University of Wisconsin-Madison
Theory, Culture and Society Abstract: As the authoritarian right advances in the United States, developing an accurate understanding of the constituent elements of its worldview is a task of great urgency. Toward this end, I assess the writings of Curtis Yarvin, one of the US right’s most influential intellectuals. Yarvin’s novelty consists in his syncretic …
Sociological Science Abstract: Algorithmic risk scoring tools have been widely incorporated into governmental decision making, yet little is known about how human decision makers interact with machine-generated risk scores at the street level. We examined such human–machine interactions in the child welfare system, a high-stakes setting where caseworkers ascertain whether government interventions in family life …
Demography Abstract: Increasing evidence links exposure to extreme weather events in utero with adverse health outcomes at birth, including lower birth weight. This research, however, often faces data limitations because natural disasters may be localized, often affecting some neighborhoods but not others, whereas outcome data are often available only at higher geographic levels, such as …
The Role of Social Inequality in Parent Engagement: From Inequality to Social Justice in Education Abstract: By summer 2020, some US parents—disproportionately affluent, highly educated, White parents—were calling for schools to reopen, despite the continued threat of Covid-19. We examine the role that parenting logics—and particularly concerted cultivation—may have played in driving these patterns. We …
Child Maltreatment Abstract: Indigenous children in settler-colonial societies have historically been exposed to frequent family separation; yet contemporary family separation through out-of-home-care (OOHC) remains understudied. We analyzed annual OOHC rates among indigenous and non-indigenous children (2010–2023) in four countries: Australia, United States, Denmark, and Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland). Data sources included national child welfare databases and …
Theory and Social Inquiry Abstract: Nonpartisanship has been a core element of U.S. local governments for over a century. Today, these institutions face a new challenge as polarization has grown more intense, intimate, and ideological. Drawing on a detailed study of nonpartisan city councils across several small cities in Wisconsin, this paper examines how these …
IWMPost “As the authoritarian right advances in the United States, developing an accurate understanding of its worldview is a task of some urgency. One way of doing so is by considering the writings of one of its leading intellectuals: Curtis Yarvin.”
Socius Abstract: This visualization extends previous research reporting a positive effect of prenatal exposure of Democratic presidencies on the health outcomes of Black and White infants in the United States between 1971 and 2018. Using detailed information on race and ethnicity and new data for 2019 to 2024, the authors disaggregate birth outcome rates for …
Gender, Work & Organization Abstract: Institutional practices often recreate inequalities within organizations, especially in times of crisis like the COVID pandemic. Although early pandemic research expressed alarm that increased caregiving demands were reducing women’s research productivity, it paid less attention to changing work demands. By contrast, this article examines whether pandemic changes in academic work …
Social Science Research Abstract: This paper investigates the relationship between neighborhood mobility patterns and political polarization in the United States, with a focus on the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections. Using everyday mobility data from SafeGraph and election results at the census block group level, we examine how neighborhood disadvantage, measured both residentially and via …