University of Wisconsin-Madison
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, and the path he took that led to his decision to study foreclosure in the United States. Listen to his …
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 that is oriented toward the analysis of short-term class mobility. Class experience mobility (CEM) is a form of class mobility …
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 & Support Team at the Fall 2024 TA Training to convey crucial information and work on pedagogical skill development with incoming …
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 physical sciences, Skye is one of only two social science fellows at UW–Madison for 2024. Congratulations, Skye!
Katherine Jensen received an Honorable Mention for the 2024 Roberto Reis First Book Award from the Brazilian Studies Association for The Color of Asylum. The Roberto Reis Award recognizes best books in Brazilian Studies published in English that contribute significantly to promoting an understanding of Brazil. In The Color of Asylum, Katherine Jensen offers an ethnographic look …
Lindsay Cannon was awarded an F31 Predoctoral National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowship from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to fund her dissertation research. Her work focuses on gender-based violence and its impacts on health, fertility, and education.
Social Problems Abstract: Both family composition and teachers’ perceptions of parents are important for student success. However, we know little about whether teachers’ perceptions of parents vary by family composition. Using data from the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study, I show that teachers perceive single mothers with multipartner fertility and, to a lesser …
Social Problems Abstract: It is widely speculated that prejudicial attitudes and implicit biases are fundamental to understanding racial disparities in criminal punishment. Yet surprisingly little research links measures of racial bias to data on criminal court decision-making. This article fills this gap by combining multiple aggregate measures of implicit and explicit racial bias with data …
Sadie Dempsey received an Excellence in Engaged Scholarship Graduate Student Award from the Morgridge Center. This award acknowledges a graduate student who aims to better connect campus and community through service-learning, engaged teaching, or leading and participating in community-based research while addressing community-identified issues. Sadie’s research and teaching interests include political sociology, social movements, democratic …
Work by Christine Schwartz and alum Pamela Smock was cited in the 2024 Economic Report of the President. The Report presents an overview of the nation’s economic progress and makes the case for the Biden-Harris Administration’s economic policy priorities. Chapter 3 of the report, “Population, Aging, and the Economy,” explores how long-run trends in fertility …