Due to the delta variant and rising COVID case numbers, we have made the decision to hold the celebration of Franklin Wilson’s life entirely by Zoom. If you haven’t registered already and plan to attend, …
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Wisconsin Book Festival to Feature “Education for Democracy”
Professor Chad Goldberg served as editor for the recently published book “Education for Democracy : Renewing the Wisconsin Idea” that will be discussed as part of the Madison Public Library’s Wisconsin Book Festival on October …
Frankie Frank is Representative for ASA Section
Frankie Frank was appointed Graduate Student Council Representative for the Teaching and Learning Section of the American Sociological Association. This Section aims to improve the teaching of sociology from the high school through graduate level. …
Graduate Students Receive Fellowships and Grants
Congratulations to the following graduate students on receipt of their fellowships and grants! Nona Gronert is a 2021 National Academy of Education’s Spencer Dissertation Fellow through August of 2022. Walker Kahn received the National Science …
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, …
Seeking Candidates for Assistant or Associate Professor
The Department of Sociology invites applications for a tenure-track or tenured position at the assistant or associate professor rank beginning August 2022. The successful candidate will have a primary appointment and tenure home in the …
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 …
Undergraduate Scholarship Winners Announced
The Department of Sociology is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s undergraduate scholarships. Congratulations go out to: Yuxin Liu, Alicia Lorta, Madison Johnson, and Yumeng Wang for receiving the Alfred Reschke Social Science …
Marcy Carlson Recieves Kellett Mid-Career Award
Congratulations to Marcy Carlson for receiving a Kellett Mid-Career Award, which recognizes and supports research conducted by faculty members who are seven to twenty years past their first promotion to tenure. Named for the late …
Michal Engelman Awarded Romnes Faculty Fellowship
Congratulations to Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study Michal Engelman who received a Romnes Faculty Fellowship for academic year 2021-22. The Romnes fellowship is named in honor of Haakon Ingolf …