So Yun Park received an ASA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) for the 2025–2026 academic year for her dissertation, Navigating Family Leave Usage in the Workplace: Unpacking Institutional, Cultural, and Social Influences. This research …
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The Limiting Principle: How Privacy Became a Public Issue by Martin Eiermann
Martin Eiermann, one of our newest faculty members, is celebrating the release of his book The Limiting Principle: How Privacy Became a Public Issue, published by Columbia University Press. The concept of privacy is central …
High housing costs lead to delayed medical care, Erin Gaede tells WPR
Erin Gaede was interviewed by Wisconsin Public Radio about a new report she co-authored with Tessa Conroy and Steven Deller, which reveals that rising housing costs are causing some Wisconsinites to delay medical care. “Housing …
Max Besbris selected as H.I. Romnes Fellow
Congratulations to Max Besbris on his selection as an H.I. Romnes Fellow! This award is intended to recognize and support faculty up to SIX years past their first promotion to a tenured position. Max studies …
Chloe Rosenstock receives Honorable Mention for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Chloe Rosenstock received an Honorable Mention for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) competition this year. In her study,”‘Perceiving the Poor:’ Elite Parental Beliefs and Their Decision-Making Process,” she asks two main questions: 1) …
Molly Clark-Barol received the Excellence in Engaged Scholarship Graduate Award
Molly Clark-Barol was selected as the recipient of the Excellence in Engaged Scholarship Graduate Award from the Morgridge Center for Public Service! The Excellence in Engaged Scholarship Graduate Student Award acknowledges a graduate student who …
Jane Ahn wins Midwest Sociological Society Scholarship Award
Congratulations to Jane Ahn for her Midwest Sociological Society Scholarship Award! This award goes to help support Jane’s thesis, which focuses on how religion and science, as cultural actors, shape belief in climate change.
Lyn Macgregor received Mid-Career Advising Award
Congratulations to Lyn Macgregor for being chosen as this year’s College of Letters & Science Mid-Career Advising Award recipient! Persons honored with an L&S Academic Advising award are exceptional advisors. Recipients have demonstrated exemplary performance …
Rebecca Laurent named a Lead Teaching Mentor
Congratulations to Rebecca Laurent for being named a Lead Teaching Mentor by the College of Letters & Sciences! Lead Teaching Mentors have served as Teaching Mentors more than once and take on an additional leadership …
Danielle Schmidt received dissertation award from the Rural Sociological Association
Congratulations to Danielle Schmidt for winning a highly competitive Rural Sociological Society Dissertation Research Award! This award is “designed to stimulate research that will help develop the careers of future rural sociologists and support the …