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The Interdisciplinary Training (ITP) program focuses on three themes for its predoctoral education research scholars: 1) Design and implementation of field-based randomized studies in schools; 2) Statistical analysis of quantitative survey, observational, and assessment data on education, with special attention to questions of causal inference; 3) Translation of research to maximize impact on educational policy …
Two of our recent Ph.D. graduates have won the Katherine DuPre Lumpkin Dissertation of the Year award. Jinho Kim, now at Korea University, won the award for the academic year of 2017-18. His dissertation is titled “The Social Dynamics of Adolescent Health and Achievement: The Role of Local Hierarchies in the School Context” and was …
The Department of Sociology’s 2020 awards for Excellence in Teaching were recently announced. These awards were unanimously selected by the students, staff, and faculty members of the Departmental Committee for the Evaluation and Improvement of Instruction, after review of both quantitative and qualitative data from teaching evaluations. The winners are: Griffin Bur – Excellence in …
Jenn Sims, PhD 2014, recently published her dissertation as a book titled, Mixed-Race in the US and UK: Comparing the Past, Present, and Future. Written with Chinelo Njaka, the book examines how mixed-race is constructed and experienced within these two nations. Sims was interviewed by The Washington Post for their national column About Us that …
Kenny Dichter, Wheels Up CEO, and Russell Wilson, Seattle Seahawks quarterback, are both former Badgers who are pledging to donate 10 million meals to the hunger relief organization Feeding America. They hope to make a difference to prevent food insecurity due to the coronavirus pandemic and related economic crisis. Dichter graduated in 1990 with a …
Graduate student Sarah Stefanos was recently selected to receive the University of Wisconsin–Madison Award for Mentoring Undergraduates in Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities. Sarah mentors students that she meets through classes or through her research in Africa on development and the environment. Sarah works with students from various backgrounds, from the United States and from …
Graduate student Ruby Bafu has been selected to receive a 2020 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship that will provide financial support for three years. This award is a highly significant national accomplishment and places its awardees among an elite group of fellows who have gone on to distinguished careers. Ruby’s research examines the influence …
Congratulations to graduate student Benny Witovsky for being selected by the College of Letters & Science (L &S) to be one of this year’s Teaching Fellows! This role involves being part of the Teaching Assistant Training Team to convey crucial information and work on pedagogical skill development with incoming Teaching Assistants. L & S received …
The annual Archibald Haller lecture, “Whose Food, Whose Land? — a conversation on global food sovereignty” is being held on Tuesday November 12 at 7:00 – 8:30pm in the Deluca Room in the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery. Panelists include Department of Community & Environmental Sociology Professor Monica White and Sociology alumna Sarah Lloyd who earned …