UWM Sociology Professor Noelle Chesley discusses her proposed research to conduct an evaluation of the Milwaukee Water Filter program in a recent interview by Wisconsin Public Radio. She hopes her research can help families so fewer kids are impacted by lead contaminated water.
In a recent article of the UWM Report, Sociology Professor Marcus Britton discusses his research in the study of neighborhoods and the influences of Milwaukee’s segregation on education and poverty as well as a comparison to other cities’ efforts to combat segregation.
Noelle Chesley, Associate Professor of Sociology, along with UWM colleagues Anne Dressel, John Berges, and Helen Meier, discuss the lead exposure in the City of Milwaukee’s water system and how the city should solve the issue in the recent article “How City Should Solve Lead in Water” from Urban Milwaukee.
UWM student and sociology minor Dakota Crowell tours WUWM Lake Effect’s Rachel Morello around the school’s new Student Food Center and Pantry — an effort initiated to combat high levels of food insecurity on campus.
PhD student Michael Miner receives first prize in the Midwest Sociological Society’s graduate student paper competition for his paper “Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, and the Shortage in Primary Healthcare: Professional Autonomy in the Public Discourse.” Congratulations Michael!