UW-Madison Sociology
@uwsoc.bsky.social
Official account for the Department of Sociology at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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"Expressions of gratitude and resentment revealed considerable divergence between men’s and women’s expectations." -Allison Daminger, Amanda Nerenberg, Rachel Drapper, Alexandra C. Feldberg, & Kathleen L. McGinn in @jmfncfr.bsky.social
<em>Journal of Marriage and Family</em> | NCFR Family Science Journal | Wiley Online Library
Objective This paper investigates contemporary household economies of gratitude and resentment, assessing how discrepancies between partners' expectations relate to their emotions and household labo...
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November 6, 2025 at 11:22 PM
"Expressions of gratitude and resentment revealed considerable divergence between men’s and women’s expectations." -Allison Daminger, Amanda Nerenberg, Rachel Drapper, Alexandra C. Feldberg, & Kathleen L. McGinn in @jmfncfr.bsky.social
Gullickson Fellowship recipient Morgan Henson serves on the L&S Teaching & Learning Advisory Council, the L&S TA Training & Support Team, and the new Graduate Student Advisory Council.
Morgan Henson receives Gullickson fellowship, serves on teaching support councils
Morgan Henson received the Gullickson Fellowship from the College of Letters & Science for the second year in a row. His research investigates how the far right in the US and Europe leverages social i...
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November 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Gullickson Fellowship recipient Morgan Henson serves on the L&S Teaching & Learning Advisory Council, the L&S TA Training & Support Team, and the new Graduate Student Advisory Council.
"Compared to other social scientists, social psychologists have been less involved in efforts to explain patterns of social class reproduction and social class mobility." @crosenstock.bsky.social and @jessicacalarco.com in Handbook of Social Psychology.
The Social Psychology of Social Class and Mobility
Compared to other social scientists, social psychologists have been less involved in efforts to explain patterns of social class reproduction and social class mobility, and when they have these consid...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:51 PM
"Compared to other social scientists, social psychologists have been less involved in efforts to explain patterns of social class reproduction and social class mobility." @crosenstock.bsky.social and @jessicacalarco.com in Handbook of Social Psychology.
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ASA’s TRAILS is a teaching resource free 4 ASA members! In “Ethnic Movements in the United States” (Emma-Claire LaSaine @uwsoc.bsky.social) you get guidance on goals & assessments to help students sociologically analyze historical & recent movements in the U.S. https://bit.ly/4nOBBfz
October 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
ASA’s TRAILS is a teaching resource free 4 ASA members! In “Ethnic Movements in the United States” (Emma-Claire LaSaine @uwsoc.bsky.social) you get guidance on goals & assessments to help students sociologically analyze historical & recent movements in the U.S. https://bit.ly/4nOBBfz
Congratulatoins to Jimin Gim, who received the Student Paper Award from the 2025 International Conference on the Sociology of Korea (I-CSK)!
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Jimin Gim receives Student Paper Award from International Conference on the Sociology of Korea
Jimin Gim received the Student Paper Award from the 2025 International Conference on the Sociology of Korea (I-CSK). She presented her paper “Optimizing Motherhood: How Mothers Understand and Manage C...
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October 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Congratulatoins to Jimin Gim, who received the Student Paper Award from the 2025 International Conference on the Sociology of Korea (I-CSK)!
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Congratulations to Pedro Moisés, who was awarded a fellowship from the Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies at UW-Madison! sts.wisc.edu
Robert F. and Jean E. Holtz Center
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October 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Congratulations to Pedro Moisés, who was awarded a fellowship from the Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies at UW-Madison! sts.wisc.edu
Allison Daminger #published "What's on Her Mind?: The Mental Workload of Family Life" with @princetonupress.bsky.social
The mental labor that keeps families afloat—and why women do most of it.
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The mental labor that keeps families afloat—and why women do most of it.
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What’s on Her Mind: The Mental Workload of Family Life by Allison Daminger
Allison Daminger’s book, What’s on Her Mind: The Mental Workload of Family Life, is now available through Princeton University Press. Mothers and fathers use their time differently, with women spendin...
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October 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Allison Daminger #published "What's on Her Mind?: The Mental Workload of Family Life" with @princetonupress.bsky.social
The mental labor that keeps families afloat—and why women do most of it.
sociology.wisc.edu/2025/09/24/w...
The mental labor that keeps families afloat—and why women do most of it.
sociology.wisc.edu/2025/09/24/w...
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📢 UW-Madison's Social Science Research Services (SSRS) is coordinating with @uwsoc.bsky.social to hire a communications and events specialist! SSRS staff support the Center for Demography and Ecology and the Center for the Demography of Health and Aging.
Interested? Learn more and apply by Oct. 16 ➡️
Interested? Learn more and apply by Oct. 16 ➡️
Outreach Program Coordinator - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:Academic StaffEmployment…
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October 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
📢 UW-Madison's Social Science Research Services (SSRS) is coordinating with @uwsoc.bsky.social to hire a communications and events specialist! SSRS staff support the Center for Demography and Ecology and the Center for the Demography of Health and Aging.
Interested? Learn more and apply by Oct. 16 ➡️
Interested? Learn more and apply by Oct. 16 ➡️
Congratulations to Sarah "Frankie" Frank for receiving a Distinguished Honors Faculty Award!
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Frankie Frank Distinguished Honors Faculty Award
Congratulations to Sarah “Frankie” Frank for receiving a Distinguished Honors Faculty Award! Each spring, the L&S Honors Program solicits student nominations of faculty members who have had a special ...
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October 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Congratulations to Sarah "Frankie" Frank for receiving a Distinguished Honors Faculty Award!
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Emma-Claire LaSaine published a class syllabus for “Ethnic Movements in the United States” in TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology. trails.asanet.org/article/view...
Ethnic Movements in the United States
| TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology
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September 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Emma-Claire LaSaine published a class syllabus for “Ethnic Movements in the United States” in TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology. trails.asanet.org/article/view...
"By focusing on mesolevel interactions between the family and school settings, this study expands research on the implications of family composition for students’ and parents’ experiences at school."
Emma Romell (@emmaromell.bsky.social) in @socprobsjournal.bsky.social
Emma Romell (@emmaromell.bsky.social) in @socprobsjournal.bsky.social
Family Composition, Race, and Teachers’ Perceptions of Parent-Teacher Alliance
Abstract. Both family composition and teachers’ perceptions of parents are important for student success. However, we know little about whether teachers’ p
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September 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"By focusing on mesolevel interactions between the family and school settings, this study expands research on the implications of family composition for students’ and parents’ experiences at school."
Emma Romell (@emmaromell.bsky.social) in @socprobsjournal.bsky.social
Emma Romell (@emmaromell.bsky.social) in @socprobsjournal.bsky.social
As a public university, @uwmadison.bsky.social is affected by the decisions of our state & federal governments. We need people to speak up about issues that affect our students & faculty and the critical work they do for the world. Find out how you can support UW Sociology at uwalumni.com/advocate/
September 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
As a public university, @uwmadison.bsky.social is affected by the decisions of our state & federal governments. We need people to speak up about issues that affect our students & faculty and the critical work they do for the world. Find out how you can support UW Sociology at uwalumni.com/advocate/
"...Our results reveal joint patterns of child maltreatment and foster care placement that cannot be detected with simple descriptive statistics..."
-Martin Eiermann, Garrett Baker, and Christopher J. Wildeman in @sfjournal.bsky.social.
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-Martin Eiermann, Garrett Baker, and Christopher J. Wildeman in @sfjournal.bsky.social.
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Discordant patterns and adulthood consequences of childhood maltreatment and foster care placement
Abstract. Child maltreatment and foster care placement are common, unequally distributed, and consequential for life-course outcomes. Yet, little is known
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September 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"...Our results reveal joint patterns of child maltreatment and foster care placement that cannot be detected with simple descriptive statistics..."
-Martin Eiermann, Garrett Baker, and Christopher J. Wildeman in @sfjournal.bsky.social.
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-Martin Eiermann, Garrett Baker, and Christopher J. Wildeman in @sfjournal.bsky.social.
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“People should not be concerned about the U.S. population into the future.”
PBS News Hour interviewed Nicholas Mark about the pronatalism movement encouraging Americans to have more children. @pbsnews.org @nickdemark.bsky.social
PBS News Hour interviewed Nicholas Mark about the pronatalism movement encouraging Americans to have more children. @pbsnews.org @nickdemark.bsky.social
A look inside the pronatalism movement encouraging Americans to have more children
The U.S. fertility rate reached an all-time low in 2024, according to the CDC. This trend has sparked fear among many on the right, from Elon Musk to Donald Trump, who believe Americans should have mo...
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September 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
“People should not be concerned about the U.S. population into the future.”
PBS News Hour interviewed Nicholas Mark about the pronatalism movement encouraging Americans to have more children. @pbsnews.org @nickdemark.bsky.social
PBS News Hour interviewed Nicholas Mark about the pronatalism movement encouraging Americans to have more children. @pbsnews.org @nickdemark.bsky.social
Research by Ang Yu and Felix Elwert about social inequalities caught the attention of the Institute for Diversity Science, who published a piece focusing on their work. ids.wisc.edu/2025/07/08/y...
Yu and Elwert Develop Approach to Better Understand Causes Behind Group Disparities
IDS-supported research by sociologists Ang Yu and Felix Elwert has identified a statistical approach that allows social scientists to measure causes of group disparities.
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September 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Research by Ang Yu and Felix Elwert about social inequalities caught the attention of the Institute for Diversity Science, who published a piece focusing on their work. ids.wisc.edu/2025/07/08/y...
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A great day to visit WCER, ITP, and @uwsoc.bsky.social!
September 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A great day to visit WCER, ITP, and @uwsoc.bsky.social!
"This study investigates whether and how spousal similarity in outlook on life is linked to later-life well-being."
Yue Qin, Sara Moorman, and Michal Engelman (@michalengelman.bsky.social) in The Journals of Gerontology: Series B.
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Yue Qin, Sara Moorman, and Michal Engelman (@michalengelman.bsky.social) in The Journals of Gerontology: Series B.
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Perceived spousal similarity in outlook on life: implications for later-life well-being
AbstractObjectives. People tend to choose marital partners who are similar to themselves, and spouses become increasingly similar in some respects due to s
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September 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"This study investigates whether and how spousal similarity in outlook on life is linked to later-life well-being."
Yue Qin, Sara Moorman, and Michal Engelman (@michalengelman.bsky.social) in The Journals of Gerontology: Series B.
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Yue Qin, Sara Moorman, and Michal Engelman (@michalengelman.bsky.social) in The Journals of Gerontology: Series B.
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A study by Mariana Nozela Prado and IDS Affiliate Chloe Grace Hart is broadening our understanding of the sorts of sexual harassment faced by gender minorities in the workplace.
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Study Broadens Our Understanding of Workplace Sexual Harassment Faced by Gender Minorities
A University of Wisconsin–Madison study has shown high rates of workplace sexual harassment experienced by transgender and nonbinary people and uncovered forms of harassment not previously documented ...
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September 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A study by Mariana Nozela Prado and IDS Affiliate Chloe Grace Hart is broadening our understanding of the sorts of sexual harassment faced by gender minorities in the workplace.
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"Findings shed light on the changing relationship between parenthood and work for men and suggest continued steps toward gender equality."
-Anita Li in @readdemography.bsky.social
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-Anita Li in @readdemography.bsky.social
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Is It Daddy Time Yet? Trends and Variation in Men's Employment Hours Around Childbirth: 1989–2020
Abstract. Scholars continue to debate the progress of the gender revolution. Some argue that the gender revolution is stalled, whereas others see an emerging second half marked by men's increased invo...
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September 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"Findings shed light on the changing relationship between parenthood and work for men and suggest continued steps toward gender equality."
-Anita Li in @readdemography.bsky.social
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-Anita Li in @readdemography.bsky.social
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Erin Gaede (@eringaede.bsky.social) received the RSS Rural Poverty RIG Graduate Student Paper Award for her research on rural housing insecurity.
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Erin Gaede receives Dissertation Grant and Graduate Student Paper Award
Erin Gaede received a 2025 Dissertation Grant from the National Institute of Social Sciences (NISS). This award recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in the social sciences. She also w...
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September 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Erin Gaede (@eringaede.bsky.social) received the RSS Rural Poverty RIG Graduate Student Paper Award for her research on rural housing insecurity.
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Congratulations to #UWSoc faculty member serving in ASA sections. Fabien Accominotti (@faccominotti.bsky.social) will chair the ASA Section on Decision-Making, Social Networks, and Society, and Eunsil Oh has been elected onto the Council for @asa-family.bsky.social.
September 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Congratulations to #UWSoc faculty member serving in ASA sections. Fabien Accominotti (@faccominotti.bsky.social) will chair the ASA Section on Decision-Making, Social Networks, and Society, and Eunsil Oh has been elected onto the Council for @asa-family.bsky.social.
Congrats to UW Sociology Board of Visitors Vice Chair Lisa Youngers, who has been selected as one of the 50 Women to Watch for on Boards! 5050wob.com/honorees/lis...
Lisa Youngers - 50/50 Women on Boards
What started as a national event to encourage dialog about women's status on U.S. corporate boards has expanded over the past ten years to include regions across the globe.
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September 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Congrats to UW Sociology Board of Visitors Vice Chair Lisa Youngers, who has been selected as one of the 50 Women to Watch for on Boards! 5050wob.com/honorees/lis...
"These findings recalibrate our understanding of the scope, target, and impact of national immigration enforcement programs."
-Michael Light and Avery Warner in @amjsoc.bsky.social
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-Michael Light and Avery Warner in @amjsoc.bsky.social
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Does Immigration Enforcement Exacerbate Racial Inequality Under the Law?1 | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 131, No 1
We leverage the rollout of Secure Communities (S-Comm)—the largest effort in US history to integrate local criminal justice authorities into immigration enforcement—to examine whether immigration enfo...
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September 2, 2025 at 7:05 PM
"These findings recalibrate our understanding of the scope, target, and impact of national immigration enforcement programs."
-Michael Light and Avery Warner in @amjsoc.bsky.social
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-Michael Light and Avery Warner in @amjsoc.bsky.social
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"...Americans may be accustomed to a certain kind of person who tells a certain kind of account of sexual harassment, while people whose experiences of sexual harassment deviate from this model may be less legible to the public as plausible targets." -Chloe Grace Hart
Is There an Idealized Target of Sexual Harassment in the MeToo Era?
Abstract. Evidence suggests that Americans became more sympathetic toward people who experienced sexual harassment as the MeToo movement surged. Yet how co
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August 26, 2025 at 8:24 PM
"...Americans may be accustomed to a certain kind of person who tells a certain kind of account of sexual harassment, while people whose experiences of sexual harassment deviate from this model may be less legible to the public as plausible targets." -Chloe Grace Hart
James Rosenberg conducted archival research in Singapore on the country’s “Singpass” initiative, and Michael Zaslavsky (@mzaslavs.bsky.social) studied the relationship between the Ukrainian and Russian communities in Türkiye.
Graduate Student Summer Fieldwork Awards for James Rosenberg and Michael Zaslavsky
The Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS) has awarded summer fieldwork awards to two Sociology grad students. James Rosenberg is a PhD candidate in sociology and a visiting research ...
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August 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
James Rosenberg conducted archival research in Singapore on the country’s “Singpass” initiative, and Michael Zaslavsky (@mzaslavs.bsky.social) studied the relationship between the Ukrainian and Russian communities in Türkiye.