UW-Madison Sociology

Official account for the Department of Sociology at University of Wisconsin-Madison. #UWSoc #UWMadison

[UW-Madison Sociology @UWSoc]

As a public university, @UWMadison is affected by the decisions of our state & federal governments. We need people to speak up about issues that affect our students & faculty and the critical work they do for the world. https://t.co/nkTvgdHKA8

[UW-Madison L&S @UWMadisonLS]

.@madison_mag sat down with @UWSoc's Allison Daminger for a Q&A about her new book "What's on Her Mind: The Mental Workload of Family Life," which explores the imbalance of cognitive labor in families. https://t.co/NWdEBoykpM

[Social Problems @socprobsjournal]

Who is seen as the “ideal victim” in workplace harassment narratives? Research from Chloe Grace Hart (@UWSoc) traces how cultural scripts shifted during the MeToo era, influenced by race, behavior, and power
https://t.co/JbAagofTlb

[datascience@uw @datascience_uw]

.@SageJournals Sociological Methods & Research—housed at DSI—achieved a one-year impact factor of 6.5, ranking #3/210 among all sociology journals worldwide. Congrats to editor Felix Elwert, @UWSoc, and the @UWMadison students who have worked on SMR. https://t.co/B5Hd8IofdW

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We're hiring! Please share with your networks!

The Department of Sociology at @UWMadison invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor in the field of demography of health and aging beginning in August 2026.

https://t.co/J7A0U9qOPG

[UW-Madison Sociology @UWSoc]

📃 Katherine Jensen published “Epistemological Vigilance as Ethnographic Practice” in Qualitative Sociology. https://t.co/tTKhD0AoR4

[UW-Madison Sociology @UWSoc]

James Rosenberg was awarded a grant from @uw_iris to conduct summer dissertation research in Singapore. He was also awarded a Junior Visiting Fellowship at the Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen in Vienna for Fall 2025.

[UW-Madison Sociology @UWSoc]

🎉 Congratulations @JessicaCalarco on your election as ASA's 2026-2027 Vice President!

[ASA Sociology @ASAnews]

We are pleased to announce that Alford Young, Jr. @umichLSA @UMich has been elected the 2026-2027 ASA President, and Jessica Calarco @UWSoc @UWMadison has been elected Vice President. Read full election results: https://t.co/tneHebn7EJ.

[UW-Madison Sociology @UWSoc]

Major congrats to our scholarship winners this year!

[UW-Madison Sociology @UWSoc]

📄Benny Witovsky and undergrad research scholar Carter Burg had a paper accepted to #ASA2025!

Catch their presentation of "Stalwarts, Socialists, and Reformers: The Contested Meaning of Nonpartisan Politics in Progressive Era Wisconsin" this August in Chicago. @ASAnews

[UW-Madison Sociology @UWSoc]

Congrats to Chloe Rosenstock (@ChloeRosenstock)! She plans to investigate how elite parents make sense of poverty and how they make decisions for their families based on these beliefs. https://t.co/VetJMMACQZ

[UW-Madison Sociology @UWSoc]

"Authoritarianism evokes phenomenal realities of different kinds: rules, behaviors, institutional settings, representations, dispositions, and attitudes."
Ivan Ermakoff in the Oxford Handbook of Authoritarian Politics
https://t.co/D5HIEQGMcH

[UW-Madison Sociology @UWSoc]

📖 Chloe Hart and Ivana Vranjes published "Ambiguously Sexual Interactions," a chapter in the book "What the #MeToo Movement Highlights and Hides about Workplace Sexual Harassment," edited by Anne M. O'Leary-Kelly and Shannon L. Rawski.
https://t.co/AERV0JsFdA

[UW-Madison Sociology @UWSoc]

🏆 Molly Clark-Barol was selected as the recipient of the Excellence in Engaged Scholarship Graduate Award from @MorgridgeCenter for her collaboration with FREE, a statewide community organizing network of women impacted by the criminal justice system.
https://t.co/RjkKNADo4G

[UW-Madison Sociology @UWSoc]

📄 Sadie Dempsey (@sadiemdempsey) published "In the Shadow of Sunshine Laws: Open Meeting Laws and Administrative Burdens" in Democracy, Governance, and Law.

https://t.co/xHvJyv6O97

[UW-Madison Sociology @UWSoc]

The threats of global warming mean that local officials need to “rethink what a conventional home looks like,” said Max Besbris to @nytimes.

https://t.co/DaJr4pN6DZ

[UW-Madison Sociology @UWSoc]

📃 Avery Warner #published “Crimmigration and the punishment of women: Evidence from Texas courts” in Social Science Research.
https://t.co/zQuPDG77ri

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Research by Christine Schwartz was mentioned in @TheAtlantic article "The New Marriage of Unequals." https://t.co/IlKHnZTU57

[UW–Madison @UWMadison]

Congratulations, #UWGrad Class of 2025! 🎓🎉🦡👐

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🌟 Congratulations to Jane Ahn for her @MidwestSoc Scholarship Award! This award goes to help support Jane’s thesis, which focuses on how religion and science, as cultural actors, shape belief in climate change.