Conceptualizing Authoritarianism by Ivan Ermakoff (2025)

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Oxford Handbook of Authoritarian Politics Abstract: Authoritarianism evokes phenomenal realities of different kinds: rules, behaviors, institutional settings, representations, dispositions, and attitudes. Given this lack of fixed meaning, the present chapter addresses conceptual issues by considering designs, tools, and argumentative frameworks centered on authoritarian regimes. This practical lens highlights five modes of conceptualization defined as ways …

Chloe Rosenstock receives Honorable Mention for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

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Chloe Rosenstock received an Honorable Mention for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) competition this year. In her study,”‘Perceiving the Poor:’ Elite Parental Beliefs and Their Decision-Making Process,” she asks two main questions: 1) how do elite parents make sense of poverty, and 2) how do they make decisions for their families based on …

Ambiguously Sexual Interactions by Chloe Hart and Ivana Vranjes (2025)

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What the #MeToo Movement Highlights and Hides about Workplace Sexual Harassment edited by Anne M. O’Leary-Kelly and Shannon L. Rawski

In the Shadow of Sunshine Laws: Open Meeting Laws and Administrative Burdens by Sadie Dempsey (2025)

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Democracy, Governance, and Law Abstract: Purpose – This chapter shows how open meeting laws (also called “sunshine laws”) place administrative burdens on the public and inadvertently thwart political participation. Methodology/approach – This argument is supported by 36 months of ethnographic fieldwork and 68 interviews with engaged citizens in Wisconsin. Findings – While the expressed purpose of open meeting …

Soc 320 Research Opportunity, Summer 2025: Transcription Assistant for Interviews About Flirtation

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Term: Summer 2025 (Soc 320, Section 136) Status: OPEN Contact: Please contact Chloe Hart chloe.hart@wisc.edu to apply for this position. See details below. It is available for 1-2 credits. Description: How have large societal shifts like the #MeToo movement and the Covid-19 pandemic shifted Americans’ views toward appropriate sexual behavior? I take up these questions …

Soc 320 Research Opportunity, Summer 2025: Cultural Scripts About Flirtation in American Media

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Term: Summer 2025 (Soc 320, Section 036), Prof Chloe Hart Status: OPEN Contact: Please contact Mariah Lindsay malindsay@wisc.edu to apply for this position. See details below. It is available for 1 credit. Description: This is a voluntary research study about flirtation in media. Flirtation – expressing romantic or sexual interest in someone – isn’t a …

Murder and Moral Responsibility: Thinking with and against Sartre about Reactions to the October 7th Pogrom by Chad Alan Goldberg (2025)

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Chad Alan Goldberg’s article “Murder and Moral Responsibility: Thinking with and against Sartre about Reactions to the October 7th Pogrom,” originally published in Responses to 7 October, edited by Rosa Freedman and David Hirsh (Routledge, 2024), was reprinted in April 2025 in Hebrew translation in Israeli Sociology (vol. 26, no. 1), the journal of the …

Crimmigration and the punishment of women: Evidence from Texas courts by Avery Warner (2025)

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Social Science Research Abstract: Recent research argues that the criminalization of immigration reflects broader social processes of membership and belonging, making some noncitizens deportable and others worthy of protection. Yet, while scholars suggest that both immigration and punishment are gendered, limited research scrutinizes gendered crimmigration on a large scale or explores how it operates in …

Molly Clark-Barol received the Excellence in Engaged Scholarship Graduate Award

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Molly Clark-Barol was selected as the recipient of the Excellence in Engaged Scholarship Graduate Award from the Morgridge Center for Public Service! The Excellence in Engaged Scholarship Graduate Student Award acknowledges a graduate student who aims to better connect campus and community through service-learning, engaged teaching, or leading and participating in community-based research while addressing …

Fertiliuty intentions in rural Malawi after Cyclone Idai by Monica J. Grant and Katherine J. Curtis (2025)

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Population and Environment Abstract: Environmental disruptions, such as extreme weather events, can heighten household uncertainty by causing financial, marital, and housing instability. In this paper, we draw on unique interview data to deepen understanding of fertility intentions and the role of environmentally induced uncertainty in shaping them. Using in-depth interviews collected in rural Malawi in …