Soc 320 Research Opportunity, Spring 2021: Corporate Diversity & Affirmative Action Policies

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Term: Spring 2021 Status: Open Working With: Jungmyung Kim, jungmyung.kim@wisc.edu  Topic: Corporate Diversity & Affirmative Action Policies This project seeks to identify the various reasonings and supporting logic for diversity and affirmative action policies revealed in public and investor relations documents of all publicly traded American corporations. Using the documents collected by the graduate project investigator, …

Katherine DuPre Lumpkin Dissertation of the Year Awards Announced

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Two of our recent Ph.D. graduates have won the Katherine DuPre Lumpkin Dissertation of the Year award. Jinho Kim, now at Korea University, won the award for the academic year of 2017-18. His dissertation is titled “The Social Dynamics of Adolescent Health and Achievement: The Role of Local Hierarchies in the School Context” and was …

Memorial Resolution Published by UW-Madison Faculty to Honor Hal Winsborough

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Hal Winsborough arrived at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1967, where he was an associate professor in the Department of Sociology charged with the creation of a demographic research center. Hal succeeded in securing funding from the National Institutes of Health, and the Center for Demography and Ecology (CDE) was  created. His vision laid the …

2020 Excellence in Teaching Awards

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The Department of Sociology’s 2020 awards for Excellence in Teaching were recently announced.  These awards were unanimously selected by the students, staff, and faculty members of the Departmental Committee for the Evaluation and Improvement of Instruction, after review of both quantitative and qualitative data from teaching evaluations.  The winners are: Griffin Bur – Excellence in …

Joel Rogers Appointed as Noam Chomsky Professor

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Congratulations to Professor Joel Rogers for being appointed the Noam Chomsky professorship by the Office of the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.  Funded by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, this award provides flexible research support for five years effective July 1, 2020. Joel directs COWS, the national strategy center on high-road development that also operates the Mayors …

Alumni Jenn Sims, PhD 2014, Publishes Book on Mixed-Race

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Jenn Sims, PhD 2014, recently published her dissertation as a book titled,  Mixed-Race in the US and UK: Comparing the Past, Present, and Future.  Written with Chinelo Njaka, the book examines how mixed-race is constructed and experienced within these two nations. Sims was interviewed by The Washington Post for their national column About Us that …

Ginny Rogers, Longtime Department Administrative Assistant, Has Passed Away

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Ginny Rogers, who worked as an administrative assistant for the Sociology Department for 34 years, passed away on April 15, 2020.  During her long life, Ginny enjoyed working, volunteering, and taking care of her family.  A celebration of Ginny’s life will be planned for a later date.  Her obituary and a link for online condolences …

UW Alumni Pledge 10 Million Meal Donations

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Kenny Dichter, Wheels Up CEO, and Russell Wilson, Seattle Seahawks quarterback, are both former Badgers who are pledging to donate 10 million meals to the hunger relief organization Feeding America.  They hope to make a difference to prevent food insecurity due to the coronavirus pandemic and related economic crisis. Dichter graduated in 1990 with a …

Sarah Stefanos Honored with Award for Mentoring Undergraduates

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Graduate student Sarah Stefanos was recently selected to receive the University of Wisconsin–Madison Award for Mentoring Undergraduates in Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities. Sarah mentors students that she meets through classes or through her research in Africa on development and the environment.  Sarah works with students from various backgrounds, from the United States and from …

Ruby Bafu Awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

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Graduate student Ruby Bafu has been selected to receive a 2020 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship that will provide financial support for three years. This award is a highly significant national accomplishment and places its awardees among an elite group of fellows who have gone on to distinguished careers. Ruby’s research examines the influence …