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Grants & Research Findings

COVID-19 and Infant Health Grant for Nobles and Elwert

Posted on September 27, 2021

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, …

Posted in Faculty & Lecturers, Grants & Research Findings, News

Graduate Students Receive Fellowships and Grants

Posted on September 15, 2021

Congratulations to the following graduate students on receipt of their fellowships and grants! Nona Gronert is a 2021 National Academy of Education’s Spencer Dissertation Fellow through August of 2022. Walker Kahn received the National Science …

Posted in Grants & Research Findings, NewsTagged Graduate Program, News

Study by Michael Light Demonstrates Low Crime Rates among Undocumented Immigrants Compared to U.S. Citizens

Posted on December 8, 2020

Associate Professor Michael Light, and UW-Madison graduate student co-authors Jingying He and Jason Robey, had their research published in an article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that compares crime rates between …

Posted in Faculty & Lecturers, Grants & Research Findings, News, Student & AlumniTagged Criminal Justice, Faculty, News

Reduction of Inmates at Dane County Jail Flattened the COVID-19 Curve

Posted on August 3, 2020

John Eason, Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the UW-Madison Justice Lab, has presented early results from a research project that suggest that efforts to reduce the jail population in the months of January, …

Posted in Faculty & Lecturers, Grants & Research Findings, NewsTagged Criminal Justice, Inequality, News

COWS Releases State of Working Wisconsin 2020 Report

Posted on July 29, 2020

The Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS) has launched the 2020 edition of their “State of Working Wisconsin” report that tracks the ongoing economic indicators of the COVID-19 crisis in the state.  This year’s research took …

Posted in Community Partnership, Faculty & Lecturers, Grants & Research Findings, PublicationsTagged News

John Eason Receives NSF Funding for Research on COVID-19

Posted on July 27, 2020

Associate Professor John Eason has received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to research the extent of the reciprocal relationship of infections and deaths from COVID-19 among prisoners, correctional staff and the larger …

Posted in Faculty & Lecturers, Grants & Research Findings, NewsTagged Criminal Justice, Faculty, News

Jordan Conwell Awarded Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship

Posted on June 11, 2020

Congratulations to Jordan Conwell, Assistant Professor of Sociology, for being selected to receive a Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship!  This competitive program supports 30 early career scholars working in critical areas of education research.  Jordan’s study, “All …

Posted in Grants & Research Findings, NewsTagged News

Monica Grant receives Global Health Institute Funds

Posted on June 25, 2019

Associate Professor Monica Grant is one of nine recipients of Seed Grants from the UW-Madison Global Health Institute.  She is examining the connection between climate change and family planning in Malawi by interviewing men and …

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STUDY ON WISCONSIN AND ENERGY ECONOMY

Posted on February 12, 2019

The Center on Wisconsin Strategy, a UW-Madison think tank lead by Professor Joel Rogers, just released a study which shows that if the state of Wisconsin could reduce it’s use of fossil fuels, the state …

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PODCAST BY JORDAN CONWELL ON RACIAL INCOME INEQUALITY

Posted on February 8, 2019

Assistant Professor Jordan Conwell discusses his research that examined how children of different races and genders, but from the same family income, fare in early educational measures in a podcast created with the UW-Madison’s Institute …

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