This year the Department of Sociology had 71 students receive their Bachelor’s degrees and eight candidates receive their Ph.Ds. The ceremonies for the the doctoral candidates were held on Friday May 13 and the ceremony …
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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, …
Masoud Movahed Publishes Commentary on Erik Olin Wright’s Work
In honor of his late advisor, Erik Olin Wright, graduate student Masoud Movahed wrote a commentary in “The Palgrave Encyclopedia of the Possible” detailing Wright’s Real Utopias Project.
Jenna Nobles Presents at March 31 OB-GYN Grand Rounds
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 …
Max Besbris Wins Distinguished Book Award
Assistant Professor Max Besbris’ book “Upsold” was selected by the Midwest Sociological Society for it’s Distinguished Book Award.
CANCELLED: Tyrone Forman Colloquium March 30
Unfortunately our speaker, Professor Tyrone Forman, has had to postpone his presentation that was scheduled for Wednesday, March 30 at 12:15pm. We will be working to reschedule his lecture for later this semester and will …
Chicago Ethnography Conference April 2
The Chicago Ethnography Conference will be virtual Saturday April 2. This year’s theme is Ethnography and Qualitative Literacy: Communicating Research in Uncertain Times. There will be keynote presentations from @JessicaCalarco and @MarioLuisSmall and graduate student …
Lewis Friedland Retires after 30-Year Career
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 …
Russian and Ukrainian Students Protest Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine
Graduate student Anna Popovych, who came from Ukraine to study sociology, participated in a small protest of Russian and Ukrainian students and teachers on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus on Thursday February 24, to show …