University of Wisconsin–Madison
A recent article at Phys.org covers a newly released study that explores how a change in the way journalism students are taught can help them to better engage communities. The study, led by IDS affiliate Sue Robinson and colleagues Magarita Orozco and Lori Shontz, analyzes the impact of a conversation facilitation training program for journalism …
Most Wisconsin schools protect students from discrimination against everything but this Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, October 13, 2025 By Natalie Eilbert A study of Wisconsin school board policies has found that nearly all districts have policies protecting students from discrimination based on sexual orientation and the vast majority protect students from discrimination based on gender identity. But …
In a recent article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, IDS Affiliate Mollie McQuillan was interviewed about the removal of the Youth Risk Behavior Survey or YRBS from public sources and its potential impact on LGBTQ youth and related research. From the article “”Mollie McQuillan is assistant professor in educational leadership and policy analysis at the …
In a recent interview with PBS Wisconsin, IDS affiliate Mariel Barnes describes researching the online “manosphere” movement and its growing influence on culture and politics. Read/watch the full interview: https://pbswisconsin.org/news-item/mariel-barnes-on-the-manosphere-and-american-politics/
Jo Handelsman, Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and an IDS affiliate was recently quoted in an NPR piece on potential federal cuts to research funding. Listen/Read.
September 25, 2024, by Stav Atir and David Dunning, Harvard Business Review Accurately gauging what you know — and more importantly, what you don’t — can mean the difference between success and failure as a manager. For example, a study of 36,000 firms started in France in the 1990s found that entrepreneurs venturing into novel areas were more …
In the days since Vice President Kamala Harris has become the presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee, part of the discussion around her candidacy has focused on what she will be called. Her campaign has embraced the informality of going by her first name, Kamala, and even switched their X (formerly Twitter) account to “Kamala HQ.” IDS …
June 27, 2024, on A Public Affair IDS Affiliate Mariel Barnes is a founding faculty member of UW–Madison’s Sexual Violence Research Initiative. She joined WORT’s Allen Ruff to talk about the recent Supreme Court United States v. Rahimi that looked at firearm access for domestic abusers subject to protective orders. Barnes also discussed statistics of …
December 6, 2023, by Anna Smith The Computational Demography Working Group held a forum Dec. 6 during which assistant professor in computational communications at the University of Wisconsin Kaiping Chen discussed her research on equity within science communication. Specifically, three main topics within Chen’s research were covered — how inequality was represented through digital content creation, stereotypes …
IDS affiliate Max Besbris recently spoke to Marketplace about home-buying progress among members of Gen Z. Besbris, a sociologist who studies access issues in the housing and rental markets spoke about how Gen Z both benefitted from the low interest rates homebuyers saw through 2020, but have also been hurt by high housing costs. “The …