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Alumni Daniel Bartholomay receives an award while teaching at Texas A&M University

November 17, 2020

Daniel Bartholomay Ph.D. and UWM alumni from Sociology’s graduate program, has been chosen as this year’s Outstanding Faculty Speaker at Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi and gives a virtual talk about his research on November 11, 2020. Daniel shared the following message with his Sociology professors “This honor is in large part a result of the training and mentorship I received while at UWM, so I am excited to share this news with my alma mater!” We are very proud of Daniel’s recent successes!

Sociology Professor Celeste Campos-Castillo participates as the guest speaker on the WPR Radio station’s morning show

August 25, 2020

Sociology Professor Celeste Campos-Castillo participates as the guest speaker on the WPR Radio station’s morning show.

She discussed findings from her recent research on technology use during the COVID-19 pandemic, which appears in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, and The Journals of Gerontology: Series B.

Professor Emeritus William Vélez has been honored with the 2020 American Sociological Association Latina/o Section Julian Samora Sociology Distinguished Career Award

June 10, 2020

Professor Emeritus William Vélez has been honored with the 2020 American Sociological Association Latina/o Section Julian Samora Sociology Distinguished Career Award. Click here for more information.

Doctoral Student DaJuan Ferrell accepted Lectureship position at University of Pennsylvania’s Critical Writing Program

May 29, 2020

DaJuan Ferrell has accepted a Lectureship position at the University of Pennsylvania’s Critical Writing Program. The program offers discipline-based seminars that all undergraduate students must take to fulfill their writing requirement at the University of Pennsylvania. As a lecturer, DaJuan will teach three sociology themed writing seminars.

The Lost Women of America’s Hop Industry Podcast

February 7, 2020

In October 2019, UW-Milwaukee Professor Dr. Jennifer Jordan was interviewed at the Chicago History Museum for The Feast podcast. In the interview, she discusses her current book project about 19th-century hop growing and the central role that women played in the hop harvest.