NPR’s The Salt interviews Jennifer Jordan

NPR article “Why Are We Drawn To Heirloom Fruits And Veggies? They’re ‘Edible Memory’” features Professor Jennifer Jordan’s most recent research. Read the article on NPR’s The Salt.

Sociology Colloquium, October 1, 2015

October 1, 2015
Please Join us for our October 1st Colloquium for a talk by Professor Noelle Chesley entitled, Can Gender-Atypical Work/Family Arrangements “Unstall” the Revolution?

Importance of Stories in Relation to Food

UWM Department of Sociology professor Jennifer Jordan contributes to the Journal Sentinel’s article, “Fresh: A bushelful of information on heirloom tomatoes.”
Read the article here.

Campos-Castillo quoted in Washington Post

Assistant Professor Celeste Campos-Castillo is quoted in a health and science article, “So, be honest. Have you lied to your doctor?” Campos-Castillo was asked to comment on the curious discovery that 13% of patients admit to withholding personal information from doctors who use a computerized-record system/electronic health records. Washington Post article

Chesley’s Research on Stay-at-Home Fathers

In a recent article on the Huffington Post, Emily Peck writes about Associate Professor Noel Chesley’s research on stay-at-home fathers. The article is entitled “Only 6 American men were identified as stay-at-home dads in the 1970s. Today, It’s a different story”

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