University of Wisconsin-Madison
Cora Marrett received her Ph.D. in Sociology at UW-Madison in 1968 and later became a professor in the Departments of Sociology and Afro-American Studies. Marrett has had a varied career in both academia and public service. This story appeared in the spring 2022 Letters & Science magazine, written by Aaron Conklin.
Assistant Professor Max Besbris’ book “Upsold” was selected by the Midwest Sociological Society for it’s Distinguished Book Award.
Affiliated Faculty Member Lewis Friedland, a widely respected sociologist of media and political sociology and valued affiliate of our department, retired from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication this past semester. Professor Friedland was a co-advisor and committee member for many of our graduate students over the past three decades. His research focused on …
Professor Jenna Noble’s study published last month in the “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences” journal has garnered much publicity for the value of how the research team collected data on the population level and how the findings have implications for health policy makers. With her research team, Nobles found that more than one …
Professor Ted Gerber was the featured expert on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “The Morning Show” this week. He discussed the current tension in Ukraine and Russia and answered questions called in from the public. Gerber is a member of the Department of Sociology faculty and is Director of the Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central …
This week Pam Oliver, Professor Emerita, was featured in WalletHub’s recent piece about States with the Highest Wealth Gaps by Race/Ethnicity. Oliver explains “income inequality has increased sharply and the increase is due to rising income in the top 1%, which has very few Black or Hispanic people in it.” She also replies to questions …
Congratulations to Katherine Jensen, Assistant Professor of Sociology and International Studies, for being awarded a Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity (REI) Faculty Fellowship from the UW-Madison Institute for Research in the Humanities! REI fellows receive their regular salary and are released from teaching and service duties for the semester of the fellowship so that they can …
The 16th William H. Sewell Memorial Lecture and reception will be held on Friday, April 22, 2022 at 4:00pm CT in room 8417 in the Sewell Social Sciences Building. Professor Chaeyoon Lim will deliver the lecture “Changing Religious Landscape in America: What Is Happening and How Does It Matter?” Lim joined our department in 2008 …
The Midwest Independent Publisher’s Association awarded Professor Chad Goldberg’s book “Education for Democracy: Renewing the Wisconsin Idea” the winner in the category of Non Fiction – Anthologies for the 31st Annual Midwest Book Awards. In this book, Goldberg uses the Wisconsin Idea as a lens to demonstrate that public higher education institutions remain a bastion …