Max Besbris, Assistant Professor of Sociology, will discuss his recently published book Upsold with a panel including Shamus Khan, Michele Lamont, Harvey Molotch, and Rene Almeling on Tuesday November 24 from 3:00pm – 4:00pm CST. …
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Special Issue of Politics & Society Devoted to Erik Olin Wright
A special issue of Politics & Society has been published in honor of former faculty member, Erik Olin Wright, who served on the editorial board of the journal from 1976 until his death in January …
Betty Thomson wins European Association for Population Studies Award
Professor Emerita Elizabeth “Betty” Thomson won the 2020 European Association for Population Studies (EAPS) Award for outstanding achievements in the field of population research. The jury affirmed that “Thomson has made a major contribution both …
Monica Grant Receives Leon Epstein Distinguished Faculty Award
This award is made in recognition of Grant’s exceptional contributions in teaching, research and service. She is an Associate Professor of Sociology and also Director of Graduate Studies for the Department. The award is for …
Report on the 2020 ASA Annual Meeting
UW-Madison Department of Sociology graduate students and faculty members received honors for their research at the American Sociological Association’s annual meeting held in August. Other faculty members participated on panels for the event. Congratulations to …
Max Besbris Publishes New Book “Upsold”
Assistant Professor Max Besbris, one of the department’s newest faculty members, just had his book Upsold: Real Estate Agents, Prices, and Neighborhood Inequality published by The University of Chicago Press Books. Besbris shows how agents …
John Eason Receives NSF Funding for Research on COVID-19
Associate Professor John Eason has received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to research the extent of the reciprocal relationship of infections and deaths from COVID-19 among prisoners, correctional staff and the larger …
Nora Cate Schaeffer’s Presidential Address to the American Association of Public Opinion Research
Because of changes due to the pandemic, in June 2020 the University of Wisconsin Survey Center’s Faculty Director Nora Cate Schaeffer became the first president of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) to give …
ASA History of Sociology Section Award Honors Chad Goldberg’s Book
The American Sociological Association’s History of Sociology Section selected “Modernity and the Jews in Western Social Thought” written by Professor Chad Goldberg to be co-winner of its 2020 Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award. Congratulations Chad!
John Eason Researching Mitigation of Spread of COVID-19 in Dane County Jail
On June 3 the Dane County Criminal Justice Council announced a new research partnership with John Eason, Associate Professor of Sociology, to determine the impact of jail population reduction on the incidence of COVID-19 in the …