University of Wisconsin-Madison
Grad students Morgan Henson and Rebecca Laurent have been selected by the College of Letters & Science as Teaching Mentors for fall of 2024. Teaching Mentors will work together with the L&S TA Training & Support Team at the Fall 2024 TA Training to convey crucial information and work on pedagogical skill development with incoming …
Skye Xollo received a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for their work in Sociology on transnational human rights organizing. This award is most often given to students in the natural and physical sciences, Skye is one of only two social science fellows at UW–Madison for 2024. Congratulations, Skye!
Katherine Jensen received an Honorable Mention for the 2024 Roberto Reis First Book Award from the Brazilian Studies Association for The Color of Asylum. The Roberto Reis Award recognizes best books in Brazilian Studies published in English that contribute significantly to promoting an understanding of Brazil. In The Color of Asylum, Katherine Jensen offers an ethnographic look …
Lindsay Cannon was awarded an F31 Predoctoral National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowship from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to fund her dissertation research. Her work focuses on gender-based violence and its impacts on health, fertility, and education.
Sadie Dempsey received an Excellence in Engaged Scholarship Graduate Student Award from the Morgridge Center. This award acknowledges a graduate student who aims to better connect campus and community through service-learning, engaged teaching, or leading and participating in community-based research while addressing community-identified issues. Sadie’s research and teaching interests include political sociology, social movements, democratic …
Work by Christine Schwartz and alum Pamela Smock was cited in the 2024 Economic Report of the President. The Report presents an overview of the nation’s economic progress and makes the case for the Biden-Harris Administration’s economic policy priorities. Chapter 3 of the report, “Population, Aging, and the Economy,” explores how long-run trends in fertility …
Congratulations to Kelly Ward, who will be a Career Enhancement Fellow next academic year with support from the Institute for Citizens & Scholars! The Career Enhancement Fellows are exceptional scholars whose work broadens the range of perspectives and understandings offered on college campuses and creates opportunities for crucial new scholarly voices to be heard in …
A recent lawsuit against the National Association of Realtors has kept Max Besbris busy. He’s been quoted in The New York Times article Powerful Realtor Group Agrees to Slash Commissions to Settle Lawsuits: “This will be a really fundamental shift in how Americans buy, search for, and purchase and sell their housing. It will absolutely …
Benny Witkovsky published an op-ed about his dissertation research titled “Pretending local elections aren’t partisan is actually making voters angrier” in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Ballots for local elections in Wisconsin do not include party identification next to candidates’ names. He explains why that practice began, describes why it may have outlived its purpose, and …
Jenna Nobles and Florencia Torche received a 2023 Cozzarelli Prize from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) for their paper “Vaccination, immunity, and the changing impact of COVID-19 on infant health.” The abstract of the award-winning paper states, “Maternal COVID-19 infection has been associated with increased risk of preterm birth, which can …