University of Wisconsin-Madison
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 inequalities, and he can speak about how we’ve handled preparedness, planning, and response to COVID-19 and how that has affected …
Beginning at noon (CST) on Tuesday March 24, the Census 2020 Symposium will be held online. Four invited experts (Steven Ruggles, Diana Magnuson, Michael Hawes and Margo Anderson) will discuss the collection and use of Census data. The symposium is sponsored by the Center for Demography and Ecology, Applied Population Laboratory, La Follette School of …
Congratulations to graduate student Benny Witovsky for being selected by the College of Letters & Science (L &S) to be one of this year’s Teaching Fellows! This role involves being part of the Teaching Assistant Training Team to convey crucial information and work on pedagogical skill development with incoming Teaching Assistants. L & S received …
The Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS) announced that Huey-Chi Vicky Chang is retiring from UW–Madison this spring. Vicky started as a Sociology graduate student at UW in 1989. Before her work with the WLS, Vicky collaborated with Aimee Dechter on the project, “Implications of Health-Related Resources and Services for Racial and Socioeconomic Differentials in Mortality.” She …
Barbara Weston Corry, longtime editor for the Sociology Department and the Center for Demography and Ecology (CDE), passed away on December 28, 2019, at the age of 83. She retired in 1995 after serving as the editor for the CDE’s Working Paper Series for many years. Her memorial service will be held on a future …
We are sorry to share the news that Sandy Ramer passed away on November 12th. Sandy was the Sociology Department’s graduate advisor from 1983 – 2010. She was adored by many faculty members and graduate students. Russ Middleton included a glowing tribute to Sandy’s work in his book on the history of the department (which …
On Wednesday October 30 at 12:15pm Eviatar Zerubavel, Board of Governors Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University, will present the Department of Sociology Colloquium in room 8417 in the Sewell Social Sciences Building. His talk is titled: “Generally Speaking: An Invitation to Concept-Driven Sociology.” Professor Zerubavel’s main areas of interest are cognitive sociology and …