- Grad Students Excel in TA Awards
- Katherine Jensen Awarded Fellowship
- Ted Gerber Interviewed on Russia's Attack on Ukraine
- Jenna Nobles and Lindsay Cannon Featured in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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- Kristinn Már Wins Lumpkin Award
- Day of the Badger Returns April 5
- Pam Oliver Comments on Income Gap
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Fund & Hanna Pride Scholarship
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Decency. Excellence. Diversity.
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Grad Students Excel in TA Awards
Three of our students have won TA awards for 2021! Kerem Morgül and Kurt Kuehne won Capstone Ph.D. Teaching Awards, and Soyun Park won an Early Excellence Teaching Award.
Kerem Morgül taught many courses as a Teaching Assistant since 2013 and as a solo lecturer since 2017. The courses include Methods of Sociological Inquiry, Race & Ethnicity in America, and Criminal Justice in America. One student said, "Kerem is my favorite TA of all time. He is a very kind, funny, and knowledgeable TA and always fosters great discussions. He wants his students to succeed." Another says, "I went through a tough experience this semester and Kerem was very understanding and helpful. He also adjusted the way he was teaching in order for the students to get the most out of the class." Kerem says, "This award will further motivate me to fulfill my role as an educator to the best of my ability."
Kurt Kuehne taught many classes since Spring 2015 for Sociology and for Inter-L&S. He's been a TA most frequently for the Inter-L&S Careers Course, Taking Initiative. One student said, "Kurt is easily one of the best TA's I've ever had. He expresses the coursework and leads discussion passionately. His different teaching styles are what kept me engaged in discussion." Another said, "[Kurt] put careful thought into everything and every student and clearly cares a lot for making personal connections and sharing with others how to get the most out of your education, passions, and life."
Soyun Park was a TA for statistics courses in Fall 2020 and Spring 2021. One student said, "Soyun is the best TA!...She has excellent knowledge of the subject and is able to present it in a clear, understandable way." Another said, "Soyun was absolutely fantastic. She was responsive and helpful. She always answered questions and made a comfortable learning environment. Wonderful!" Soyun says, "I believe the students, instructors, and I were able to work as one excellent team. I am grateful that the university recognized our positive energy. It was such a rewarding experience, and I learned immensely from it."
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Katherine Jensen Awarded Fellowship
Katherine Jensen, Assistant Professor of Sociology and International Studies, was awarded a Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity (REI) Faculty Fellowship from the UW-Madison Institute for Research in the Humanities.
REI fellows are released from teaching and service duties for the semester of the fellowship so that they can focus on their research. In addition, REI fellows attend weekly seminars and discussions that offer opportunity for interdisciplinary dialogue in the humanities. Katherine’s research interests include race/racism, political sociology, and forced migration in the Americas, with a focus on Brazil.
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Ted Gerber Interviewed on Russia's Attack on Ukraine
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Ted is a member of the Department of Sociology faculty and is Director of the Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia at University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research examines social inequality, economic change, migration, family processes, housing, and public opinion in contemporary Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, and other former Soviet countries.
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Jenna Nobles and Lindsay Cannon Featured in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The team demonstrated that menstrual irregularity, a common condition, precludes learning about pregnancy early enough to access abortion under 6-week abortion bans, including a bill recently proposed in Wisconsin. People with common medical conditions, such as PCOS or diabetes, young people (age 18-24), and Hispanic people are more likely to experience irregular cycles and therefore face a disparate barrier to abortion access for physiological reasons entirely outside of individual control. The study was recently summarized in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and WPR.
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Kristinn Már Wins Lumpkin Award
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Kristinn Már (PhD 2021), now an assistant professor of Behavioral Science at Duke Kunshan University, was selected for the Katherine DuPre Lumpkin Dissertation of the Year award.
Kris's dissertation, “Democratic Challenges and Innovations,” was written under the supervision of Chaeyoon Lim and Erik Olin Wright.
Dr. Lumpkin earned a PhD in Sociology from UW-Madison in 1928 and made her career as a professor at Wells College, in Aurora, NY, specializing in social justice.
Each year the Lumpkin award is granted to a former student who, in the eyes of a Sociology faculty committee, wrote the best dissertation during the previous academic year; the winner is awarded $1000.
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Day of the Badger Returns April 5
Mark your calendar: Day of the Badger returns Tuesday, April 5 at 10:12 am - Wednesday, April 6 at 5:00 pm CT!
This social media extravaganza connects Badgers around the world in a celebration of what their time at UW-Madison has meant to them. Remember to wear red!
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Pam Oliver Comments on Income Gap
Pam Oliver, Professor Emerita, was featured in WalletHub’s recent piece about States with the Highest Wealth Gaps by Race/Ethnicity. Oliver explained, “income inequality has increased sharply and the increase is due to rising income in the top 1%, which has very few Black or Hispanic people in it.” She also replied to questions about entrepreneurship programs for minorities and public policy to curb income inequality.
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Fund
The Department of Sociology's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion fund helps to nurture, honor and celebrate the contributions of a rich diversity of students, faculty and staff who, through research, teaching and service improve our collective humanity.
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Hanna Pride Scholarship
The Alex and Demiana Hanna Pride Scholarship provides financial support to underrepresented students who have financial need and are actively committed to, and engaged in activities that advocate for and support, the LGBTQ community.
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This newsletter was created by Erin Skarivoda, Christine Schwartz, Tina Hunter, and Kim Gonzalez.
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