The Russell Sage Foundation (RSF) established its new dissertation research grants program to support innovative and high-quality research projects that are closely aligned with its funding priorities, contribute to RSF’s mission to improve social and …
Inequality
Study on Racial Disparities in Cancer Treatment by Eason, Haimson, & Zhang
In collaboration with Department of Sociology graduate students Chloe Haimson and Jienian Zhang and investigators at the UW-Madison’s Carbone Center, Associate Professor John Eason’s research on racial disparities in cancer treatment and survival has found …
2022 Hilldale Lecture April 14 with Anne Case
The La Follette School of Public Affairs, the Center for Demography of Health & Aging, and the Hilldale Lecture Series are pleased to host Anne Case, Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, …
Taylor Laemmli’s Paper Receives Award
Congratulations to graduate student Taylor Laemmli for having her paper, “Workers and Their Foes: Low-Autonomy Precarious Work in the Service Triad,” selected for the Harry Braverman Award by the Labor Studies Division of the Society …
Robert Manduca Featured Speaker for Colloquium February 21
Robert Manduca, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Michigan, presented a department colloquium “Wealth as Control of the Future” on Monday, February 21. Manduca’s research focuses on the rising income inequality in the …
Pamela Oliver comments on Income Gap
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 …
Research by Kelsey Q. Wright Featured
Research from Ph.D. candidate Kelsey Q. Wright was featured in a new addition to the PRB Resource Library. Experiencing poverty shapes women’s access and use of contraceptives even when the services are free. Wright’s research …
John Eason Named Urban Institute Equity Scholar
Associate Professor John Eason has been selected to be one of eight Equity Scholars at the Urban Institute. This two-year program provides opportunity for the scholars to deepen their own policy-oriented research on race, equity, …
Alumna Casey Stockstill Interviewed on Segregation in Early Childhood Care
Casey Stockstill (Ph.D. 2018) was recently interviewed for the newsletter “Culture Study” by Anne Helen Peterson about her research on race and early childhood care. Stockstill is currently Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University …
Christine Schwartz’s Research Referenced in “New York Times”
In an opinion piece published in the “New York Times” on January 13, 2021, Thomas B. Edsall explores the various motivations of the pro-Trump mob that attacked the Capitol on January 6. Edsall addresses “disgruntlement …