University of Wisconsin-Madison
Savion Castro earned a bachelor’s degree in Sociology at UW–Madison in 2018, choosing this major for its combination of political science and theory, history, statistics, and methodology. He now works as a legislative aide for state Rep. Shelia Stubbs, D-Madison. He was sworn on July 29 for a nine-month term on the Madison Metropolitan School …
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. She herself came to the United States as an international student from the Soviet Union and is now a U.S. …
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 has founded the Menstruation Collective to continue this work and to include the volunteer efforts of others.
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 released on February 14, 2020. The book is being marketed for a general audience. Deb is currently an Associate Professor …
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 community challenges and projects. Professor Joel Rogers is the Director of COWS and a member of the UniverCity Year Advisory …
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 the team has garnered attention: Rose majored in Sociology at UW–Madison and 3 of her teammates were Sociology majors at …
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 Sociology from UW–Madison in 1928 and made her career as a professor at Wells College, in Aurora, NY, specializing in …
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 included in the issue, currently on-line and scheduled to be published in August this year. | Read more…
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 (SWS) recently selected Hattery as the 2019 SWS Distinguished Feminist Lecturer Award Winner. This award recognizes members whose scholarship employs …
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 projects selected. The infrastructure project “Wisconsin Longitudinal Study 2020 and Beyond” with Jason Fletcher, Professor of Public Affairs and Sociology, …