Congratulations to all University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee faculty, graduate students, and alumni that participated as panel moderators and presenters or received an award at this year’s ASA conference!
Prof. Esther Chan & Prof. Di Di, Santa Clara University – “Digital Devotion: The Tensions of Authenticity and Consumerism Among Religious and Spiritual Social Media Influencers”
Prof. Gordon Gauchat – “Science and Ideology: The Institutional Model Revisited”
Prof. Jennifer Jordan & Prof. Vijaya Tamla Rai (PhD ’22), Montana State University – “Mapping Consumption’s Consequences: Using GIS to Chart Wisconsin’s 19th Century Hopyards During the Lager Revolution”
Prof. Tim O’Brien & Prof. Shiri Noy, Denison University – “The Cultural Meanings of Science and Religion: Evidence From a National Survey”
Reggie Wynn – “I Can’t Get With That…I Like What I Like: Analyzing Taste Distinctions Among Hip-Hop Aficionados”
Pauline Brown – “The Cultural Meaning of Regulatory Science: The Shifting Role of Public Health Under Reagan and Trump”
Kassandra Thompson & Prof. Gordon Gauchat – “Guns N Books: a Comparison of Two Government Spending Models in U.S. States Over Time”
Bridget McCann – “Cool Dudes” and Cultural Capital: Extending System Justification to the Legitimacy Crisis
The 120th American Sociological Association (ASA) Annual Meeting took place August 8-12, 2025, in Chicago, Illinois.