Year: 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)

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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 network data, we find both similarities and differences between friendship and non-kin discussion networks in the two countries. We show …

Kelly Ward receives Career Enhancement Fellowship

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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 of perspectives and understandings offered on college campuses and creates opportunities for crucial new scholarly voices to be heard in …

Max Besbris on settled lawsuits against the National Association of Realtors

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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 be a really fundamental shift in how Americans buy, search for, and purchase and sell their housing. It will absolutely …

Benny Witkovsky publishes op-ed in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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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 identification next to candidates’ names. He explains why that practice began, describes why it may have outlived its purpose, and …

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)

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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 to data limitations across most federal and state data collection systems. This study investigates disparities in the risk of giving …

Who Believes Gender Research? How Readers’ Gender Shapes the Evaluation of Gender Research by Chloe Grace Hart, Charlotte H. Townsend, and Solène Delecourt (2024)

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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 influence evaluations of gender research. Do these effects hold for research documenting workplace gender inequalities more generally? In a preregistered …

Jenna Nobles receives Cozzarelli Prize from PNAS

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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 abstract of the award-winning paper states, “Maternal COVID-19 infection has been associated with increased risk of preterm birth, which can …

The spectacle of automation and status aspirations: adoption of automated metro systems around the world, 2000–2020 by Youbin Kang and Jungmyung Kim (2024)

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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 cities across 148 countries, using event history analysis to examine the adoption of automated metro systems. Our research suggests that …

Strangers No Longer: An Evening with Sergio González

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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 his new book Strangers No Longer: Latino Belonging and Faith in Twentieth-Century Wisconsin (University of Illinois Press) which examines the …

Soc 320 Research Opportunity, Fall 2024: Community-Engaged Research for Solving Urban Problems: A High-Road Practicum

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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! All academic backgrounds welcome. This course uses high-road strategies and applied social science research to solve real community problems. “High …