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We are happy to welcome two more lecturers to our team this fall: Cabell Gathman and Natalia Savelyeva. Cabell will be teaching Soc 160, Human Sexuality. She earned her PhD in Sociology here in 2014, and she has taught courses for UW Sociology, UW Gender & Women’s Studies, and Edgewood College. Her honors and awards …
We are very pleased to announce that Jason Nolen will join us as a permanent Lecturer, beginning in the fall semester. Jason is a 2020 PhD graduate of our program, where his extensive teaching experience as a graduate student earned him multiple teaching awards. Jason’s dissertation focused on masculinity in fantasy sports leagues. You may …
The Department of Sociology invites applications for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor rank beginning in August, 2023. While our aim is to welcome in a new faculty member at the assistant level, we would consider a current advanced assistant professor for the associate level in special situations. The successful candidate will have a …
On Tuesday, June 28, 6:00pm at Leopold’s Books Bar Caffè, Doug Maynard, Maureen T. Hallinan Professor of Sociology, Emeritus, will discuss his just published co-authored book “Autistic Intelligence: Interaction, Individuality, and the Challenges of Diagnosis.” Maynard will read or discuss three select passages ideas from the book, and then encourage questions or comments after each …
Cora Marrett received her Ph.D. in Sociology at UW–Madison in 1968 and later became a professor in the Departments of Sociology and Afro-American Studies. Marrett has had a varied career in both academia and public service. This story appeared in the spring 2022 Letters & Science magazine, written by Aaron Conklin.
In honor of his late advisor, Erik Olin Wright, graduate student Masoud Movahed wrote a commentary in “The Palgrave Encyclopedia of the Possible” detailing Wright’s Real Utopias Project.
Assistant Professor Max Besbris’ book “Upsold” was selected by the Midwest Sociological Society for it’s Distinguished Book Award.
Affiliated Faculty Member Lewis Friedland, a widely respected sociologist of media and political sociology and valued affiliate of our department, retired from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication this past semester. Professor Friedland was a co-advisor and committee member for many of our graduate students over the past three decades. His research focused on …
Professor Ted Gerber was the featured expert on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “The Morning Show” this week. He discussed the current tension in Ukraine and Russia and answered questions called in from the public. Gerber is a member of the Department of Sociology faculty and is Director of the Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central …
The National Science Foundation funded Professors Jenna Nobles and Felix Elwert’s research “The Intergenerational Effects of COVID-19 on Inequality.” Collaborators include Florencia Torche, Professor of Sociology at Stanford University as Co-Principal Investigator, and Deirdre Lyell, Professor of Maternal-Fetal Medicine also at Stanford, as co-investigator. The team examines the effects of COVID-19 exposure on infant health …