Division of Labor, Multiplication of Gratitude? Gratitude and Resentment Within Households by Allison Daminger, Amanda Nerenberg, Rachel Drapper, Alexandra C. Feldberg, and Kathleen L. McGinn (2025)

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Journal of Marriage and Family Abstract: Objective This paper investigates contemporary household economies of gratitude and resentment, assessing how discrepancies between partners’ expectations relate to their emotions and household labor allocation. Background Women shoulder greater shares of cognitive and physical housework than men. Prior research suggests expressions of gratitude reveal the underlying expectations that reproduce …

Morgan Henson receives Gullickson fellowship, serves on teaching support councils

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Morgan Henson received the Gullickson Fellowship from the College of Letters & Science for the second year in a row. His research investigates how the far right in the US and Europe leverages social identities to garner political support. Morgan also serves on several advisory councils and teams that support teaching in the College of …

The Social Psychology of Social Class and Mobility by Jessica Calarco and Chloe Rosenstock (2025)

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Handbook of Social Psychology Vol. 2: Meso and Macro Perspectives Abstract: Compared to other social scientists, social psychologists have been less involved in efforts to explain patterns of social class reproduction and social class mobility, and when they have these considered these questions, they have historically tended to adopt deficit-oriented perspectives that normalize existing inequalities. …

Jimin Gim receives Student Paper Award from International Conference on the Sociology of Korea

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Jimin Gim received the Student Paper Award from the 2025 International Conference on the Sociology of Korea (I-CSK). She presented her paper “Optimizing Motherhood: How Mothers Understand and Manage Childcare Outsourcing in Contemporary South Korea” at the 2025 I-CSK, hosted by Stanford University’s Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center.

Frankie Frank Distinguished Honors Faculty Award

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Congratulations to Sarah “Frankie” Frank for receiving a Distinguished Honors Faculty Award! Each spring, the L&S Honors Program solicits student nominations of faculty members who have had a special impact as instructors of Honors-designated courses, mentors of Honors projects, or as supervisors of Honors research experiences. Frankie was selected from a record number of nominations …

How Do You Interview a River? Translating the Social Role of Natural Entities by Taimur Ahmad (2025)

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The Sociological Quarterly Abstract: Dualistic approaches that separate the natural from the social have long been the norm in sociology, but they are flawed in an era of ecological crisis where the interconnections between humans and nature have never been thrown into starker relief. Natural entities—animals, plants, and even rivers—are not simply facets of ecology …

What’s on Her Mind: The Mental Workload of Family Life by Allison Daminger

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Allison Daminger’s book, What’s on Her Mind: The Mental Workload of Family Life, is now available through Princeton University Press. Mothers and fathers use their time differently, with women spending roughly twice as many hours on family labor as men. But what about the gendered differences in the ways women and men think? What’s on Her Mind provides …

Ethnic Movements in the United States by Emma-Claire LaSaine (2025)

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TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology  Abstract: This course sociologically analyzes historical and recent ethnic/racial conflict and movements in the U.S., including the relations between European Americans, African Americans, Mexican Americans, Native Americans, and Asian Americans. The class introduces fundamental theories of social movements and prepares students to think critically about the resources, …

Nicholas Mark interviewed for PBS News Hour

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PBS News Hour interviewed Nicholas Mark about the pronatalism movement encouraging Americans to have more children. Even though the U.S. fertility rate is at an all time low, Nicholas Mark says that “People should not be concerned about the U.S. population into the future.” The segment is available to watch online.

Soc 320 Research Opportunity, Fall 2025: Prior Studies in Decoupling

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Term: Fall 2025 (Soc 320, Section 064) Status: CLOSED Contact: Please contact Jungmyung Kim jungmyung.kim@wisc.edu to apply for this position. See details below. It is available for 2-3 credits. Description: This project is designed for a review paper on the methodological approaches to study decoupling, which is a classic phenomenon in organizational sociology that describes …