Barbara Risman was interviewed in a Chicago Tribune article about mothers being investigated by police or child welfare officials after reports of leaving their children alone. Risman says the societal judgement placed on moms…
In the wake of recent cases of mothers who are targeted by police or family service authorities as negligent for giving their children autonomy, Barbara Risman was a featured guest on Chicago Public…
Amanda McDonald, an undergraduate in the Sociology and African American Studies departments, received the Special Collections and University Archives Student Research Award from the Richard L. Daley Library for “A Diaspora of the…
Allison Helmuth was selected as the sole recipient of the 2018 Alice J Dan Dissertation Research Award by the UIC Center for Research on Women and Gender. The annual Dan Dissertation Award provides monetary…
In the Chicago Tribune article, “Parents pay boys twice as much allowance as girls, company finds. Here’s why,” LAS distinguished professor Barbara Risman is interviewed about the prevalence of gender stereotypes in the…
Today the Council on Contemporary Families presents the online symposium, Gender Matters. You can read the lead essay by LAS distinguished professor Barbara Risman, and eight related pieces, including an essay by UIC…
William “Buddy” Scarborough, PhD candidate, was interviewed by the Cleveland Daily Banner about his research on labor force gender equality and his upcoming presentation at the Women in the Workforce Symposium in Chattanooga,…
A special congratulations to Sage Kim for defending her dissertation, “The Effect of Spatial Concentration of Arrest on Neighborhood Economic Outcomes.” Sage’s dissertation explores how spatial concentration of arrests has influenced the current…
Stephanie Molina, who has been mentored this summer by professor Rachel Gordon, presented her summer research project at the Summer Research Opportunity Program for Undergraduates Research Symposium last week! The research project is…
On Thursday, Barbara Risman presented findings from her new book, Where the Millennials Will Take Us: A New Generation Wrestles with the Gender Structure, on ABC Amsterdam. Barbara Risman is an LAS distinguished…