Term: Fall 2024 Status: Cancelled Working With: Prof. Joel Rogers Meets: 9:55-11:55 M, 216 Ingraham Topic: Community-Engaged Research for Solving Urban Problems: A High-Road Practicum Use social science research tools to solve problems in Wisconsin communities! …
Month: March 2024
Defining the ‘Resource Unit’ for Poverty Measurement in Complex Contemporary Households: It’s Complicated by Lawrence Berger, Maria Cancian, Marcia J. Carlson, Daniel R. Meyer, Quentin Riser & Nora Cate Schaeffer (2024)
Population Research and Policy Review Abstract: Determining whether a household is ‘in poverty,’ requires identifying a resource unit, typically consisting of individuals who both co-reside and pool resources. High levels of family complexity and fluidity …
Inequality and social stratification in Russia during the Putin regime: From market transition to war on Ukraine by Theodore P. Gerber and Vladimir Gimpelson (2024)
Sociology Compass Abstract: The collapse of the USSR in late 1991 inspired social science research on levels, patterns, and trends in inequality within Russia, due to theoretical interest in how market transition affects social stratification. …
Classed Burdens: Habitus and Administrative Burden during the COVID-19 Pandemic by Taylor Laemmli (2024)
Sociological Science Abstract: This paper shows how class shaped service workers’ experiences of administrative burdens during the COVID-19 pandemic. I use the pandemic and pandemic-related shutdowns as a pseudo natural experiment in which job loss …
Asymmetry of Representation in Poor People’s Courts by Tonya L. Brito and Daniela Campos Ugaz (2024)
Fordham Law Review Abstract: This Essay examines the asymmetry of representation in poor people’s courts, specifically in child support enforcement cases involving the State. The asymmetry of representation is a common occurrence in various civil …
Lucas Wiscons and Kristen Billings among 2024 TA award winners
Thirty-one exceptional graduate students have been selected as recipients of the 2023-24 Campus-Wide Teaching Assistant Awards, recognizing their strengths and commitment surrounding the craft of teaching. Among them are Lucas Wiscons, who received a Capstone …
Safe as Houses: Financialization, Foreclosure, and Precarious Homeownership in the United States by Walker Kahn (2024)
American Sociological Review Abstract: The financialization of the U.S. economy has had important implications for household well-being, but the mechanisms connecting financialization and precarity have not been fully identified. This research identifies mortgage foreclosure as …