An article by Theodore Gerber, Jane R. Zavisca and Beth Mitchneck, “Housing and integration of internally displaced persons: The case of Ukraine in 2018” was published in Migration and integration: Tackling policy changes, opportunities and …
Month: April 2024
Soc 320 Research Opportunity, Fall 2024 – Spring 2025: Reproductive Justice and Incarceration
Term: Fall 2024 – Spring 2025 (Soc 320, Section 278) Status: OPEN Contact: Please contact Molly Clark-Barol at clarkbarol@wisc.edu. It is available for 2-3 credits. Description: This mixed-methods action research project is in collaboration with …
Self-negation by Mustafa Emirbayer (2024)
Theory and Society Abstract: This paper presents a new approach to theorizing and empirically investigating a phenomenon variously described by sociologists as internalized oppression or symbolic violence. Located at the intersection of internal worlds and …
Sara Ronnkvist receives IPUMS Research Award
Sara Ronnkvist, Brian Thiede, and Emma Barber received an IPUMS Research Award for best grad student led paper using IPUMS Global Health data. Their paper, “Child fostering in a changing climate: evidence from sub-Saharan Africa,” …
Daniela Campos Ugaz receives SERA-LSA Dissertation Research Grant
Daniela Campos Ugaz received the Social and Economic Rights Associates-Law and Society Association (SERA-LSA) Dissertation Research Grant. Daniela’s research interests lie at the intersection of labor studies, economic sociology, global and transnational sociology, law and …
Educational attainment, family background and the emergence of pain gradients in adulthood by Michael Topping and Jason Fletcher (2024)
Social Science & Medicine Abstract: Current studies have indicated that the number of individuals living with pain has risen in recent years, with nearly half of all adults in some countries living with some form …
Walker Kahn interviewed for American Sociological Review’s podcast
Walker Kahn was interviewed about his recent article “Safe as Houses: Financialization, Foreclosure, and Precarious Homeownership in the United States” by the American Sociological Review for their podcast. Walker discusses his methodology, his research findings, …
Class Experience Mobility through Consumption, Work, and Relationships by Taylor Laemmli (2024)
Sociological Theory Abstract: Sociological analyses of class mobility focus on enduring class movement. How might we reconceptualize class mobility to capture more shifting experiences of class? I propose a new way to theorize class mobility …
Two 2024-25 L&S Teaching Mentors
Grad students Morgan Henson and Rebecca Laurent have been selected by the College of Letters & Science as Teaching Mentors for fall of 2024. Teaching Mentors will work together with the L&S TA Training & …
Skye Xollo receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Skye Xollo received a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for their work in Sociology on transnational human rights organizing. This award is most often given to students in the natural and …