University of Wisconsin-Madison
Qualitative Sociology Abstract: Prior studies of postindustrial societies have shown that despite declines in some gendered expectations, the view that women should not work when their children are young persists. Yet there is insufficient research on how individuals arrive at and make sense of negative views of maternal employment in the context of increasing gender …
Congratulations to Jane Ahn for her Midwest Sociological Society Scholarship Award! This award goes to help support Jane’s thesis, which focuses on how religion and science, as cultural actors, shape belief in climate change.
The Annals of Applied Statistics Abstract: We introduce a new nonparametric causal decomposition approach that identifies the mechanisms by which a treatment variable contributes to a group-based outcome disparity. Our approach distinguishes three mechanisms: group differences in: (1) treatment prevalence, (2) average treatment effects, and (3) selection into treatment based on individual-level treatment effects. Our …
Congratulations to Lyn Macgregor for being chosen as this year’s College of Letters & Science Mid-Career Advising Award recipient! Persons honored with an L&S Academic Advising award are exceptional advisors. Recipients have demonstrated exemplary performance both in terms of their positive impact on students and through distinctive contributions to their department.
Research in Social Stratification and Mobility Abstract: In this paper, we integrate two bodies of literature on higher education—horizontal stratification and gender segregation—to generate new insights into the consequences of the increase in vocationally oriented programs for gender segregation and inequality. We specifically examine the case of Japan, where college expansion and women’s increasing enrollment …
Congratulations to Rebecca Laurent for being named a Lead Teaching Mentor by the College of Letters & Sciences! Lead Teaching Mentors have served as Teaching Mentors more than once and take on an additional leadership role within the program. They support first-time Teaching Mentors as they learn to facilitate the TA Training curriculum. They also …
Birth Abstract: Introduction The postpartum visit is an important opportunity to prevent pregnancy-related morbidity and mortality; however, about 1 in 10 birthing people do not attend this visit. Intrapartum care experiences are an understudied factor that may contribute to postpartum healthcare engagement. Materials and Methods We analyze data from a novel survey supplement on intrapartum …
Congratulations to Danielle Schmidt for winning a highly competitive Rural Sociological Society Dissertation Research Award! This award is “designed to stimulate research that will help develop the careers of future rural sociologists and support the broader mission of the Rural Sociological Society.” Danielle’s dissertation project aims to explore the transition of production agricultural land to …
Congratulations to Katherine Jensen, who has been selected to receive a Vilas Associate’s Award from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research! This award recognizes new and ongoing research of the highest quality and significance. Katherine Jensen is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and International Studies whose research interests include race/racism, refugees and immigration, …
Alzheimer’s & Dementia Abstract: INTRODUCTION Educational attainment is associated with midlife cognitive functioning. However, degree attainment is the culmination of complex and unequal processes involving students’ backgrounds, the opportunities that schools provide them, and their performance within those schools─all of which may also shape midlife cognition. What do educational gradients in midlife cognition look like using a …