University of Wisconsin-Madison
“But academic research has found that incarcerated immigrants face tougher punishment on average, with sentences that are longer by months or years than nonimmigrants. Michael Light, a sociology professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, looked at the role of citizenship in both federal and state courts in California and Texas, which, unlike Alabama, keep detailed …
In 2017, Sociology major Rose Lavelle graduated from UW-Madison. Fast forward to today, and Rose has added another achievement to her impressive resume: she was named the 2025 Female Player of the Year by U.S. Soccer! Rose’s accomplishments include a FIFA Women’s World Championship in 2019 and an Olympic gold medal in 2024. She’s a …
Anna Popovych won a three-month residential fellowship with the Yerevan Center for International Education (YCIE) for her research on war-induced disability.
James Rosenberg will be co-PI on a competitive WZB Cross-Sector Collaborations Grant entitled “What’s in my e-wallet? Citizen perceptions of the EU digital identity wallet across Europe,” which will field a policy conjoint experiment to investigate citizen support for digital government initiatives.
Morgan Henson has been selected for induction into the prestigious Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society. This national society recognizes exceptional scholarly achievement and personal excellence among doctoral students, and fosters a network of scholars committed to leadership, service, and advocacy in the academy.
Jane Ahn has been selected as a Writing-Across-the-Curriculum TA Fellow for her work as a Communication-B instructor, mentoring over 120 new communication assistants in courses from various disciplines across campus. Her breakout session, “Reverse Outlining: Using Section to Scaffold Writing Skills,” provided participants with a valuable tool to help students improve their writing by breaking …
Danielle Schmidt received a 2025 Graduate Student Summer Research Mini-Grant from the Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems (CIAS). She interviewed ranchers in northeastern Montana for her study on agricultural land transitioning to conservation reserves. Danielle writes, “My mixed-methods dissertation project examines the process and implications of agricultural land transitioning to conservation. I draw on interviews …
Bijoyetri Samaddar received a scholarship from the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) for her research into knowledge production in policy-oriented organizations. The next MSS Annual Meeting will be March 26-29, 2026 in St. Louis, MO.
Max Besbris spoke on a National Academies panel entitled “Extreme Weather Events and Insurance: Households, Homeowners, and Risk.” A recording of the event is available to view here. He discussed research published in his book with Anna Rhodes, Soaking the Middle Class: Suburban Inequality and Recovery from Disaster, and the path he took as he …
Alum Youbin Kang (2024) was named one of two co-winners of the Theda Skocpol Dissertation Award from the Comparative Historical Sociology section of the American Sociological Association. She’s currently a Moynihan Postdoctoral Fellow at the City College of New York and a Diamonstein-Spielvogel Fellow at the New York Public Library. Youbin’s dissertation, “Underground Labor and …