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- PhD Student Kassandra Thompson Selected for Harvard’s 2026 STS Summer School in PotsdamWe are very pleased to share that Kassandra has been accepted into the Harvard Science, Technology, and Society (STS) Summer School for 2026. This year's program will be hosted at the Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) in Potsdam, Germany. This highly selective program brings together a global cohort of scholars for advanced training and intensive …
- Please join us in congratulating our 2025-26 Alpha Kappa Delta Initiates and Undergraduate Award Winners.These students have demonstrated incredible dedication to the study of social issues and research excellence. New Alpha Kappa Delta Initiates: Henry BeasleyIvy CrudenDanely Flores-MoraJezaray GanasMadalyn GarrowDavid GomezSonya B. GreenDelanie KastnerJasmine Klingbiel-WillmsTiffany LawrenceLillian LenzDominic J. Pedicone IIIRachel PyszoraTanya RiemerStarlette SchulerPo Xiong Xiangyu ChenRivka ComrovMichaela Schultz Scholarship/Award Recipients: Sonya Green Danely Flores-Mora Inaara McCray Delanie Kastner These …
- New Book Release: Prof. Esther Chan Examines The Limits of DiversityWe are thrilled to announce that Prof. Esther Chan’s new book, The Limits of Diversity: How Secular and Evangelical Campuses Reproduce Inequality, is now available from NYU Press! In this timely and insightful study, Prof. Chan compares how secular and religious universities navigate diversity, arguing that current approaches often inadvertently reproduce social inequality rather than …
- Prof. Jennifer Jordan’s Book titled Beer Ghosts is scheduled to be released on October 20, 2026.To pre-order Prof. Jordan's soon to be released book, Beer Ghosts, In Search Of Lost Hops and the Women Who Grew Them, visit the Press's website by using their link to the article https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo271049878.html
- Prof. Chesley discusses how to help kids stay safe online with Fox6 News staffWatch the news clip with UW-Milwaukee Associate Professor of Sociology Noelle Chesley discussing how we can help kids stay safe online.
- The Sociology department honors two of their graduate students with Awards in 2025-26.Congratulations to PhD candidate Elizaveta Lepikhova who received the sociology department's 2025-26 Teaching Award and doctoral student Michelle Parks who received the 2025-26 Paper Award.
- Prof. Jordan to participate in a lecture series presented by the AGSL in February.Professor Jennifer Jordan's discussion will look at the role of paper maps in her career path on Wednesday, February 11th at 3:00pm. The American Geographical Society Library (AGSL) is on the 3rd floor (east wing) of the Golda Meir Library. This event is fee and open to the public.
- Kassandra Thompson to present work on generative AI in science next week (Dec. 2) at the NMDSI speaker series.December 2, 2025 | 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Student Research Scholars Showcase Hear from Kassandra Thompson and Temitope Comfort Iroko, doctoral candidates at UWM, and Kiana Mousavi and Saikat Mukhopadhyay, doctoral candidates at Marquette University, about their progress and next steps with current NMDSI funded projects. This presentation will explore research topics including AI …
- Prof. Cary Costello has been selected to receive the 2025 Elena Dominguez Award from the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center in recognition of his contributions to education and community service.Cary will be honored at the Community Center’s “Big Night Out” award ceremony and fundraiser on November 22.
- Prof. Gauchat presented research at Northwestern University’s inaugural Symposium on Science and Politics, hosted by the Kellogg School’s Center for Science of Science and Innovation.Talk Title Science and Democracy: Revisiting the Institutional Model AbstractThis talk revisits the relationship between science and democracy through the lens of the institutional model of science. Drawing on Merton’s classic formulation and recent developments in cultural and cognitive sociology, I argue that science is best understood as a norm-governed institution whose credibility depends on …
- American Sociological Association 2025 Annual MeetingCongratulations to all University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee faculty, graduate students, and alumni that participated as panel moderators and presenters or received an award at this year’s ASA conference! Prof. Esther Chan & Prof. Di Di, Santa Clara University – “Digital Devotion: The Tensions of Authenticity and Consumerism Among Religious and Spiritual Social Media Influencers” Prof. Gordon …