University of Wisconsin-Madison
Aleeya Sengdao is an undergraduate student with a double major in Human Development and Family Studies & Sociology with certificates in Criminal Justice, Education And Educational Services, Arts and Teaching, Social Justice and Education. Aleeya has been awarded a fellowship by the UW Global Gateway Initiative and is studying abroad at the Santa Reparata International …
Maureen T. Hallinan Professor of Sociology Emeritus Doug Maynard published a co-edited volume “The Ethnomethodology Program: Legacies and Prospects” (Oxford University Press) with John Heritage, Professor Emeritus at UCLA. This book offers an updated overview of the field of ethnomethodology.
Sociology Ph.D. Candidate Morgan Henson received the Bucky Award in April 2022 for Graduate Student Commitment to Engagement and Activism for his work on discussing, understanding, and deconstructing whiteness in different contexts around Madison, Wisconsin. In December 2022, Henson was also awarded the Honored Instructor Award for his work for Jason Nolen’s Sociology 134 class on …
The Department of Sociology looks forward to welcoming Jessica Calarco to our faculty in Spring 2023! Jessica and Mario Small (Columbia) recently published a book Qualitative Literacy that is the subject of several responses in an upcoming issue of Sociological Methods & Research. Congratulations, Jessica, and we look forward to you joining us in the …
The Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS), a long-term study of a random sample of 10,317 people who graduated from Wisconsin high schools in 1957, has launched a new website. Data collected for the study covers social background, youthful aspirations, schooling, military service, labor market experiences, family characteristics and events, social participation, psychological characteristics, and retirement. The …
Assistant Professor Max Besbris has been in the media lately after Hurricane Ian. Along with his colleague Anna Rhodes, Besbris conducted interviews with dozens of homeowners in Houston over the two years after Hurricane Harvey. They found that disaster can increase inequality in a community, causing differences in wealth, mobility and vulnerability. They examined factors …
Research on Alzheimer’s disease and dementia is getting a big boost after the National Institute on Aging awarded scientists a large grant to study how education affects the development of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Led by Chandra Muller at The University of Texas at Austin, the grant brings together an interdisciplinary team of neurologists, …
The book Prisons and Health in the Age of Mass Incarceration will be published on September 30 and is described by its publisher, Oxford University Press, as being “the first comprehensive and empirical book focused on the connection between incarceration and health.” Co-authored by Professor of Sociology Mike Massoglia, with colleagues Jason Schnittker and Christopher …
The UniverCity Year program, an associate project of COWS, has been named a regional winner of the 2022 W. K. Kellogg Foundation Community Engagement Scholarship Award from the Association of Public and land-grant Universities. Read more.
Associate Professor of Sociology Michal Engelman spoke with two local radio stations about the second straight year of continued declines in US life expectancy, Wisconsin Public Radio’s Central Time and WORT’s 8’O’clock Buzz. Engelman is a demographer and is also Director of the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study.