Taimur Ahmad received a spot in the inaugural MOTH (more than human life) fellowship at NYU. It’s an interdisciplinary cohort focused on scholarship and advocacy around nature and the more-than-human ...

This article surveys a growing body of work examining the concrete consequences of implementing meritocracy in social life. To date, this work remains compartmentalized into the separate subfields of ...

Catholic holiday plants enshrine colonialism as Catholic tradition in the U.S. Through the poinsettia and Easter lily, capitalism reigns.

People experiencing homelessness (PEH) are disproportionately affected by a range of physical and mental health issues. While numerous factors drive these disparities, the role of loneliness is overlo...

‘Smith Maguire has crafted a Handbook that is both playful and profound, offering an excellent set of reflections on the many histories, spaces, and practices of consumption. Thoughtful chapters guide...

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Abstract. This chapter makes the case for conceptualizing elites as upper status groups—that is, as groups whom others perceive as having superior value in

Jessica Calarco’s research focuses on education, families, and health decision-making. Broadly speaking, she is interested in the structures of power and privilege that maintain socioeconomic, racial,...

University of Wisconsin-Madison sophomore Ellen Zhang won the District 8 Common Council election by over 1,200 votes Tuesday night.

The “danger imperative” in policing, as noted by Sierra-Arévalo, defines how officers perceive both their job and the environment in which they work. It is uncl...

Racial Politics and News Media Coverage of Black Resistance to Police Violence in New York, 1997–2000 - Volume 23 Issue 1

Sociologist Martin Eiermann tracks the intersections of AI and privacy.

This study employs a mixed-method research design to examine how housing financial stress impacts community well-being with a focus on rural areas in …

Scholars of sexual citizenship have articulated two rights—the right to pursue desired sexual activity and to avoid sexual harm—that may conflict when a person ...

While research has found mothers do more in all four stages of cognitive labour, there was one stage where men were more active than others.

npj Women's Health - Mobile device data for the study of miscarriage and its causes

The UW–Madison Sociology Board of Visitors is proud to announce that Matthew Desmond (PhD ’10) has been selected as this year’s Devah Pager Distinguished Alumnus. The award, named in memory of the lat...

James Rosenberg was awarded a six month visiting fellowship at the Center for Advanced Internet Studies in Bochum, Germany. He was also awarded a DAAD Research Grant to fund dissertation research in G...

Sustained population studies of fertility over the last two centuries have come to question the extent to which trends in low fertility may be understood as universal. Improved knowledge of variations...

How do nature and community formation intersect in quintessentially urban New York City? In this ethnographic case study of Central Park, I show that park-based communities act as a rich source of aff...

Within classical sociological accounts of capitalism, families are curious remnants of the past. Contemporary elite sociology dismisses the family in a different way: by primarily focusing on individ....

Agriculture and Human Values - Though profoundly physical, land as a concept is notably abstract. In this commentary, I note how this abstractness comes from varied analytical characterizations. I...

Using novel population data, this article examines the effect of classroom-level linguistic diversity on the English reading and listening scores of fifth-grade students in Italy. Previous European studies have primarily focused on the influence of classroom ethnic composition on mathematics and native language scores, often overlooking second-language outcomes and relying on complex variables such as ethnic diversity. We address this gap by investigating English score outcomes in a non-Anglophone context. Our study focuses on classroom linguistic environments, employing a linguistic diversity index that distinguishes between speakers of different languages. Although the effects are minimal on a practical level, we find that greater classroom linguistic diversity has a positive impact on the English scores of Italian-born students. These findings highlight the importance of considering linguistic diversity in education and offer a more nuanced perspective on optimal classroom composition in countries with significant migrant populations.

As the authoritarian right advances in the United States, developing an accurate understanding of the constituent elements of its worldview is a task of great u...

Abstract. The Oxford Handbook of Sentencing explores one of the most consequential and contested decision points in the criminal justice system: whether an

Article: How Do (Human) Child Welfare Workers Respond to Machine-Generated Risk Scores? | Sociological Science | Posted January 6, 2026

David Montalvo has been selected to receive a 2025-26 Campus-Wide TA Award. He is one of eleven recipients of the Early Excellence in Teaching Award, which honors TAs with fewer than four semesters of...

Nicholas Mark, Ethan J. Raker, Gerard Torrats-Espinosa; Severe Tornadoes and Infant Birth Weight in the United States. Demography 1 December 2025; 62 (6): 2047–2073. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-12354082

This book highlights how social inequality shapes parent engagement, from resources available to parents and parenting logics to school responses to families and their engagement. It also provides mul...

Students in the sociology class “Research to Enhance Equity in Education” studied real data from the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD). Their research question: Which families are opting not...

Institutional practices often recreate inequalities within organizations, especially in times of crisis like the COVID pandemic. Although early pandemic research expressed alarm that increased caregi...

As the authoritarian right advances in the United States, developing an accurate understanding of its worldview is a task of some urgency. One way of doing so is by considering the writings of one of ...

In 2017, Sociology major Rose Lavelle graduated from UW-Madison. Fast forward to today, and Rose has added another achievement to her impressive resume: she was named the 2025 Female Player of the Yea...

Morgan Henson has been selected for induction into the prestigious Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society. This national society recognizes exceptional scholarly achievement and personal excellence ...

Economic Abuse (EA) is an understudied phenomenon experienced by Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) victims. The purpose of this study was to examine how participants minimized IPV, blamed IPV victims, a...

James Rosenberg will be co-PI on a competitive WZB Cross-Sector Collaborations Grant entitled “What’s in my e-wallet? Citizen perceptions of the EU digital identity wallet across Europe,” which will f...

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Childhood fluoride exposure is associated with higher academic achievement in high school.