Heather Sauyaq Jean Kwamboka Gordon (MS 2014) is one of twenty outstanding scholars who will engage in collaborative, multi-disciplinary research over the next 18 months as part of the fourth iteration of the U.S. Department …
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Alum Liz Lefkofsky wins Luminary Award from WFAA
When Liz Lefkofsky earned her BA in Sociology in 1991, she couldn’t have imagined where she would be today. As President of the Lefkofsky Family Foundation, Liz received the Luminary Award from Wisconsin Alumni Association. …
Morgan Henson receives fellowships and joins Teaching & Learning Advisory Council
Morgan Henson received the 2024-25 UW Center for German and European Studies RA Competition Fellowship and the Gullickson Fellowship through the College of Letters & Science. His current research is about how the far right …
Maria-Fátima Santos joins department as Anna Julia Cooper postdoctoral fellow
Maria-Fátima Santos has joined our department as an Anna Julia Cooper postdoctoral fellow in the 2024-25 academic year. She will be an Assistant Professor in Fall of 2025. Her work encompasses social theory, political sociology, …
Lindsay Cannon receives Society of Family Planning Emerging Scholar grant
Lindsay Cannon was selected to receive a Society of Family Planning Emerging Scholar grant to help fund research for her dissertation, “Abortion restrictions and pregnancy decision-making among people with the capacity for pregnancy with chronic …
Erin Gaede receives Master’s Thesis Award from the Rural Sociological Society
Erin Gaede was awarded the Master’s Thesis Award by the Rural Sociological Society for her Master’s thesis titled “Housing Insecurity in America’s Dairyland.” Abstract: To explain the stigma around homelessness and housing insecurity, scholars tend …
In the news: research on immigration and crime
“Crime rates, offending rates and incarceration rates tend to be lower amongst foreign-born individuals.” That’s what research co-authored by Michael Light concludes. Michael’s research on crime and immigration has been featured in the news lately …
Myra Marx Ferree awarded Lifetime Achievement Award
Myra Marx Ferree was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the European Consortium for Political Research. This award is presented on a biennial basis to a scholar who has made an outstanding contribution to European …
Research Fellowship takes James Rosenberg to Germany
James Rosenberg was awarded a Research Fellowship through the UW-Madison’s Jean Monnet European Union Center of Excellence for Populism and the Global Economy for 2024-2025. He will be a visiting researcher this upcoming academic year …
Katherine Jensen receives Honorable Mention for Edwin H. Sutherland Book Award
Katherine Jensen received an Honorable Mention for the Edwin H. Sutherland Book Award from the Law and Society Division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems for The Color Of Asylum: The Racial Politics …