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Dawn Norris

Professor
Sociology & Criminal Justice University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

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Specialty area(s)

Identity (individual, role, stigmatized), Mental Health & Illness, Age/Generations, Work & Occupations, Scholarship of Teaching 

Current courses at UWL

SOC110 - Introduction to Sociology

SOC303 - Generations and Age in the Social World

SOC325 - Sociology of Mental Illness

SOC338 - Sociological Aspects of Work and Life 

SOC390 - Sociological Theory

FYS100 - First-Year Seminar

Kudos

interviewed

Dawn Norris, Sociology & Criminal Justice, was interviewed by Filip Liška of Podcast Ballast on June 2. The interview focuses on her preliminary research findings and personal growth during her Fulbright visit in Prague, Czech Republic.

Submitted on: June 9

 

elected

Dawn Norris, Sociology & Criminal Justice, elected Wisconsin State Director. She will serve a 3-year term on the Midwest Sociological Society's Board of Directors.

Submitted on: April 27, 2022

 

awarded

Dawn Norris, Sociology & Criminal Justice, received the award for Fulbright Scholar from the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program. In Spring 2023, she will conduct research on unemployment and will teach a crosscultural work course at Univerzita Karlova (Charles University) in Prague, Czech Republic.

Submitted on: April 27, 2022

 

presented

Leah Renee Foltman and Dawn Norris, both Sociology, presented "A Tale of Two (Very Different) Cohorts: Involved Parenting During Adolescence and Adulthood Mastery" at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting on Aug. 9 online. Leah graduated in 2018 and is currently a graduate student at UW-Madison.

Submitted on: Aug. 12, 2021

 

interviewed

Dawn Norris, Sociology, was interviewed by Andrew Seaman of LinkedIn's Get Hired Newsletter on Dec. 8. The interview focused on strategies to combat job search fatigue.

Submitted on: Dec. 10, 2020

 

interviewed

Dawn Norris, Sociology & Criminal Justice, Sociology, was interviewed by Anisa Purbasari Horton of BBC on Sept. 14. The article focused on the challenges of underemployment during COVID-19.

Submitted on: Sept. 18, 2020

 

presented

Dawn Norris, Sociology, presented "Career Uncertainty in the Time of COVID-19" at The Actors Fund on July 15 in New York City, NY. As an invited panelist for this virtual forum (150 participants), Norris discussed applications of her research on job loss, identity, and mental health to unemployed actors during COVID-19.

Submitted on: July 16, 2020

 

published

Dawn Norris, Sociology, authored the article "COVID-19: A Threat to Jobs and Identities" in Footnotes (special COVID-19 issue) published on June 18 by American Sociological Assocation. The article examines how COVID-related job loss may affect people's identities and provides possible short-term coping strategies to help bolster identity while unemployed.

Submitted on: June 21, 2020

 

published

Dawn Norris, Sociology, co-authored the article "Speed Dating for Older Adults: Dismantling Stereotypes About Age and Relationships Using 'The Age of Love'" in Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology (TRAILS) published on Feb. 7 by American Sociological Association.

Submitted on: Feb. 10, 2020

 

interviewed

Dawn Norris, Sociology, was interviewed by Meghan Rabbitt of Woman's Day on Jan. 21. The article, "How to Address Mental Health in the Workplace," published online and in print. La Crosse Channel 8, WKBT News aired a segment about the article on 1/28/2020.

Submitted on: Feb. 6, 2020

 

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