The Department of Sociology looks forward to welcoming Jessica Calarco to our faculty in Spring 2023! Jessica and Mario Small (Columbia) recently published a book Qualitative Literacy that is the subject of several responses in …
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A New Look for the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study
The Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS), a long-term study of a random sample of 10,317 people who graduated from Wisconsin high schools in 1957, has launched a new website. Data collected for the study covers social …
Max Besbris Interviewed on Hurricane Ian & its Impact on Inequality, Racial Disparities
Assistant Professor Max Besbris has been in the media lately after Hurricane Ian. Along with his colleague Anna Rhodes, Besbris conducted interviews with dozens of homeowners in Houston over the two years after Hurricane Harvey. …
Eric Grodsky Awarded NIA Subaward for Research on Role of Education and Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease
Research on Alzheimer’s disease and dementia is getting a big boost after the National Institute on Aging awarded scientists a large grant to study how education affects the development of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. …
Mike Massoglia Co-authors Book on Prisons and Health
The book Prisons and Health in the Age of Mass Incarceration will be published on September 30 and is described by its publisher, Oxford University Press, as being “the first comprehensive and empirical book focused …
UniverCity Year a Finalist for Community Engagement Award
The UniverCity Year program, an associate project of COWS, has been named a regional winner of the 2022 W. K. Kellogg Foundation Community Engagement Scholarship Award from the Association of Public and land-grant Universities. Read …
Michal Engelman Interviewed about Continued Declines in US Life Expectancy
Associate Professor of Sociology Michal Engelman spoke with two local radio stations about the second straight year of continued declines in US life expectancy, Wisconsin Public Radio’s Central Time and WORT’s 8’O’clock Buzz. Engelman is …
In Memoriam: Joann Elder
We are deeply saddened to share with you that Joann Elder, a beloved long-time member of our Sociology Community, has passed away. As our first undergraduate advisor, Joann shepherded thousands of students through our program …
Cabell Gathman and Natalia Savelyeva join department as Lecturers
We are happy to welcome two more lecturers to our team this fall: Cabell Gathman and Natalia Savelyeva. Cabell will be teaching Soc 160, Human Sexuality. She earned her PhD in Sociology here in 2014, …
Max Besbris co-authors Guest Essay on Climate Change and Managed Retreat of Neighborhoods
An opinion piece, titled “Losing Your Neighborhood to Climate Change is Sometimes Necessary” was published in “The New York Times” by Assistant Professor Max Besbris with Anna Rhodes, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rice University. …