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Prof. Noelle Chesley featured in the College of Letters & Science April 2022 In Focus issue

April 12, 2022

Chesley has identified four possible problems with automated hiring systems, and also has some possible solutions that may address some of their potential harms. Automation and the Great Resignation: Sociologist takes on hiring systems

Prof. Noelle Chesley to speak at The Wisconsin Workforce Development Association’s annual Talent Development Conference (TDCON) on April 7 & 8 at the Chula Vista Resort in Wisconsin Dells

March 9, 2022

Join us at #TDCON2022 on April 7th & 8th to hear Prof. Noelle Chesley present her thoughts on how employers might be hiring the wrong way as she examines Automated Hiring and Worker Shortages. Details on how to register for …

Read what Prof. Cary Costello had to say to USA Today about how bodies are framed as projects in social media today, in positive and in harmful ways.

December 17, 2021

Read the USA Today article.

On November 8, Jennifer Jordan will give a talk about hops in pre-Prohibition California, as part of the Chicago Brewseum’s “Beer week.”

October 28, 2021

The talk is free and virtual, and starts at 6 pm Milwaukee time. Click here for event details

Dr. Cary Costello is nominated for 2021 UW System award

October 11, 2021

Sociology’s Associate Prof. Cary Costello has been nominated for the 2021 Dr. PB Poorman Award for Outstanding Achievement on behalf of LGBTQ+People. Click here for more information about the Dr. P.B. Poorman Award.