University Department: Sociology

Sustainable Development Priorities for Communities of Concern in Southeast San Diego: Transportation, Parks, Groceries, and Equitable Access to Resources

With the support of the Sage Project and in partnership with the San Diego Urban Sustainability Coalition, student researchers conducted survey research to help construct a Community Benefits Initiative. The purpose of this research was to ascertain the equitable and sustainable development priorities of communities of concern in Southeast San Diego, which itself was broken […]

Sustainability and Sovereignty for Southeast San Diego: Uplifting the Community by Providing Career Resources and Fresh Produce

Building on previous research done by student researchers at San Diego State University through the Sage Project and its collaboration with the San Diego Urban Sustainability Coalition, Dr. Norah Shultz’s spring 2023 Sociology 407 course split into three groups to investigate how the San Diego Energy and Equity Campus (SDEEC) could be of service to […]

Addressing Food Deserts and Park Equity in Southeast San Diego

With the support of the San Diego State University (SDSU) Sage Project, the San Diego Urban Sustainability Coalition, and the previous research done by SDSU Sociology 407 students, Sociology 796 student researchers worked to analyze prominent concerns of the Southeast San Diego community. Based on these primary concerns, SOC 796 student researchers then worked to […]

Measuring Youth Attitudes of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in Milton

Undergraduate sociology students researched the history of Milton to inform a survey designed to learn how Milton youth think about diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. UniverCity Contact Info: UniverCityAlliance@wisc.edu […]

Creating a ‘Welcoming Wausau’ strategic plan for the Welcoming America designation

This strategic plan was prepared by four UW-Madison students for the office of Mayor Katie Rosenberg and the City of Wausau. This strategic plan focuses on the framework of Certified Welcoming to achieve the goal of making Wausau a 5-star Certified Welcoming Community within the Civic Engagement, Connected Communities, and Safe Communities pillars. This was […]

Downtown Parking in City of Edwardsville

The partners involved in this project are Public Works department(city of Edwardsville), SIUE Successful Communities Collaborative, courses involving Sociology and Philosophy. The courses for sociology are Sociology- Research Methods(302), Independent Study(396); Philosophy- Environmental Ethics(222). The aim of this project is to build structures with adaptive reuse in mind, the City of Edwardsville will help to […]

Emergency Medical Services Project

To decrease the frequency of repeat 911 callers by finding alternative options and community resources that are more appropriate to their needs rather than repeated use of Emergency Medical Services (EMS). Utilization of alternative options and resources for low acuity, non-emergent patients will help increase the availability of EMS to higher acuity patients, decrease offload […]

Maternal Health: Analyzing Obstetrics Data

This project will partner Southern Indiana Health Care with the Department of Sociology to analyze data collected from the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) metric and offer key findings from data analysis to improve health care services. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Sustaining Hoosier Communities Contact Info Jane Rogan Sustaining […]

Maternal Health: Analyzing Obstetrics Data

Homelessness Assessment

The purpose of this project is to develop new analysis tools to assess the size, location, and change in Auburn’s homeless populations. Students will assess current practices and strategies used by Auburn and other municipalities, and describe potential new tools appropriate for Auburn. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Livable […]

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