University of Wisconsin–Madison

People Type: Race and Ethnic Studies

One of the more important distinctions between American Sociology and its European progenitor is its focus on race and ethnicity. Therefore, the Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin at Madison maintains several faculty with varied interests and methodological approaches to the study of race and ethnicity and also hosts a Race and Ethnicity Workshop. This means that, in addition to different faculty offering graduate level seminars on a regular basis, students can further advance their understanding of the subfield, and gain feedback on their research and teaching efforts, during weekly meetings of the workshop. Moreover, while the Department provides regular course offerings and a workshop, students are encouraged to take related courses outside of the Department. Race and Ethnicity Workshop.

Bell, Michael

Home Page Department of Community & Environmental Sociology Additional Online Resource Personal website

Curtis, Katherine J.

Home Page Department of Community & Environmental Sociology More Information Curriculum Vitae Biography Research Interest Statement: Dr. Katherine J. Curtis is Professor of Community & Environmental Sociology and Associate Director of the Center for Demography and Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her work is centered in demography and extends to spatial, environmental, rural, and …

Emirbayer, Mustafa

More Information Curriculum Vitae Additional Online Resource Personal Website Biography Education: Ph.D., Harvard University, 1989 Departmental Areas of Interest: Class Analysis and Historical Change, Comparative-Historical Sociology, Culture, General Social Theory, Qualitative Methods, Race and Ethnic Studies, Social Movements and Collective Behavior Classes: Soc 773 Intermediate Sociological TheorySoc 915 The Sociology of Pierre BourdieuSoc 915 Pragmatism and Social TheorySoc …

Ifatunji, Mosi

More Information Curriculum Vitae Biography Mosi Adesina Ifatunji is a Philosopher, Social Scientist and Assistant Professor with joint appointments in the Departments of African American Studies and Sociology at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where he also holds courtesy and research appointments in the Department of African Cultural Studies, African Studies Program, Institute for …

Jensen, Katherine

More Information Curriculum Vitae Biography Research Interest Statement: Katherine Jensen is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and International Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She earned her PhD in Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin in 2018, with a Doctoral Portfolio in African and African Diaspora Studies. Before joining the University of Wisconsin, …

Light, Michael

More Information Curriculum Vitae Additional Online Resource Alternate Webpage Biography Research Interest Statement: Light’s work focuses on criminological consequences of immigration, the links between immigration and punishment, and the relationship between racial/ethnic stratification and crime. Current projects examine the collateral consequences of deportation and the relationship between colorism and punishment. Education: Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State …

Nolen, Jason

More Information Curriculum Vitae Biography Education: Ph.D., UW-Madison, 2020 Departmental areas of interest: Race and Ethnic Studies; Social Psychology and Microsociology; Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis; Gender  

Rich, Peter

More Information Curriculum Vitae Additional Online Resource Personal Website Biography Research Interest Statement: My core research focuses on the relationship between residential attainment and access to educational opportunity in the US, where I investigate connections between structural inequalities and individual choices: Education: Ph.D., New York University (2016) Departmental Areas of Interest: Communities and Urban Sociology; …

Santos, Maria-Fátima

More Information Curriculum Vitae Biography Research Interest Statement: Broadly, I am interested in different dimensions of legal and penal state power–their relationship to how societies are organized, the forms of social exclusion that compose them, and the people and mechanisms that influence their transformations. My current research examines public defenders who counsel poor people in Brazil’s …

Simmons, Michaela

Biography Research Interest Statement: Michaela’s research addresses the enduring consequences of racial inequality in the American welfare state through an examination of social citizenship, family, and childhood. She is currently working on a book titled, Mothering with the State, a study of the racial politics of foster care development in the early twentieth century. Education: Ph.D. Sociology, …