Youbin Kang was awarded honorable mention for the 2023 Best Student Paper award from the Labor and Labor Movements section of the American Sociological Association for her paper “Unionizing Against Solidarity: The Meritocracy of Habitus …
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Mikki Liu Awarded Two Graduate Paper Awards
Ruo-Fan (Mikki) Liu was awarded two graduate paper awards! Liu’s paper, “Envisioning Opportunities to College Admissions: Social Capital in the Development of Students’ College Plans,” was selected as an award winner for the 2023 Youth, …
Sadie Dempsey Selected as a 2023-24 Mellon Public Humanities Graduate Fellow
Sadie Dempsey was selected to be a Mellon Public Humanities Graduate Fellow for the 2023-2024 academic year. The University of Wisconsin Center for the Humanities’ Mellon Public Humanities Graduate Fellow program aims to provide graduate students …
Sociology Colloquium: Race at the Top: Asian Americans and Whites in Pursuit of the American Dream in Suburban Schools, Natasha Warikoo, Tufts University
Natasha Warikoo presents, “Race at the Top: Asian Americans and Whites in Pursuit of the American Dream in Suburban Schools.” Wednesday, April 26 12:15 – 2:00 pm 8417 Sewell Social Science Building
Fabien Accominotti Featured in RSF Journal Blog for New Publication on the Architecture of Status Hierarchies
Fabien Accominotti was featured on the Russel Sage Foundation Journal Blog for his recent co-authored publication “The Architecture of Status Hierarchies: Variations in Structure and Why They Matter for Inequality.” The interview discusses the publications …
Day of The Badger 2023 Recap
The Department of Sociology’s Day of the Badger 2023 campaign was a great success! Our department goal was to raise $5,000, and we raised $14,205 thanks to the generosity of our Badger Sociology community. An …
Wendy Lee awarded Honorable Mention from the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Congratulations to Wendy Lee for receiving an Honorable Mention (Sociology) from the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program! “The purpose of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) is to ensure the quality, vitality, …
17th William H. Sewell Memorial Lecture with Michal Engelman “On Wisconsin: Surveying People, Places, & their Shifting States”
17th Willaim H. Sewell Memorial Lecture with Michal Engelman On Wisconsin: Surveying People, Places and their Shifting States Friday, April 21st, 3:30pm, 8417 Sewell Social Science Zoom link to come, In-person reception to follow When …
Sociology Colloquium: Suits & Silver Spoons: What Politics Looks Like to Lower-Income People in the U.S., Daniel Laurison, Swarthmore College
Speaker: Daniel Laurison Title: “Suits and Silver Spoons: What Politics Looks Like to Lower-Income People in the US” Date: Monday, April 10, 2023 Time: 12:30 – 2:00 pm Location: 8417 Sewell Social Science Building
Morgan Henson Awarded the FLAS (Foreign Language and Area Studies) Fellowship
Congratulations to Morgan Henson for being awarded the FLAS (Foreign Language and Area Studies) Fellowship for the 2023-2024 Academic Year! FLAS fellowships are funded by the U.S. Department of Education and administered by the UW’s …