- Congratulations, Class of 2021!
- A New Normal in Fall 2021
- Addressing Anti-Asian Racism in the University with Hae Yeon Choo
- Kelly Ward Wins Carole Joffe and Stanley Henshaw Early Achievement
- Nona Gronert Receives Hyde Dissertation Award
- Elisa Avila, Ruby Bafu, Jason Nolen, Sarah "Frankie" Frank, and Cullen Cohane Win Teaching Awards
- In Business Madison's 40 Under 40 Features Two Alumni
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- Alumnus Kalvin Barrett is New Dane County Sheriff
- Save the Date: Franklin Wilson Memorial Sept 25
- Doug Maynard Receives 2021 Garfinkel-Sacks Award for Distinguished Scholarship
- Day of the Badger Results
- Jason Fletcher, Eric Grodsky, and Eunsil Oh Win Understanding and Reducing Inequalities Grants
- Summer Term is Here for You
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Decency. Excellence. Diversity.
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Congratulations, Class of 2021!
The Class of 2021 will graduate this May, and we know they will do great things. We are so proud of the endurance, drive, and determination that these students possess. Instead of an in-person departmental celebration, we are celebrating this milestone with a special video tribute to this year's graduates.
There will be two in-person commencement ceremonies for spring 2021 graduates at Camp Randall on Saturday, May 8: one for undergraduates, the other for all graduate degree candidates. Families and friends are invited to participate virtually. This year's keynote speaker is UW alumnus and Broadway star Andre De Shields. Learn more and subscribe to receive emails about the ceremonies at commencement.wisc.edu.
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A New Normal in Fall 2021
"I feel confident that next semester will look more like Fall 2019 than Fall 2020, with offices occupied and throngs of students changing classes in the middle of the day. But it will be different than before – it’s a new normal, not our old normal." A new blog post from Chancellor Rebecca Blank outlines her vision for the Fall 2021 semester. It includes many things that we love about campus, like classes and other in-person activities. She also emphasizes that everyone should work together to make this happen by continuing to wear face coverings, physically distancing, and choosing to be vaccinated when possible. Some of these protocols may continue into the fall semester in order to keep our campus community as healthy and safe as possible.
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Addressing Anti-Asian Racism in the University with Hae Yeon Choo
Professor Hae Yeon Choo (PhD 2011) gave a virtual presentation at our Race & Ethnicity Workshop on Monday, April 12. She recently published an article in Inside Higher Ed titled "Addressing Anti-Asian Racism in the University" where she writes, "We see official university statements condemning anti-Asian racism as ringing hollow if they don't, in fact, stop the anti-Asian racism that already exists, from its most mundane to its most systemic forms, within many of these same institutions." Her presentation focused on this topic, and a robust discussion followed. We are grateful for the conversation, and we stand in solidarity with our Asian American, and Pacific Islander, and Desi American (APIDA) coworkers and friends.
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Kelly Ward Wins Carole Joffe and Stanley Henshaw Early Achievement
The Carole Joffe and Stanley Henshaw Early Achievement in Social Science Research Award, given by the National Abortion Federation, honors an individual who has made exceptional contributions to generating abortion-related knowledge. Kelly Ward researches how institutional changes to health care and the medical workforce have shaped abortion work, using a framework that examines equity related to race, gender, and class.
Kelly is finishing this academic year as an Anna Julia Cooper Postdoctoral Fellow, and in the 2021 – 2022 academic year she will be an Assistant Professor in both the Department of Sociology and the Department of Gender & Women’s Studies. She is also affiliated with the Collaborative for Reproductive Equity.
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Nona Gronert Receives Hyde Dissertation Award
PhD candidate Nona Gronert received the Hyde Dissertation Research Award for Graduate Students for her project, “The Promise and Peril of Title IX Addressing Sexual Violence: A University Case Study, 1972-2017.” Gronert’s research focuses on sexual violence and sexual consent in higher education. This competitive award is administered by the Center for Research on Gender and Women at UW-Madison. More information about Nona’s research is available on her website.
The Center for Research on Gender and Women offers a competitive award to support social science dissertation research on gender or women’s studies-related work. The Hyde Dissertation Research Award is supported through the generosity of Janet Hyde, who is a Professor of Psychology and Gender & Women’s Studies.
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Elisa Avila, Ruby Bafu, Jason Nolen, Sarah "Frankie" Frank, and Cullen Cohane Win Teaching Awards
Five graduate student instructors won teaching awards this year. Elisa Avila won an Early Excellence in Teaching Award for teaching Introduction to Community and Environmental Sociology. She currently is working on how communities that experience environmental justice issues develop local knowledge and practices to mitigate risk.
Ruby Bafu won an Exceptional Service Award for her work in the UW-Madison community with Black and Southeast Asian children as Books and Breakfast Coordinator at Freedom Inc., involvement in Dear Diary’s Black Girl Mentoring Program, and leadership as president of the Black Graduate and Professional Student Association.
Jason Nolen received a Capstone PhD Teaching Award in recognition of his outstanding teaching throughout his UW-Madison tenure. “As someone from a background far removed from the academy and the middle-class culture of which it is a part, I know what it’s like to feel alienated and excluded in a university setting,” Jason said. “It’s one of my central goals in the classroom to openly address the exclusionary and discriminatory aspects of academia, and to create as inclusive and equitable a learning environment as I possibly can.”
Sarah "Frankie" Frank won an L&S Continuity of Instruction Award based on her work in providing continuity of education for the Center for Law, Society & Justice during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, Frankie created research opportunities for students as their internship field experiences when those opportunities evaporated last summer.
In addition, Cullen Cohane won an L&S Teaching Fellow Award, honoring his passionate and effective teaching, excellent facilitating, and effective communicating. Cullen will serve as an instructor at the L&S Fall TA Training, which takes place at the start of the fall semester and welcomes 300-400 new and experienced TAs from across campus.
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In Business Madison's 40 Under 40 Features Two Alumni
UW Sociology is well represented in In Business Madison's 40 Under 40 Class of 2021. Congratulations, Kingsley Gobourne and Megan Diaz-Ricks! Pictured above, left to right: Kingsley Gobourne, Megan Diaz-Ricks, and fellow 40 Under 40 member Katie Helper.
Kingsley Gobourne is a member of our Board of Visitors. His work at UnityPoint Health — Meriter as their first-ever Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Manager has garnered attention. Especially notable are his projects that installed all-gender restrooms on various floors and developed and implemented Meriter’s nursing assistance program for people of color, named for the late Gloria Jones Bey.
Megan Diaz-Ricks earned a bachelor's degree from UW Sociology with the Class of 2018. As Director of Economic Development at Common Wealth Development, she helps find employment opportunities for Madison youth who experience high barriers to employment such as incarceration, disability, retention, accessibility, even despite new challenges that arose in 2020.
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Alumnus Kalvin Barrett is New Dane County Sheriff
Governor Tony Evers appointed Kalvin Barrett as the next Dane County Sheriff. Kalvin graduated with a BA from UW Sociology in 2004; he also played football for the Badgers during his time as a student.
He has since served as Dane County deputy sheriff and as an officer with the Sun Prairie Police Department, where he was the first Black officer on the force. Until he takes his new role on May 9, he remains a law enforcement officer at Wisconsin State Fair Park and the faculty director of the criminal justice studies program at Madison College.
In a statement, Kalvin said, "I am excited to bring to the job my perspective as an African American professional who has experience in the field as a peace officer, in the jail as a sheriff’s deputy, and as someone who has educated and trained the next generation of peace officers."
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Save the Date: Franklin Wilson Memorial Sept 25
We were deeply saddened by the passing of Franklin Wilson, an exceptional scholar, teacher, mentor, and friend. Obituaries for Franklin can be read here and in ASA Footnotes here. We invite you to save the date to join in a memorial celebration of the life of Franklin Wilson:
Saturday, September 25 at 1:00 - 3:00 pm CT
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, DeLuca Room
330 N Orchard St, Madison, WI 53715
or via Zoom
The event will offer opportunities for remembering and reflecting about who Franklin was and his many contributions. You may attend either in-person or via Zoom, pending COVID-19 health restrictions. Details to follow as it gets closer.
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Doug Maynard Receives 2021 Garfinkel-Sacks Award for Distinguished Scholarship
Professor Emeritus Doug Maynard is the recipient of the 2021 Garfinkel-Sacks Award for Distinguished Scholarship in recognition of his distinguished lifetime career contributions to the fields of ethnomethodology and conversation analysis. The Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis section of the American Sociological Association confers this award. Maynard retired from the Department of Sociology this past summer.
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Day of the Badger Results
Thank you to everyone who participated in Day of the Badger! We received 17 donations and raised $2,273 for our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion fund. We also go to see friends from across campus and beyond sharing great photos, inspiring stories, and enthusiasm about supporting one another.
With the help of the generous donors who participated in Day of the Badger, we are able to continue to live our values of decency, excellence, and diversity. On, Wisconsin!
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Jason Fletcher, Eric Grodsky, and Eunsil Oh Win Understanding and Reducing Inequalities Grants
Sociology faculty members are selected as recipients of the internal project grant of Understanding and Reducing Inequalities Initiative which is designed to support research to build stronger bodies of knowledge on how to reduce inequalities.
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Summer Term is Here for You
UW Sociology is offering plenty of great summer courses to students at other colleges, international students, and pre-college students, and, of course, UW-Madison students. The enrollment period began on April 5. End dates for enrolling in summer term vary by course.
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This newsletter was created by Erin Skarivoda, Christine Schwartz, Tina Hunter, Kim Gonzalez, and Eunsil Oh.
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