Prof. Tim O’Brien wins American Sociological Association award

UWM Sociology Associate Professor Tim O’Brien and his co-author Oren Pizmony-Levy received the Section on Sociological Practice and Public Sociology’s Publication Award for Significant Contributions to Applied and Public Sociology! Congratulations to Tim, fantastic work!

Hard Work Is a Mother—A Mother’s Day Salute

Sociology Professor Noelle Chesley was recently quoted in an article about mothers with husbands at home versus single moms:
“When the at-home parent is the mother, there’s a clear expectation that she’ll be in charge of the family’s domestic life,” said study coauthor Noelle Chesley of University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. “That’s not necessarily the case when the at-home parent is the father.”

Who Isn’t Using Patient Portals And Why?

The Health Affairs online journal recently published the research article “Who Isn’t Using Patient Portals And Why? Evidence And Implications From A National Sample Of U.S. Adults” with Sociology’s Celeste Campos-Castillo as co-author, December 2018.