Planning as social practice: the formation and blockage of competitive futures in tournament chess, homebuying, and political organizing by Max Besbris & Gary Alan Fine (2023)

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Theory & Society, May 2023 Abstract: Drawing on models of the interaction order, we describe how planning is an inherently social activity. We argue that planning as a practice involves five core elements: mirroring, identifying, coordinating, timing, and surmounting. Specifically, planning depends on (1) a realization of likely responses of others, (2) a recognition of …

Grieving in the “Golden Cage”: How Unauthorized Immigrants Contend with Death and Mourn from Afar by Kristina Fullerton Rico (2023)

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Social Problems, May 2023 Abstract: In the past four decades, the United States has created a population of long-term unauthorized immigrants. As this population ages, issues of death and dying are increasingly salient. Though we know much about how families maintain close bonds despite geographic distance, death and dying remain undertheorized in transnational family scholarship. …

Youbin Kang Awarded Honorable Mention for the 2023 Best Student Paper Award from the Labor and Labor Movements section of the ASA

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Youbin Kang was awarded honorable mention for the 2023 Best Student Paper award from the Labor and Labor Movements section of the American Sociological Association for her paper “Unionizing Against Solidarity: The Meritocracy of Habitus and the Politics of Skills in the Seoul Metro.” This paper is a part of Kang’s dissertation project examining infrastructural …

Mikki Liu Awarded Two Graduate Paper Awards

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Ruo-Fan (Mikki) Liu was awarded two graduate paper awards! Liu’s paper, “Envisioning Opportunities to College Admissions: Social Capital in the Development of Students’ College Plans,” was selected as an award winner for the 2023 Youth, Aging, and Life Course Best Graduate Student Paper. Additionally, her paper, “Well, You Never Know!: Strategic Cultural Coaching and Uncertain …

Soc 320 Research Opportunity, Fall 2023: Community-Engaged Research for Solving Urban Problems: A High-Road Practicum

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Term: Fall 2023 Status: Open Working With: Prof. Joel Rogers  Meets: 9:55-11:55 M, 3425 Sterling Topic: Community-Engaged Research for Solving Urban Problems: A High-Road Practicum Use social science research tools to solve problems in Wisconsin communities! All academic backgrounds welcome. This course uses high-road strategies and applied social science research to solve real community problems. “High …

Sadie Dempsey Selected as a 2023-24 Mellon Public Humanities Graduate Fellow

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Sadie Dempsey was selected to be a Mellon Public Humanities Graduate Fellow for the 2023-2024 academic year. The University of Wisconsin Center for the Humanities’ Mellon Public Humanities Graduate Fellow program aims to provide graduate students the opportunity to explore diverse career paths and cultivate a practice of public humanities within their academic work. Dempsey will …

Sociology Colloquium: Race at the Top: Asian Americans and Whites in Pursuit of the American Dream in Suburban Schools, Natasha Warikoo, Tufts University

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Natasha Warikoo presents, “Race at the Top: Asian Americans and Whites in Pursuit of the American Dream in Suburban Schools.” Wednesday, April 26 12:15 – 2:00 pm 8417 Sewell Social Science Building

Fabien Accominotti Featured in RSF Journal Blog for New Publication on the Architecture of Status Hierarchies

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Fabien Accominotti was featured on the Russel Sage Foundation Journal Blog for his recent co-authored publication “The Architecture of Status Hierarchies: Variations in Structure and Why They Matter for Inequality.” The interview discusses the publications included in the RSF Journal of Social Science issue “Status: What It Is and Why It Matters.” “The sheer fact …

Day of The Badger 2023 Recap

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The Department of Sociology’s Day of the Badger 2023 campaign was a great success! Our department goal was to raise $5,000, and we raised $14,205 thanks to the generosity of our Badger Sociology community. An anonymous donor kindly pledged to donate $100 for every new donor who gave any amount this year. We had a …

Is There an Idealized Target of Sexual Harassment in the MeToo Era? by Chloe Grace Hart (2023)

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Social Problems, April 2023 Abstract:  Evidence suggests that Americans became more sympathetic toward people who experienced sexual harassment as the MeToo movement surged. Yet how comprehensive these shifts in public opinion have been remains unclear. I hypothesize that women who experience workplace sexual harassment are judged against the archetype of an idealized target of sexual …