Term: Summer 2025 (Soc 320, Section 136) Status: OPEN Contact: Please contact Chloe Hart chloe.hart@wisc.edu to apply for this position. See details below. It is available for 1-2 credits. Description: How have large societal shifts …
Month: April 2025
Soc 320 Research Opportunity, Summer 2025: Cultural Scripts About Flirtation in American Media
Term: Summer 2025 (Soc 320, Section 036), Prof Chloe Hart Status: OPEN Contact: Please contact Mariah Lindsay malindsay@wisc.edu to apply for this position. See details below. It is available for 1 credit. Description: This is …
Murder and Moral Responsibility: Thinking with and against Sartre about Reactions to the October 7th Pogrom by Chad Alan Goldberg (2025)
Chad Alan Goldberg’s article “Murder and Moral Responsibility: Thinking with and against Sartre about Reactions to the October 7th Pogrom,” originally published in Responses to 7 October, edited by Rosa Freedman and David Hirsh (Routledge, …
Crimmigration and the punishment of women: Evidence from Texas courts by Avery Warner (2025)
Social Science Research Abstract: Recent research argues that the criminalization of immigration reflects broader social processes of membership and belonging, making some noncitizens deportable and others worthy of protection. Yet, while scholars suggest that both …
Molly Clark-Barol received the Excellence in Engaged Scholarship Graduate Award
Molly Clark-Barol was selected as the recipient of the Excellence in Engaged Scholarship Graduate Award from the Morgridge Center for Public Service! The Excellence in Engaged Scholarship Graduate Student Award acknowledges a graduate student who …
Fertiliuty intentions in rural Malawi after Cyclone Idai by Monica J. Grant and Katherine J. Curtis (2025)
Population and Environment Abstract: Environmental disruptions, such as extreme weather events, can heighten household uncertainty by causing financial, marital, and housing instability. In this paper, we draw on unique interview data to deepen understanding of …
Norms or Knowledge? Unpacking Views on Maternal Employment among the College Educated in South Korea by Eunsil Oh (2025)
Qualitative Sociology Abstract: Prior studies of postindustrial societies have shown that despite declines in some gendered expectations, the view that women should not work when their children are young persists. Yet there is insufficient research …
Jane Ahn wins Midwest Sociological Society Scholarship Award
Congratulations to Jane Ahn for her Midwest Sociological Society Scholarship Award! This award goes to help support Jane’s thesis, which focuses on how religion and science, as cultural actors, shape belief in climate change.
Nonparametric causal decomposition of group disparities by Ang Yu and Felix Elwert (2025)
The Annals of Applied Statistics Abstract: We introduce a new nonparametric causal decomposition approach that identifies the mechanisms by which a treatment variable contributes to a group-based outcome disparity. Our approach distinguishes three mechanisms: group …
Lyn Macgregor received Mid-Career Advising Award
Congratulations to Lyn Macgregor for being chosen as this year’s College of Letters & Science Mid-Career Advising Award recipient! Persons honored with an L&S Academic Advising award are exceptional advisors. Recipients have demonstrated exemplary performance …