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The field of sociology is as broad and diverse as the communities being studied.
Sociology examines the organization, structure, and change of social groups and institutions. It combines rigorous methods of analysis to better understand how social systems and group dynamics shape (and are shaped by) individuals and groups. Sociologists think critically about various aspects of society from politics to the family to better understand sources of inequality and to identify remedies for this inequality. Sociology students are often interested in acquiring critical tools to document social trends and discover ways to change social structures.
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- Professor Jennifer Jordan’s Beer Ghosts Featured in OnMilwaukeeWisconsin's forgotten brewing history—and the women who helped shape it—are getting renewed attention! Professor Jennifer A. Jordan of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee was recently …
- Professor Jordan talks about the history of Hops and her new book ‘Beer Ghosts’ on Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR)Professor Jennifer Jordan recently joined Wisconsin Public Radio’s Wisconsin Today to discuss her fascinating research and new book, Beer Ghosts: In Search of Lost …
- Kassandra Thompson and Prof. Gordon Gauchat Present Research at the Society for Social Studies of Science Annual Conference held in Toronto, Canada.Sociology PhD Student Kassandra Thompson (MA '26) and Prof. Gordon Gauchat presented their research titled “AI and the Institutional Model of Science: Measuring Norms …
- Sociology PhD Candidate Elizaveta Lepikhova Presents Research at the Harvard Center for Geographical Analysis’s Annual ConferenceElizaveta Lepikhova (MA'21) along with co-author Daria Dementeva (Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research) presented their paper "Historical Geodata Digitization with Vision-Language Models: Reconstructing Neighborhood …
