University of Wisconsin-Madison
Congratulations to Morgan Henson, who was named a 2023-2024 Morgridge Fellow with the Center for Public Service and Community-Engaged Scholarship! The fellows were selected through a juried process to participate in the year-long learning community designed to further institutionalize and support Community-Engaged Scholarship. Congratulations, Morgan!
Term: Fall 2023 Status: Open Working With: Siying Fu siying.fu@wisc.edu Topic: Computational Textual Analysis on the Sociological Research of Nationalism In this project, we explore the key themes in the classic and recently influential sociological studies of nationalism with computational textual analytical techniques, especially LDA topic modelling. The undergraduate researchers will be responsible for data collection, processing …
The Sociological Quarterly Abstract: While previous scholarship highlights the importance of cross-class alliances between intellectuals and workers in past social-democratic and labor movements, the growth of right-wing populism may signal the breakdown of this political alignment today. We investigate the extent to which intellectuals and workers remain politically aligned through a case study of political …
Public Opinion Quarterly Abstract: Interviewers’ postinterview evaluations of respondents’ performance (IEPs) are paradata, used to describe the quality of the data obtained from respondents. IEPs are driven by a combination of factors, including respondents’ and interviewers’ sociodemographic characteristics and what actually transpires during the interview. However, relatively few studies examine how IEPs are associated with …
Social Science Computer Review Abstract: Many studies rely on traditional web survey methods in which all contacts with sample members are through email and the questionnaire is administered exclusively online. Because it is difficult to effectively administer prepaid incentives via email, researchers frequently employ lotteries or prize draws as incentives even though their influence on …
Socius Abstract: While a gradient between income and depression is well documented, associational estimates are subject to bias due to measurement errors, reverse causation, and other sources of confounding. Causal studies are few and report small and divergent estimates, even in their direction. But prior research has important limitations for causal inference, such as relying …
International Labour Review Abstract: This study seeks to gauge the extent to which temporary contracts function as stepping stones to permanent contracts and to distinguish intrafirm from interfirm contract conversions. Using 2012–2016 data from a Peruvian matched employer–employee database, the authors propose several measures of contract conversion and estimate duration models. Their findings show that …
A new publication in the journal Demography “A Generational Shift: Race and the Declining Lifetime Risk of Imprisonment” by Jason P. Robey, Michael Massoglia, & Michael T. Light was featured in the Washington Post last week “Opinion: New data show a dire forecast about incarceration rates didn’t come true” by Charles Lane. Lane writes “The …
Socius Abstract: A growing body of research focuses on multigenerational mobility, but few studies show how grandparents’ gender and gender-specific lineage (paternal vs. maternal side) are differentially associated with the process of status transmissions across generations. This article uses data from the Health and Retirement Study 1992–2018 (N = 15,623) to examine gender and gender-specific lineage differences …
American Journal of Sociology Abstract: Immigration enforcement is increasingly dependent on local criminal justice authorities, yet basic questions on the criminal case processing of non-US citizens (documented or undocumented) in state and local jurisdictions remain unanswered. Leveraging uniquely rich case information on all felony arrests in California and Texas between 2006 and 2018, this article …