Loka Ashwood received her PhD in Sociology in 2015. Less than a decade later, the McArthur Foundation has named her a Fellow in the Class of 2024. Her work develops action-centered methodologies that help frontline …
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Avery Warner awarded 2024 ASC Gene Carte Student Paper Award (Second Place)
Avery Warner won second place in the Gene Carte Student Paper Award from the American Society of Criminology for her paper, “Noncitizen Punishment: Regional and National Origin as Stratification Mechanisms.” The student paper award was …
Jessica Calarco presents research at U.S. Capitol to House Democratic Caucus and the Democratic Women’s Caucus
Jessica Calarco was invited to the Capitol to present research from her new book, Holding It Together, at a dinner hosted by the House Democratic Caucus and the Democratic Women’s Caucus. The event also featured …
Marcy Carlson named President-Elect of the PAA
Congratulations to Marcy Carlson, the President-Elect of the Population Association of America (PAA) beginning January 1st, 2025! Marcy is a Sewell-Bascom Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean at UW-Madison. Marcy formerly served as the Vice President …
Heather Sauyaq Jean Kwamboka Gordon (MS 2014) receives Arctic Fulbright
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 …
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 …