Last Friday evening Anna Paretskaya was one of 500 people in Madison protesting the treatment of immigrants and refugees by the U.S. government. Anna is a lecturer in the Sociology Department and studies political movements. …
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Sarah “Frankie” Frank Leads Efforts to Aid Immigrants
Knowing that menstruation products are frequently sidelined as necessities during humanitarian crises, graduate student Sarah “Frankie” Frank raised money, put together menstruation kits, and drove to Texas to deliver them to immigrants in need. She …
Forthcoming Book on Caregiving by Sociology Alumna
Sociology alumna, Deb Cohan (B.A., 1992), has authored a forthcoming book titled Welcome to Wherever We Are: A Memoir of Family, Caregiving, and Redemption. It is published by Rutgers University Press and scheduled to be …
Outstanding Community-University Partnership Award
UniverCity Year, a community partnership program that is part of the Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS), was recently honored by UW-Madison for its exemplary efforts to collaborate with the Green County Development Corporation to address …
Cheering for Soccer and Sociology Majors
Fans in the Rathskeller celebrated the U.S. Women’s soccer team’s World Cup championship this week and were proud of UW-Madison alumna Rose Lavelle, one of the team’s star players. The number of Sociology majors on …
Mike Halpin Receives Katherine DuPre Lumpkin Dissertation of the Year Award
Mike’s dissertation is titled “A Sociology of Scientific Explanations of Illness: Examining practices of classification, production of research, and experiences of patients” and was supervised by Professor Joan Fujimura. Dr. Lumpkin earned a Ph.D. in …
Special Issue of Society & Natural Resources Features Department Faculty and Graduate Students
Graduate students Jaclyn Wypler and Isaac Sohn Leslie, along with Professor Mike Bell co-edited a special issue in the journal Society and Natural Resources titled “Gender and Sexuality in Agriculture.” Both Wypler and Leslie have articles …
Alumnus Angela J. Hattery Receives Distinguished Feminist Lecturer Award
Angela J. Hattery received her M.S. and PhD (1996) in Sociology at University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is currently Professor and Director of Women and Gender Studies at George Mason University. Sociologists for Women in Society …
UW2020 Projects Awarded to Fletcher and Nobles
UW2020 awards are given to multidisciplinary collaborations with the goal to lead to new discoveries that transform lives. Professor of Sociology Jenna Nobles’ research project, “A New Window into Human Reproduction” is one of 8 …
More Awards for Sociology Faculty
Doug Maynard was appointed to a WARF Named Professorship. His recent work has been on testing and diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders and end-of-life conversations. Jenna Nobles was awarded the H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship. Her …