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Rural Sociology
350 Agricultural Hall
1450 Linden Drive
Madison, Wisconsin
53706
Tel: (608) 262-1510
Fax: (608) 262-6022
contact @ drs.wisc.edu
- Daniel Kleinman
Dept. Chairperson
(608) 262-9536
chair @ drs.wisc.edu
- Kari A. Straus
Dept. Administrator
(608) 262-9533
business @ drs.wisc.edu
- Megan Banaszak
Timetable, Enrollment
(608) 262-1510
contact @ drs.wisc.edu
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What is Rural Sociology?-
 Rural Sociologists study rural people and the multitude of issues that pertain to rural (or relatively urbanized) areas, as well as issues such as urban sprawl and loss of farmland, that involve relationships between urban and rural groups. Students get to explore issues such as social influences on environmental conservation and natural resource consumption, the changing distribution of population across rural and metropolitan communities, the changing role of women workers in rural industries, why there are conflicts over new technologies such as genetically modified organism crops, and the degree to which progress is being made in the development of low-income countries, to name just a few.
- DOCUMENTS:
- 2008 Faculty Biographies in Brief
- Three Year Teaching Plan (2008-2009 to 2011-2012)
- NEWS:
- For information about swine flu and ways to prevent it, please visit http://www.news.wisc.edu/flu.
- Richelle Winkler (dissertator) had an article written in the Brainerd Dispatch about the research she is conducting in the area. The article can be found at http://www.brainerddispatch.com/stories/063009/new_20090630030.shtml.
- Randy Stoecker has a new book out, entitled "The Unheard Voices: Community Organizations and Service Learning." More information about the book can be found at http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/2023_reg.html.
- Julie Keller, a doctoral candidate in the department, has won the 2009 Graduate Student Paper Award of the Rural Sociological Society. Julie's paper, entitled "Re-Framing 'the Closet' for the Rural: Queer Theory and Women Farmers in Wisconsin," is based on one of the papers she submitted for her preliminary doctoral exam in the Sociology of Agrofood Systems. Julie is co-advised by professors Michael Bell and Jill Harrison.
- Sharon Adams has been selected to receive the Rural Sociological Society’s Distinguished Service to Rural Life Award for 2009. Nominating her was a department effort, with support from the Dean's office and her many admirers around the state.
- Heather O’Connell received an award for her poster at the Population Association of America meeting and an honorable mention on her pre-dissertation proposal to the National Science Foundation. Both focus on her master’s project on racial inequality in southern poverty.
- Tom Heberlein received the Rural Sociological Society's Award for Excellence in Research. Tom will be honored at the RSS awards luncheon on August 2nd in Madison.
- Congratulations to Amy Quark and Brent Kaup as recipients of the Kolb Memorial Scholarship. This award is given to outstanding graduate students advised by a Rural Sociology faculty member.
- Katie Zaman was awarded a 2009-10 Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship from Global Studies for Indonesian language training and migration studies.
- Bill Buckingham, David Long, and Dan Veroff of the Applied Population Laboratory have won a Public Health Award from Public Health - Madison & Dane County for building interactive mapping tools to inform public health decision-making.
- Anat Yom Tov (dissertator) will defend her dissertation this summer and become an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Haverford College in Pennsylvania in the fall.
- Mike Dougherty was awarded the Thomsen Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship Award, which is based on excellent academic performance and research productivity during graduate study. This fellowship, offered by CALS, was established by Louis and Elsa Thomsen. Mike is currently in Central America collecting data for his dissertation, which is concerned with the development implications of the new mineral economies of Guatemala and El Salvador. The award is for the period September 1, 2009 through August 31, 2010.
- Becky Schewe was awarded the Senator Robert Caldwell Graduate Fellowship Award, which is based on excellent academic performance and research productivity during graduate study. This fellowship, offered by CALS, was established by Grace Caldwell Hopkins on behalf of her father, Senator Robert Caldwell. Becky is currently in New Zealand studying neoliberalizaton and reregulation of New Zealand's dairy industry. The award is for the period September 1, 2009 through August 31, 2010.
- FACULTY Q&A: RANDY STOECKER
- What book is on your nightstand right now?
Studying Service-Learning, by Billig and Waterman, is on my nightstand, but that is only because I was using it in a paper.
- What is your favorite tv show?
My favorite TV show is M*A*S*H, which we have been buying used DVD seasons of.
- What is your favorite thing about teaching at the UW?
My favorite thing about teaching at UW is learning from those students who are smarter than I am.
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