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March 2023 Highlights
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- Remembering Rebecca Blank
- Welcome, Jessica Calarco
- Welcome, Mikhail Sokolov
- Sociology major earns study abroad fellowship
- Jennifer Dykema named MAPOR Fellow
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- Michal Engelman to give Sewell Memorial Lecture
- Instructors receive Honored Instructor awards
- Grad student publishes paper, receives grants
- Day of the Badger
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Decency. Excellence. Diversity.
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Remembering Rebecca Blank
Rebecca M. Blank, an economist and educator who served in high-level U.S. government and academic positions and, for nine years, as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, died of cancer February 17 near Madison, Wisconsin. She was 67.
During her tenure at UW–Madison, from 2013–2022, Blank focused on improving educational outcomes and the student experience, further elevating the university’s world-class faculty and placing the university on firm financial footing through a combination of private fundraising and inventive strategies.
She was known for her direct style, quick analysis and dry sense of humor, all while leading one of the country’s top public research universities through a complex political period and a devastating global pandemic.
A memorial service and reception will be held for Chancellor Emerita Blank on Saturday, March 4 at First Congregational United Church of Christ, 1609 University Ave., Madison, Wisconsin at 2 p.m. Learn more here.
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Welcome, Jessica Calarco
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Our newest faculty member, Associate Professor Jessica Calarco, joins us from a tenured appointment at Indiana University.
Her research primarily uses qualitative methods to examine how systems of power and privilege perpetuate inequalities in education, health, and family decision-making. Jess also is the author of the much-lauded A Field Guide to Grad School: Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum.
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Welcome, Mikhail Sokolov
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Mikhail Sokolov is a new visiting scholar who will be with our department for the next few years. He will conduct research and teach courses on sociology of culture and stratification, microsociological theory, and more. He will study taste formation and displays of cultural capital in Russia, organizational stratification among Russian universities, antecedents of theory choices by Russian social scientists, and the political face of Soviet and Russian political regimes.
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Sociology major wins study abroad fellowship
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Aleeya Sengdao is a student with majors in Human Development & Family Studies and Sociology with certificates in Criminal Justice, Education And Educational Services, Arts and Teaching, Social Justice, and Education. Aleeya has been awarded a fellowship by the UW Global Gateway Initiative and is studying abroad at the Santa Reparata International School Of Art in Florence, Italy, this spring.
Aleeya shared, “I chose this program because it offered so many opportunities for immersion and learning more about Italian art, history, and culture."
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Jennifer Dykema named MAPOR Fellow
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UW Survey Center Director and Associate Professor Jennifer Dykema was named the 2022 Midwest American Association for Public Opinion Research (MAPOR) Fellow.
MAPOR Fellows are members who have made significant contributions to MAPOR in the field of public opinion and survey research, who have provided outstanding service to the organization, or who have provided considerable mentorship to students and professionals in our field. In awarding this honor, it was noted that Jennifer, “personifies the ideal of a MAPOR Fellow.”
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Michal Engelman to give Sewell Memorial Lecture
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Associate Professor Michal Engelman will deliver our annual William H. Sewell Memorial Lecture on April 21, "On Wisconsin: Surveying People, Places, and their Shifting States."
She will focus on the insights and potential of research from — and about — Wisconsin, with examples from rich data collected by the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS) and the Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW).
This lecture will begin at 3:30 pm in 8417 Social Science, and is free and open to the public.
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Instructors receive Honored Instructor awards
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We are proud to announce that four of our members were chosen as Honored Instructors by University Housing residents. Every semester, students have the opportunity to recognize their most impactful instructors.
Last semester’s honorees include Associate Professor Max Besbris, Lecturer Jason Nolen, and grad student Lecturers Griffin Bur and Morgan Henson.
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Grad student publishes paper, receives grants
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Grad student Mikki Ruo-Fan Liu's second solo-authored paper, "Hybrid ethnography: Access, positioning, and data assembly," has been published in Ethnography.
Mikki also received research grants from the Midwest Sociological Society and Association for Asian Studies in 2022. Liu’s research interests focus on higher education, student choices, and social mobility.
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Day of the Badger
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We are gearing up for the Day of the Badger (DOTB), the UW’s annual giving day conducted primarily over social media. DOTB occurs for 1848 minutes every spring (because the UW was founded in 1848!), and runs from March 28-29 this year.
We are seeking contributions to the Andrea Michelle Sperka Scholarship for undergrads. The goal of DOTB is to unite Badgers in an effort to advance the mission of the university by bringing awareness to its achievements and raising critical funds to help the UW remain a world-class educational institution. Please join us on March 28 and 29 to share your Badger pride on social media and give to our Andrea Michelle Sperka Scholarship.
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This newsletter was created by Erin Skarivoda, Tina Hunter, and Eric Grodsky.
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