University of Wisconsin–Madison

People Type: Graduate Students

Brighouse Glueck, Madeline

Additional Information Personal Website Biography Interest Areas Education, Gender, Stratification  I study the relationship between education and inequality with a focus on gender inequality. I am particularly interested in understanding the rise of graduate degrees and the rise of women’s participation in higher education and the consequences for occupations, educational systems, and gender inequality.  Previous …

Bukkapatnam, Kendra

Biography Interest Areas Non-profit Organizations, Disaster Response, Political Sociology, Economic Change and Development, Theory

Bur, Griffin

Biography Interest Areas Political Economy, Class Analysis and Historical Change, Economic Development, Organized Labor and Collective Action, Race and Racism, International Relations and Global Inequality

Burke, Emily

Biography Interest Areas Environmental Sociology, Climate Change Communications, Science and Technology, Social Movements and Collective Behavior

Carr III, Randolph

Biography Interest Areas Political Sociology; Urban and Community Sociology; and Race and Ethnic Studies. My questions revolve around the affects of carceral policies and practices on the bodies, communities, and environment of Black people and, inversely, how Black people navigate carceral landscapes.

Chao, Leonard Kin-Chong

Biography Interest areas Social Movement, Environmental Sociology, Political Sociology, Community-based Research

Chen, Ting-Ya

Cohane, Cullen

Biography Interest Areas Economic and Political Sociology, Sociology of Economics, Sociology of Development, Historical Sociology, Sociology of Knowledge, Financialization

Cui, Jun

Biography Interest Areas Comparative-Historical Sociology, Political Sociology, Economic Sociology, Culture

Dennis, Alexis M.

Biography Date Ph.D. Expected May 2026 Interest Areas Higher Education & Graduate Communities; Poverty & Social Mobility; Life Histories and Narrative Analysis Advisor Pamela Oliver  Dissertation Title “Straddling Fences: Elite Academia, Graduate Education, and the Pursuit of Community” More Information Curriculum Vitae Personal Website