“This paper draws on interviews with first-generation (FG) college students in their first year attending two distinct public colleges (a rural state university and an urban flagship) to show how these students framed college in …
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Jill Richardson’s Dissertation Research Featured
Jill Richardson’s dissertation research examines how a Montana-based non-profit, Blackfoot Challenge (BC), facilitates the exchange of knowledge between experts and laypeople for carnivore management. Her article titled, “The Cows May Safely Graze: Placing Expert-Lay Relationships …
Scholarship for Sociology Students Supports the LBGTQ+ Community
Sociology alumna Alex Hanna, Ph.D. 2016, came out as a transgender woman while at UW- Madison and recently created a scholarship to support undergraduate students committed to and engaged in activities that support the LGBTQ+ …
Kristina Fullerton Rico awarded Russell Sage Dissertation Grant
The Russell Sage Foundation (RSF) established its new dissertation research grants program to support innovative and high-quality research projects that are closely aligned with its funding priorities, contribute to RSF’s mission to improve social and …
Doug Maynard Discusses New Book, “Autistic Intelligence: Interaction, Individuality, and the Challenges of Diagnosis”
On Tuesday, June 28, 6:00pm at Leopold’s Books Bar Caffè, Doug Maynard, Maureen T. Hallinan Professor of Sociology, Emeritus, will discuss his just published co-authored book “Autistic Intelligence: Interaction, Individuality, and the Challenges of Diagnosis.” …
Study on Racial Disparities in Cancer Treatment by Eason, Haimson, & Zhang
In collaboration with Department of Sociology graduate students Chloe Haimson and Jienian Zhang and investigators at the UW-Madison’s Carbone Center, Associate Professor John Eason’s research on racial disparities in cancer treatment and survival has found …
Cora Marrett’s Career in Academia and Public Service
Cora Marrett received her Ph.D. in Sociology at UW-Madison in 1968 and later became a professor in the Departments of Sociology and Afro-American Studies. Marrett has had a varied career in both academia and public …
NextGenPop: Recruiting the Next Generation of Scholars into Population Research
NextGenPop is a new NICHD-funded undergraduate program (R25 HD105602) in population research that aims to increase the diversity of the population field and nurture the next generation of population scientists. The program offers undergraduates an …
Commencement 2022
This year the Department of Sociology had 71 students receive their Bachelor’s degrees and eight candidates receive their Ph.Ds. The ceremonies for the the doctoral candidates were held on Friday May 13 and the ceremony …
Masoud Movahed Publishes Commentary on Erik Olin Wright’s Work
In honor of his late advisor, Erik Olin Wright, graduate student Masoud Movahed wrote a commentary in “The Palgrave Encyclopedia of the Possible” detailing Wright’s Real Utopias Project.