Franklin Wilson Memorial Changed to Zoom Format

Due to the delta variant and rising COVID case numbers, we have made the decision to hold the celebration of Franklin Wilson’s life entirely by Zoom. If you haven’t registered already and plan to attend, please REGISTER HERE. The date and time remain the same. Saturday, September 25th from 1-3pm Via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/92069257755?pwd=WU9adUhqYkg5b2JSV25LM2pNcklXdz09    

Wisconsin Book Festival to Feature “Education for Democracy”

Professor Chad Goldberg served as editor for the recently published book “Education for Democracy : Renewing the Wisconsin Idea” that will be discussed as part of the Madison Public Library’s Wisconsin Book Festival on October 23 at 10:30am in Madison’s Central Library, Community Room 302.  Goldberg will appear live in conversation with Jason Smith, Associate …

Frankie Frank is Representative for ASA Section

Frankie Frank was appointed Graduate Student Council Representative for the Teaching and Learning Section of the American Sociological Association. This Section aims to improve the teaching of sociology from the high school through graduate level. It encourages and facilitates innovative and effective methods of teaching and research of teaching practices.

Soc 320 Research Opportunity, Fall 2021: University Recruitment of High School Students in Taiwan

Term: Fall 2021 (Soc 320, Section 281) Status: Open Contact: Please contact Mikki Liu mikki.liu@wisc.edu with your resume and cover letter (see details below) to apply for this position. It is available for 1-3 credits. Description: This research aims to provide an overview of how different universities recruit and select high schoolers. Focusing on administrative …

Graduate Students Receive Fellowships and Grants

Congratulations to the following graduate students on receipt of their fellowships and grants! Nona Gronert is a 2021 National Academy of Education’s Spencer Dissertation Fellow through August of 2022. Walker Kahn received the National Science Foundation’s Law and Science Dissertation Grant Award. Kurt Kuehne won a Multi-Country Research Fellowship from Council of American Overseas Research …

Monica Grant Awarded NIH Research Grant

The National Institutes of Health awarded Monica Grant, Professor of Sociology, a two-year R03 grant to study the reproductive consequences of schooling expansion for men in Ethiopia, Malawi, and Uganda.  This project builds on previous work conducted by Grant about the expansion of girls’ schooling in sub-Saharan Africa and the causal consequences of girls’ schooling …

Leafia Zi Ye Receives ASA Award for Paper

Leafia Zi Ye’s paper “Continuous Integration or Cumulative (Dis)advantage? U.S. Immigrants’ Economic Trajectories in Later Life” received the Graduate Student Paper Award from the American Sociological Association’s Section on Aging & the Life Course.  Ye began her graduate studies in the Department of Sociology in 2016 and her research uses quantitative methods to study immigrants …

John Eason Named Urban Institute Equity Scholar

Associate Professor John Eason has been selected to be one of eight Equity Scholars at the Urban Institute.  This two-year program provides opportunity for the scholars to deepen their own policy-oriented research on race, equity, and structural racism.  Working with other researchers at the Urban Institute’s equity-focused policy centers and labs, scholars will develop research …

Seeking Candidates for Assistant or Associate Professor

The Department of Sociology invites applications for a tenure-track or tenured position at the assistant or associate professor rank beginning August 2022. The successful candidate will have a primary appointment and tenure home in the Department of Sociology. Applicants must hold a PhD prior to the start of the appointment. Research specialization is open; however, we …

Kristina Fullerton Rico Receives Funded Honorable Mention from SWS

Congratulations to Kristina Fullerton Rico, who received a funded honorable mention for the Esther Ngan-ling Chow and Mareyjoyce Green dissertation scholarship from the Sociologists for Women in Society. The scholarship offers support to women and non-binary scholars of color who are from underrepresented groups and are studying concerns that women of color face domestically and/or …