University of Wisconsin-Madison
This award is made in recognition of Grant’s exceptional contributions in teaching, research and service. She is an Associate Professor of Sociology and also Director of Graduate Studies for the Department. The award is for three years and is to be used for research related purposes. Grant’s most recent research projects have focused on fertility …
Matthew Desmond (Ph.D) will present “The Housing Crisis in Cities,” the virtual keynote for the Mayors Innovation Project, on Tuesday, November 17 at 4 pm ET/3 pm CT. Register here. The Mayors Innovation Project is part of COWS, the Center on Wisconsin Strategy.
UW–Madison Department of Sociology graduate students and faculty members received honors for their research at the American Sociological Association’s annual meeting held in August. Other faculty members participated on panels for the event. Congratulations to all! Sarah E. (Frankie) Frank, Body and Embodiment Section’s Honorable Mention for Graduate Paper Award: “Queering Menstruation: Trans and Non-Binary …
Wisconsin Public Radio presented a news story on the rate of COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin prisons on Thursday, September 3. John Eason, Associate Professor of Sociology and director of the University of Wisconsin Justice Lab, commented on the disproportionate rate of incarceration of African Americans in state prisons, and how increased COVID-19 testing will show …
On August 21, Greg Wilson, graduate student in the Department of Sociology, and Professor of Community and Environmental Sociology Randy Stoecker, gave a presentation on their research findings on Black-led nonprofits in Madison – organizations whose leadership is majority Black – to the Nehemiah Center for Urban Leadership Development, as part of the Justified Anger …
Last week Jane Piliavin, Conway-Bascom Professor of Sociology, Emerita, was interviewed by Channel 3000 about the Milwaukee Bucks boycott of Game 5 of the playoff series. Piliavin, who has taught sports sociology for many years, stated “It’s often athletes who stand up and protest before other people do.”
The Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS) moderated a discussion on Thursday September 3 at 12:00pm (CST) that included front-line workers in healthcare and other essential jobs, as well as those who have lost their jobs as a result of the pandemic. This online event, The Experience of Frontline Wisconsin Workers under COVID-19, was hosted by …
Assistant Professor Max Besbris, one of the department’s newest faculty members, just had his book Upsold: Real Estate Agents, Prices, and Neighborhood Inequality published by The University of Chicago Press Books. Besbris shows how agents successfully upsell, inducing buyers to spend more than their initially stated price ceilings. Using ethnographic and quantitative housing data, the …
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Educational Policy Studies, Jordan Conwell is part of the Stone Center’s Virtual Workshop 2020: “Inequality by the Numbers.” The purpose of this workshop is to feature the latest research and thinking on equality across a wide range of topics, disciplinary perspectives, and geographical terrains. Conwell presents an overview of inequality …
John Eason, Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the UW–Madison Justice Lab, has presented early results from a research project that suggest that efforts to reduce the jail population in the months of January, February and March resulted in decreasing the number of COVID-19 cases in the Dane County Jail. Eason has partnered with …