Social Science Research Abstract: Black-White disparities in low birth weight (LBW) rise with maternal age. Why? The “weathering hypothesis” holds that the increasing disparity is due to the accumulation of adverse exposures leading to accelerated …
Month: September 2024
Heather Sauyaq Jean Kwamboka Gordon (MS 2014) receives Arctic Fulbright
Heather Sauyaq Jean Kwamboka Gordon (MS 2014) is one of twenty outstanding scholars who will engage in collaborative, multi-disciplinary research over the next 18 months as part of the fourth iteration of the U.S. Department …
Pandemic Housing: The Role of Landlords, Social Networks, and Social Policy in Mitigating Housing Insecurity During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Max Besbris, Sadie Dempsey, Brian McCabe, and Eva Rosen (2024)
Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Abstract: This article uses a subsample of low-income American Voices Project respondents who rent their homes to examine how households coped with housing insecurity at the onset …
Alum Liz Lefkofsky wins Luminary Award from WFAA
When Liz Lefkofsky earned her BA in Sociology in 1991, she couldn’t have imagined where she would be today. As President of the Lefkofsky Family Foundation, Liz received the Luminary Award from Wisconsin Alumni Association. …
Morgan Henson receives fellowships and joins Teaching & Learning Advisory Council
Morgan Henson received the 2024-25 UW Center for German and European Studies RA Competition Fellowship and the Gullickson Fellowship through the College of Letters & Science. His current research is about how the far right …
Increased homicide played a key role in driving Black-White disparities in life expectancy among men during the COVID-19 pandemic by Michael Light and Karl Vachuska (2024)
PLOS ONE Abstract: Disparities in life expectancy between Black and White Americans increased substantially during the COVID-19 pandemic. During the same period, the US experienced the largest increase in homicide on record. Yet, little research …
Maria-Fátima Santos joins department as Anna Julia Cooper postdoctoral fellow
Maria-Fátima Santos has joined our department as an Anna Julia Cooper postdoctoral fellow in the 2024-25 academic year. She will be an Assistant Professor in Fall of 2025. Her work encompasses social theory, political sociology, …
Police’s Attribution of Racial Inequality in the Criminal Justice System: A Case of Non-Binary Color-Blindness by Jungmyung Kim (2024)
Ethnic and Racial Studies Abstract: This study critically examines how police officers attribute racial disparities within the US criminal justice system. For this inquiry, the study used in-depth interviews with 65 police officers from 4 …
Lindsay Cannon receives Society of Family Planning Emerging Scholar grant
Lindsay Cannon was selected to receive a Society of Family Planning Emerging Scholar grant to help fund research for her dissertation, “Abortion restrictions and pregnancy decision-making among people with the capacity for pregnancy with chronic …
What Is Sociological About Environmental Sociology?: Qualitative Methods in an Era of Rapid Environmental Change by Max Besbris (2024)
Qualitative Sociology Abstract: This special issue aims to display the breadth and depth of qualitative studies of the environment. In terms of breadth, the work here demonstrates that sociology should have a capacious definition of …