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Colloquium Schedule

Time: 3:00 p.m. (unless noted)

Place: Manchester Hall Lounge (unless noted)

 

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Date Speaker Seminar Title

Feb. 17, 2010

Barrie Thorne, University of California-Berkeley

Social Class Inequality and Children's Experiences and Management of Family Shame.

Mar. 17, 2010

Phil Kasinitz, CUNY

Inheriting the City: Second Generation Immigrants in Contemporary New York.

Apr. 14, 2010

David Gregorio, University of Connecticut-Farmington

Resource and Relational Deprivation within Communities and their Impact on Health Status.

Apr. 21, 2010

Christina Bobel, University of Mass-Boston

New Blood: Third-Wave Feminism and the Politics of Menstruation.

Oct 20, 2010

Stephen Steinberg, Distinguished professor of Sociology and Urban Studies, CUNY Graduate Center

The Sociology of Race: Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem?

Nov 17, 2010

Michael White, Professor of Sociology, Brown University

The New American Assimilation? Co-sponsored with the Population Center

Dec 8, 2010

Alison Bernstein, Camille and William Cosby istinguished Professor, Spelman College

Bottom Lines and Metrics Mania: The Emerging Corporate Takeover of Philanthropy.

Feb. 23, 2011

Diane Vaughan, Columbia University

Dead Reckoning: System Effects, Risk, and Air Traffic Control.

Mar 16, 2011

Mark Jacobs, George Mason University

No-fault Corruption of the Financial System. Sponsored by Eastern Sociological Society, Robin Williams, Jr. Lectureship.

April 20, 2011

David Cunningham, Brandeis University

Mobilizing Racial Competition: The Rise of the Civil Rights-Era's Largest Ku Klux Klan.

Sept. 26, 2011

Sujata Patel, University of Hyderabad, India, and International Sociological Association's Vice President for National Associations

Sociology's Other.

Oct 5, 2011

David Brady, Duke University, and Center for European Studies

Does Immigration Undermine Public Support for the Welfare State?

Oct. 26, 2011

Sarah Sobieraj, Tufts University

Protesters and the Press: Vying for Voice in a Shifting Media Landscap.

Nov. 30, 2011

Michael Sauder, University of Iowa and Robert Wood Johnson Scholars in Health Policy Program, Harvard University

Football and Status in Higher Educatin.

Feb 15, 2012

Rene Almelling, Yale University

Sex Cells: The Medical Market for Eggs and Sperm.

Mar 8, 2012

Brian Powell, James H. Rudy Professor, Indiana University

Counted Out: Same-sex Relations and American's Definitions of Family.

Mar 28, 2012

Joanna Dreby, University at Albany, State University of New York

The Burden of Deportation Policies on Children in Mexican Immigrant Families. 3.30pm at the Class of 47 Library Room. Co-sponsored by CLACS

Apr 25, 2012

Jennifer Lundquist, Associate Professor of Sociology at UMass Amherst

Love is Blind--Or is It? The Economy of Race among Gay and Straight Online Daters. 3.30pm at the Class of 47 Library Room. Co-sponsored by the Population Center

Sep 19, 2012

Julia P. Adams, Yale University

TBA

Oct 10, 2012

Jason Beckfield, Harvard University

Welfare-State Convergence in Europe: Regionalization, not Globalization.

Nov 14, 2012

Richard Alba, the Graduate Center, CUNY

TBA.