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Allison Daminger’s book, What’s on Her Mind: The Mental Workload of Family Life, is now available through Princeton University Press. Mothers and fathers use their time differently, with women spending roughly twice as many hours on family labor as men. But what about the gendered differences in the ways women and men think? What’s on Her Mind provides …
PBS News Hour interviewed Nicholas Mark about the pronatalism movement encouraging Americans to have more children. Even though the U.S. fertility rate is at an all time low, Nicholas Mark says that “People should not be concerned about the U.S. population into the future.” The segment is available to watch online.
Research by Ang Yu and Felix Elwert about social inequalities caught the attention of the Institute for Diversity Science, who published a piece focusing on their work. It touches on the roots of inequalities, a “new” driver of inequalities, and causal claims about factors contributing to inequalities.
Lisa Youngers, Vice Chair of our Board of Visitors, has been selected as one of the 50 Women to Watch for on Boards. Lisa earned her B.A. in Sociology and Communication Arts at UW–Madison, and she later earned her J.D. from the Mitchell Hamline School of Law. Lisa is an expert in telecommunications, and she …
The Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS) has awarded summer fieldwork awards to two Sociology grad students. James Rosenberg is a PhD candidate in sociology and a visiting research fellow at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center. His dissertation investigates how the use of digital technology as a tool of statecraft shapes relations among states, markets, …
Erin Gaede received a 2025 Dissertation Grant from the National Institute of Social Sciences (NISS). This award recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in the social sciences. She also won the RSS Rural Poverty RIG Graduate Student Paper Award for her research on rural housing insecurity. Her research areas include poverty, racial inequality, housing, social …
Bijoyetri Samaddar has received a Data Analytics for Policy Research Fellowship from the Impact and Policy Research Institute based in New Delhi. This fellowship supports a four-month immersive online certificate training course designed to equip policymakers, researchers, and data enthusiasts with cutting-edge analytical skills. She has also received an Energy Analysis & Policy Student Scholarship …
The 120th American Sociological Association (ASA) Annual Meeting took place August 8-12, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Jessica Calarco has been elected the 2026-2027 Vice President of ASA. Fabien Accominotti has been elected chair of the ASA Section on Decision-Making, Social Networks, and Society for 2025-2026. Eunsil Oh has been elected onto the Council for the …
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 examines how workplace dynamics shape the utilization of family leave policies. Drawing on court cases involving family leave-related disputes, a …
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 to public life in the United States. It is the fulcrum of countless conflicts over reproductive rights and consumer protection, …