University of Wisconsin-Madison
Presenter: Prof. Hyunjoon Park, University of Pennsylvania Title: The Korean Family – a Luxury Good Date: Wednesday, April 5, 2023 Time: 12:15 – 2:00 pm Location: 8417 Sewell Social Science Building
Chiara Packard’s paper “Prosecution for Services: How Access to Services through the Criminal Legal System Shapes Prosecutors’ Decisions,” was selected as the award winner for the 2023 SSSP Law & Society Division Lindesmith Graduate Student Paper Competition. Congratulations, Chiara!
Presenter: Jennifer Jones (U Illinois, Chicago) Title: From Jim Crow to Juan Crow: Blackness, Latindad, and Minority Linked Fate Date: Thursday, March 30th, 2023 Time: 2:30-4:00pm Location: 8417 Sewell Social Science Building
2022-23 Teaching Assistant Award winners demonstrate educational excellence Twenty-one outstanding graduate students have been selected as recipients of the 2022-23 UW–Madison Campus-Wide Teaching Assistant Awards, recognizing their excellence in teaching. Abigail was awarded one of 5 Capstone PhD Teaching Awards for this academic year. UW–Madison employs over 2,300 teaching assistants (TAs) across a wide range …
Presenter: Perla Guerrero (U Maryland) and Jennifer Joines (U Illinois, Chicago) Title: Immigration in the New South: Latinxs, Asian Americans, and African Americans Date: Thursday, March 23rd, 2023 Time: 4:00pm Location: 8417 Sewell Social Science Building
Presenter: Prof. Debra J. Umberson from UT Austin Title: Marital Dynamics and Health in Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Unions: A Dyadic Longitudinal Approach Date: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 Time: 12:15 – 2:00 pm Location: 8417 Sewell Social Science Building
Congratulations to Max Besbris for receiving the Eastern Sociological Society Early Career Public Sociology Award. This award recognizes sociologists who have done cutting-edge sociological research and engaged in meaningful public work using that research. From ESS – “Meaningful public work here includes high profile public dissemination, such as Op-Eds or public media appearances, but especially …
The Executive Board of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research (MAPOR) named Faculty Director Jennifer Dykema as its newest MAPOR Fellow at its November 2022 meeting. MAPOR Fellows are MAPOR members who have significant contributions to MAPOR through contributions to the field of public opinion and survey research, who have provided outstanding service to the organization, …
Sociology Ph. D. student Julia Thomas was awarded the 2022 Distinguished Student Paper Award within the Crime, Law, and Deviance Section, which is presented annually by ASA for the best paper authored by a graduate student. Thomas’ paper “The Legacy of Lynching: Historic Lynching Practices and Individuals’ Risk of Being Sentenced to Death” is described …
The Unequal Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Infant Health by Florencia Torche & Jenna Nobles published in Demography in December 2022 was featured in a PNAS article by Amy McDermott “COVID-19 increases pregnancy risks. Poorer communities shoulder most of the burden.” Nobles and Torche’s research highlights the inequalities in COVID-19 infection amongst individuals giving …