Research in Social Stratification and Mobility Abstract: In this paper, we integrate two bodies of literature on higher education—horizontal stratification and gender segregation—to generate new insights into the consequences of the increase in vocationally oriented …
Month: April 2025
Rebecca Laurent named a Lead Teaching Mentor
Congratulations to Rebecca Laurent for being named a Lead Teaching Mentor by the College of Letters & Sciences! Lead Teaching Mentors have served as Teaching Mentors more than once and take on an additional leadership …
Intrapartum Care Experiences Associated with Postpartum Visit Attendance by Fiona Weeks, Rebecca Myerson, Ronald Gangnon, Jennifer Dykema, Candi Cornelius, and Tiffany Green (2025)
Birth Abstract: Introduction The postpartum visit is an important opportunity to prevent pregnancy-related morbidity and mortality; however, about 1 in 10 birthing people do not attend this visit. Intrapartum care experiences are an understudied factor …
Danielle Schmidt received dissertation award from the Rural Sociological Association
Congratulations to Danielle Schmidt for winning a highly competitive Rural Sociological Society Dissertation Research Award! This award is “designed to stimulate research that will help develop the careers of future rural sociologists and support the …
Katherine Jensen received a Vilas Associate’s Award
Congratulations to Katherine Jensen, who has been selected to receive a Vilas Associate’s Award from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research! This award recognizes new and ongoing research of the highest quality and …
Education and Midlife Cognitive Functioning: Evidence from the High School and Beyond Cohort by Chandra Muller, Eric Grodsky, Adam M. Brickman, Jennifer J. Manly, Koit Hung, Michael J. Culbertson and John Robert Warren (2025)
Alzheimer’s & Dementia Abstract: INTRODUCTION Educational attainment is associated with midlife cognitive functioning. However, degree attainment is the culmination of complex and unequal processes involving students’ backgrounds, the opportunities that schools provide them, and their …
Ted Gerber quoted in Fox 47 article on Russia
“I think the current administration has decided to embrace the Russian side of this conflict.” That’s part of the quote that Ted Gerber gave for Fox 47’s article, “A ‘shift in diplomatic tone’: U.S. votes …
Economic Complexity and Divergent Population Growth by Race and Rurality by Clayton Adamson, Katherine J. Curtis, and Sara Peters (2025)
Spatial Demography Abstract: Economic complexity (EC) measures the diversification and domestic comparative advantage of industry in an economy. Originally applied to studies of global economic development, dominant frameworks suggest the extent of a place’s economic …