University of Wisconsin-Madison
The Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS) helps researchers understand aging in Wisconsin. Local news source Madison.com recently published an article about the WLS. Read the full article here. The WLS is a long-term study of a random sample of 10,317 people who graduated from Wisconsin high schools in 1957, providing an opportunity to study the life …
We have created an on-line repository for sociology senior honors theses at https://minds.wisconsin.edu/handle/1793/84081 in the Minds@UW framework. Deposit of your thesis is optional, not required for your degree, but we think many students will want to take advantage of this option. If you deposit your thesis to Minds@UW, it will be given a permanent URL …
Why would I want to deposit my thesis? Answer: Get credit for your work. Demonstrate to potential graduate programs or employers that you have completed a finished research project. Why might I be required to deposit my thesis? Answer: If your research is federally funded, you are required to make your results available to the …
These instructions are for people who wish to deposit their sociology master’s theses OR their sociology senior honors theses to the online repository at https://minds.wisconsin.edu/ (Doctoral dissertations are deposited with ProQuest.) You may find it helpful to consult the library’s information pages including Getting Started with MINDS and Guide to Depositing Your Work. Below we give …
Congratulations to Kristinn Már (Ph.D. 2021) on his selection for the Katherine DuPre Lumpkin Dissertation of the Year award. Márs’ dissertation, “Democratic Challenges and Innovations,” was written under the supervision of Professor Chaeyoon Lim. Dr. Lumpkin earned a Ph.D. in Sociology from UW–Madison in 1928 and made her career as a professor at Wells College, …
Congratulations to graduate student Lindsay Cannon for being awarded the Deborah A. Hobbins Graduate Student Award in Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice from the Center for Research on Gender & Woman at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Cannon plans to use the scholarship funds to begin her dissertation.
Lisa Wade (Ph.D. 2006) will give the Keynote Address “Teaching Sociology after 2020: Sociology in an Unsettled Time” as part of Alpha Kappa Delta Sociology Honor Society’s “Planning to Teach Post-Pandemic.” The event is June 16, 2021 at 1:00 pm Eastern Time and is free, but attendees must register here. Lisa Wade is an Associate …
Dr. Torsheika Maddox has advanced to become the inaugural Senior Operations Officer and Chief of Staff to the Interim Deputy Vice Chancellor for Diversity & Climate and Chief Diversity Officer in the Division of Diversity, Equity & Educational Achievement (DDEEA). In her new role, Dr. Maddox will apply her skills as a trained Sociologist (demographer), …
Professor Emeritus Doug Maynard is the recipient of the 2021 Garfinkel-Sacks Award for Distinguished Scholarship in recognition of his distinguished lifetime career contributions to the fields of ethnomethodology and/or conversation analysis. The Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis section of the American Sociological Association confers this award. Maynard retired from the Department of Sociology this past summer.
Franklin D. Wilson taught at the University of Wisconsin from 1973 until 2007, where he was most recently the William H. Sewell-Bascom Emeritus Professor of Sociology. He served as Chair of the Department of Afro-American Studies (1984-87), as Chair of the Department of Sociology (1988-91), and as Director of the Center for Demography and Ecology …