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 …
Inequality
Josh Garoon Listed as UW-Madison Expert on Pandemic Emergency and Preparedness
Josh Garoon, an assistant professor in the UW-Madison Department of Community & Environmental Sociology, studies the sociology of public health. He can address the social, economic, and political dimensions of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially health …
Annual ‘State of Working Wisconsin’ Report Released
COWS, the economy and jobs policy think tank at UW-Madison, just released their annual State of Working Wisconsin report. While low unemployment and modest job growth continues, problems persist. “The richest Wisconsinites increasingly reap the …
PODCAST BY JORDAN CONWELL ON RACIAL INCOME INEQUALITY
Assistant Professor Jordan Conwell discusses his research that examined how children of different races and genders, but from the same family income, fare in early educational measures in a podcast created with the UW-Madison’s Institute …