Browsing University of Wisconsin Madison Sociology Program Master’s Theses by Issue Date

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RACIAL INJURY OF GRADUATE STUDENTS OF COLOR AT MAJORITY WHITE UNIVERSITIES IN THE ERA OF POSTRACIALISM

Dennis, Alexis M. (2017)

Colorblind ideology is the process by which race is considered a nonfactor in interpersonal interactions as well as in political and social processes. Meritocracy is the idea that individual talents and abilities, not race, ...
HOW DO INCARCERATED PARENTS EXPLAIN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM TO THEIR CHILDREN?: NARRATIVES OF STRUCTURAL INEQUALITY AND INDIVIDUAL AUTONOMY

Jensen, Sarah (2020)

In the age of mass incarceration, over five million children have experienced parental incarceration. Children with incarcerated parents are more likely to experience criminal justice system contact, educational difficulties, ...
The Educational Outcomes of Survivors of Nonconsensual and Unwanted First Sex

Cannon, Lindsay (2023)

First sex is an important step in the life course of young people, critical to the transition to adulthood, identity formation, self-concept, and persistence in education. Despite the importance of first sex as a milestone ...