University of Wisconsin-Madison
A virtual book launch event will be held January 28, 4:15 – 5:15pm CST, for Education for Democracy: Renewing the Wisconsin Idea, a new book from University of Wisconsin Press, edited by Professor Chad Alan Goldberg. The event will feature a short introduction to the book by Goldberg, brief remarks by the contributors, and an …
A special issue of Politics & Society has been published in honor of former faculty member, Erik Olin Wright, who served on the editorial board of the journal from 1976 until his death in January of 2019. Wright was particularly devoted to this journal. Several of the contributions to this issue, including one by UW-Madison …
UW-Madison Department of Sociology graduate students and faculty members received honors for their research at the American Sociological Association’s annual meeting held in August. Other faculty members participated on panels for the event. Congratulations to all! Sarah E. (Frankie) Frank, Body and Embodiment Section’s Honorable Mention for Graduate Paper Award: “Queering Menstruation: Trans and Non-Binary …
The Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS) has launched the 2020 edition of their “State of Working Wisconsin” report that tracks the ongoing economic indicators of the COVID-19 crisis in the state. This year’s research took a new approach since there was the unprecedented unfolding of the pandemic, economic crisis, and protests again racial injustice. An …
A research article written by Professor Michael Light and graduate student Julia Thomas was discussed this fall on an episode of The Weeds podcast. Skip to 47:22 for the paper, “Segregation and Violence Reconsidered: Do Whites Benefit from Residential Segregation?”
The Midwest Sociological Society’s Book Award Committee selected Professor Chad Goldberg’s book Modernity and the Jews in Western Social Thought as the winner of the 2018-19 Distinguished Book Award. Congratulations Chad!
Associate Professor Michael Light’s article “Does Undocumented Immigration Increase Violent Crime?” published in the journal Criminology was the most popular article viewed of Wiley’s Sociology publications.
The Association for Jewish Studies has selected Professor Chad Goldberg’s book Modernity and the Jews in Western Social Thought, as the finalist for the 2018 Jordan Schnitzer Book Prize in the category of Social Science, Anthropology, and Folklore. Congratulations Chad!