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Kristinn Már receives Dissertation of the Year Award
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. …
Lindsay Cannon receives Scholarship for Women’s Health Research
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 …
Alumna Lisa Wade to give Keynote Address
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 …
Alum Dr. Torsheika Maddox Promoted to a New Role in Diversity Leadership at UW
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, …
Doug Maynard Awarded 2021 Garfinkel-Sacks Award for Distinguished Scholarship
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 …
In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Franklin Wilson
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 …
Census 2020 Symposium Online Tuesday March 24
Beginning at noon (CST) on Tuesday March 24, the Census 2020 Symposium will be held online. Four invited experts (Steven Ruggles, Diana Magnuson, Michael Hawes and Margo Anderson) will discuss the collection and use of …
Vicky Chang to Retire from Wisconsin Longitudinal Study
The Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS) announced that Huey-Chi Vicky Chang is retiring from UW-Madison this spring. Vicky started as a Sociology graduate student at UW in 1989. Before her work with the WLS, Vicky collaborated …