Sociology PhD Student Graduation Celebration 8417 Sewell Social Sciences Building Friday, May 10 2:00pm – 4:30pm
Join us for this recognition of PhD students that takes place before the UW-Madison commencement at 5:30pm in the Kohl Center.
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Join us for this recognition of PhD students that takes place before the UW-Madison commencement at 5:30pm in the Kohl Center.
Congratulations to these graduate students for having their teaching recognized! University Housing residents identified Maria Azocar, Kaan Jittiang, and Abby Letak as Outstanding classroom instructors. The College of Letters & Science chose Miriam Barcus for a Teaching Fellow Award. The Sociology Department’s Evaluation & Improvement of Instruction Committee selected Jungmyung Kim and Benny Witkovsky to …
Congratulations to Professor Mike Massoglia for being part of a Cluster Hire team who was selected for funding by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF). An interdisciplinary group of investigators will conduct research that addresses individual and interpersonal aspects of sexual violence. They will also research legal and policy approaches to sexual violence. Read more…
Erik Olin Wright, Vilas Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, passed away on January 23, 2019 at age 71. There will be a memorial for Wright and a celebration of his life and work on August 9th, 7.30-9.30p.m, in New York at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. He was highly …
The UW-Madison granted more doctorates than any other U.S Institution in 2017, according to the Survey of Earned Doctorates. Another survey found that UW-Madison graduate alumni felt that their program prepared them well for their careers. Sociology Department alumnus Jessa Lewis Valentine, (PhD 2015), states “My experience with the Interdisciplinary Training Program in the Education …
Professor Alberto Palloni has been elected as the 2019 Laureate of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP). This is a lifetime achievement award for contributions to the advancement of Population sciences and distinguished service provided to the IUSSP. Alberto will receive this award in a ceremony April 10, 2019 at 5:30pm, …
In it’s annual issue to feature “artists, innovators and thinkers” who died in the past year, The New York Times Magazine included a tribute to UW-Madison’s Department of Sociology alumnus, Devah Pager. The piece was written by Matthew Desmond, also an alumni of the department and who had previously been a colleague in the Department …
With the deaths of Barbara and George H. W. Bush being just eight months apart, the “widowhood effect” has been in the news. Professor Felix Elwert was interviewed by the Huffington Post about the loss of a spouse and health.
With prison inmates in California getting paid $1-an-hour for fighting fires, Wisconsin Public Radio explored the history of prison labor in America and the controversy that surrounds it. Associate Professor John Eason was the guest of the show and provided his view as a sociologist.
Devah Pager, a professor of sociology and public policy at Harvard University and a UW Sociology alumnus (PhD 2002), died on November 2, 2018. Devah was a highly respected researcher who examined racial discrimination in the labor market and in the criminal justice system. As a graduate student, Devah volunteered with a housing program for …