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Max Besbris awarded Eastern Sociology Society Early Career Public Sociology Award
Congratulations to Max Besbris, for receiving the Eastern Sociology Society Early Career Public Sociology Award. This award recognizes sociologists who have done cutting-edge sociological research and engaged in meaningful public work using that research.
Tiffany Green featured in On Wisconsin Magazine’s “Fixing the Future”
Jenna Nobles quoted in PNAS article, COVID-19 increases pregnancy risks. Poorer communities shoulder most of the burden
Lauren Schmitz featured in Nature article, How the Great Depression shaped people’s DNA
Call for CDE Visiting Scholar Program
Esteban Quinones quoted in ‘A Home Wherever I Go’
Max Besbris quoted by CBS News, “As Floridians recover from Ian, most homeowners in the state do so without flood insurance”
Max Besbris interviewed on WORT, “U.S. Disaster Relief Fails Many”
“On September 28th, Hurricane Ian made landfall in Southwest Florida. After devastating Puerto Rico and Cuba, the Category 4 storm lashed Florida’s Gulf Coast with 150 mile per hour winds and a 7-foot storm surge, …
Jenny Higgins quoted in USA Today, “After Roe v. Wade, abortion bans from the 1800s became legal matters in these states”
“The ramifications of the old laws are “huge, enormous,” said Jenny Higgins, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor and director of the school’s Collaborative for Reproductive Equity (CORE). In Wisconsin, “health care systems are putting their …