Madhumita "Mita" Banerjee

Teaching Interests

Social Inequality, Deviance, Public Health, Sociology of Education, Statistics, and Research Methods.

Research Interests

Her previous research focused on faculty motivation and deterrents in incorporating service learning in teaching and faculty efficacy in service learning.

Consulting Interests

Digital Divide amongst underserved and underrepresented students. Student success in online learning. The Community of Inquiry framework for e-learning.

Selected Publications

2023: Citizen Engagement to Transfer Innovation to Regional Development - A survey project to identify citizen needs in small and midsized communities. ,

2022: The Digital Divide and Smartphone Reliance for Disadvantaged Students in Higher Education, Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (31-39 pp.)

2022: Data Analytics for Accountable Care Organizations in a Shifting Landscape of Health and Medicine, Springer Publishing

Teaching Awards

2022: Hans O. Mauksch Outstanding Teacher Award, Wisconsin Sociological Association

2022: Stella Gray Early Career Teaching Excellence Award, University of Wisconsin - Parkside

Research/Creative Awards

2023: The award acknowledged advancing scholarly research on underserved and underrepresented students' educational outcomes to eliminate equity gaps in retention and graduation rates for historically underserved student populations. , Outstanding Women of Color in Education Award, UW System

College Service

: Committee Member - Center for International Studies Steering Committee

2023: Other - AHC Federal Grant - Refining the Constitutional Democracy Tapestry: The threads of marginalized groups in the shaping of American History

University Service

2020: University Senate Service - Faculty Senate

UW System Service

2019: Committee Member - UW System Math Initiative