University of Wisconsin-Madison
“Criminologists have been studying the issue of immigration and crime for over a century and, generally speaking, what we find is that immigrants tend to have lower crime rates than native-born U.S. citizens.” Michael Light was quoted in the Wisconsin Public Radio article “Far from the border, immigration a top GOP issue in swing state …
Fifty Key Scholars in Black Social Thought Abstract: This chapter reviews the personal biography, intellectual contributions, and academic leadership of Roy Simon Bryce-Laporte.
Loka Ashwood received her PhD in Sociology in 2015. Less than a decade later, the McArthur Foundation has named her a Fellow in the Class of 2024. Her work develops action-centered methodologies that help frontline communities overcome environmental injustices and strengthen democracy. Loka joined with four co-authors to write Empty Fields, Empty Promises: A State-by-State …
Politics and Society Abstract: The #StopTheStealMovement, which culminated in the January 6 attack, was part of a coordinated, months-long campaign to convince the public that the 2020 election was stolen through fraud and that Donald Trump had won. The dominant narrative of how this movement emerged is a national one, with Donald Trump at the …
Avery Warner won second place in the Gene Carte Student Paper Award from the American Society of Criminology for her paper, “Noncitizen Punishment: Regional and National Origin as Stratification Mechanisms.” The student paper award was established in 1971 and is given to recognize outstanding scholarly work of students. Congratulations, Avery!
Term: Spring 2025 (Soc 320, Section 136) Status: CLOSED Contact: Please contact Chloe Hart chloe.hart@wisc.edu to apply for this position. See details below. It is available for 2 credits. Description: How have large societal shifts like the #MeToo movement and the Covid-19 pandemic shifted Americans’ views toward appropriate sexual behavior? I take up these questions …
Term: Spring 2025 (Soc 320, Section 036), Prof Chloe Hart Status: CLOSED Contact: Please contact Mariah Lindsay malindsay@wisc.edu to apply for this position. See details below. It is available for 2 credits. Description: This is a voluntary research study about flirtation in media. Flirtation – expressing romantic or sexual interest in someone – isn’t a …
Social Psychology Quarterly Abstract: Despite a steep rise in income inequality over the past five decades, Americans’ preferences for redistribution have remained stagnant. Previous research suggests that redistributive preferences are rooted in stable institutional and cultural contexts but can change with exposure to information. We investigate the role of understandings of the link between income …
JAMA Pediatrics Abstract: Importance Childhood exposure to mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is common. Individuals with a childhood history of mTBI experience more frequent criminal justice involvement in mid to late adolescence and adulthood. No study had been conducted to examine whether the link is causal or spurious. Objective To determine whether mTBI in childhood causes criminal …
Demography Abstract: Recent social and economic trends in the United States, including increasing economic inequality, women’s growing educational advantage, and the rise of online dating, have ambiguous implications for patterns of educational homogamy. In this research note, we examine changes in educational assortative mating in the United States over the last eight decades (1940 to …