University of Georgia's Dr. Sarah Shannon and UMN Sociology Professor Christopher Uggen and PhD student Ryan Larson were honored by the ASA for their work on felony disenfranchisement.
With its first cohort celebrating its graduation this spring, the University of Minnesota Advanced Careers (UMAC) Initiative joins an elite group of leading-edge higher education institutions to transition experienced professionals from career jobs into opportunities for meaningful engagement.
Humans have been expanding their lifespan over the past century, but what do we do with this extra time? Sociology major Miles Sebald has been working with UMAC, a University program providing meaningful engagement for the boomer generation and fostering multigenerational learning.
How can a country’s culture and migration regulations affect an immigrant’s ability to adjust? Professor Cawo Abdi studies the diaspora of Somali people and how they’ve adjusted to their new homelands. She finds that while Somali refugees remain hopeful that they will find a sense of belonging, they face unexpected challenges when adjusting to life in a new country.
What happens when environmental groups and resource dependent workers come into conflict? Graduate student Erik Kojola has been researching tensions in the northern Minnesota Iron Range over proposed copper-nickel mines. He has found that both culture and identity play a large role in these conflicts.
Undergraduate senior Prashasti Bhatnagar’s passion for social justice and healthcare equity inspired her to create a program through the Center for Community Engaged Learning with a goal of fostering conversations around inequities and personal biases.
Graduate student Aisha Upton has been conducting several research studies about the role of black sororities within society and volunteerism on an international level.
Regents Professor Chris Uggen has been investigating the long-term effects of sexual harassment on working women and ways society can improve work conditions.
About 75 million boomers — those born between 1946 and 1964 — are alive and well in America, comprising the nation’s second-largest age demographic. Their increased life span creates a financial puzzle: They have more time to work (earn money) and enjoy life (spend money), while also incurring health-care costs and other expenses.
