing U.S. and Korean …
Kelly Ward receives Career Enhancement Fellowship
Congratulations to Kelly Ward, who will be a Career Enhancement Fellow next academic year with support from the Institute for Citizens & Scholars! The Career Enhancement Fellows are exceptional scholars whose work broadens the range …
Max Besbris on settled lawsuits against the National Association of Realtors
A recent lawsuit against the National Association of Realtors has kept Max Besbris busy. He’s been quoted in The New York Times article Powerful Realtor Group Agrees to Slash Commissions to Settle Lawsuits: “This will …
Benny Witkovsky publishes op-ed in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Benny Witkovsky published an op-ed about his dissertation research titled “Pretending local elections aren’t partisan is actually making voters angrier” in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Ballots for local elections in Wisconsin do not include party …
Disparities in birth outcomes within the U.S. White population: Prevalence of low birth weight among immigrant mothers from the Middle East and North Africa by Leila Moustafa, Patricia McGaughey, and Tod G. Hamilton (2024)
Social Science & Medicine – Population Health Abstract: Immigration from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has diversified the U.S. non-Hispanic White population. Analyzing health disparities within this group is a complex task due …
Who Believes Gender Research? How Readers’ Gender Shapes the Evaluation of Gender Research by Chloe Grace Hart, Charlotte H. Townsend, and Solène Delecourt (2024)
Social Psychology Quarterly Abstract: Prior research finds that relative to women, men are less receptive to scientific evidence of gender bias against women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, whereas the researcher’s gender does not …
Jenna Nobles receives Cozzarelli Prize from PNAS
Jenna Nobles and Florencia Torche received a 2023 Cozzarelli Prize from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) for their paper “Vaccination, immunity, and the changing impact of COVID-19 on infant health.” The …
The spectacle of automation and status aspirations: adoption of automated metro systems around the world, 2000–2020 by Youbin Kang and Jungmyung Kim (2024)
Socio-Economic Review Abstract Automation’s extensive impact on the labor market and economy is well recognized, but the underlying motivations for its adoption remain understudied. To address this gap, we analyze an original dataset covering 1276 …
Strangers No Longer: An Evening with Sergio González
We’re co-sponsoring an event with Chican@ and Latin@ Studies, “Strangers No Longer: An Evening with Sergio González.” Marquette University History Professor and UW-Madison alum Sergio González will visit Madison on April 4, 2024 to discuss …