Department of Community and Environmental Sociology, University of Wisconsin Madison
Department News
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Undergraduate capstone presentations are on December 16th from 12:00 pm-2:00 pm. The presentations will be in 354 Ag Hall. There will be a reception in the department library after the presentations.
Brittany Bethel, a 2009 graduate in Community and Environmental Sociology, is currently the manager of a County Farmers Market and the Marketing and Operations manager of their County Fair, both non-profit organizations. She is also in the process of becoming a University of Florida extension agent.
Michael Bell has been named the new director of the Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems. He is featured in an article in the Badger Herald.
Katherine Curtis was quoted in the Wisconsin State Journal interpreting the 2010 census results on poverty. Click here to read the article.
Leann Tigges' was quoted in an article about "Enrique's Journey," the next Go Big Read book. Click here to read the article.
Jane Collins' recent book, Both Hands Tied (co-authored with Victoria Mayer, University of Chicago Press, 2010) won two distinguished awards from the American Sociological Association -- best book from the Labor and Labor Movements section of the ASA and best book from the Poverty, Mobility and Inequality section.
