University of Wisconsin-Madison
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 financial stress is not an individual issue — it does impact the broader community’s health outcomes,” said Erin Gaede, a …
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 how individuals make decisions in economic markets, how these decisions are affected by interactions with others, and how these decisions, …
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) how do elite parents make sense of poverty, and 2) how do they make decisions for their families based on …
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 aims to better connect campus and community through service-learning, engaged teaching, or leading and participating in community-based research while addressing …
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.
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 both in terms of their positive impact on students and through distinctive contributions to their department.
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 role within the program. They support first-time Teaching Mentors as they learn to facilitate the TA Training curriculum. They also …
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 broader mission of the Rural Sociological Society.” Danielle’s dissertation project aims to explore the transition of production agricultural land to …
Congratulations to Katherine Jensen, who has been selected to receive a Vilas Associate’s Award from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research! This award recognizes new and ongoing research of the highest quality and significance. Katherine Jensen is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and International Studies whose research interests include race/racism, refugees and immigration, …
“I think the current administration has decided to embrace the Russian side of this conflict.” That’s part of the quote that Ted Gerber gave for Fox 47’s article, “A ‘shift in diplomatic tone’: U.S. votes against U.N. condemning Russia.“