2007-2008 Certificate Talks

Fall 2007

• Thursday, October 4, 2007, 3:30-5:00, SSPA 1100
  Jack Miles ( University of California, Irvine )
  Will the U.S. Be Voted Out of Iraq?
  This talk satisfies partial event requirement for the following certificate(s):
  International
  
  
• Friday, October 19, 2007, 12:00-1:30pm, SSPB 4206
  Heather Haveman ( University of California, Berkeley )
  Antislavery in America:  The Press, the Pulpit, and the Rise of Antislavery Societies
  This talk satisfies partial event requirement for the following certificate(s):
  Diversity; Planning and Human Services
  
  
• Wednesday, October 24, 2007, 12:00-1:30, SSPB 4206
  - Sociology Department Colloquium Series
  Natalia Sarkisian ( Boston College )
  The Color of Family Ties: Culture, Structure, and Kin Support
  This talk satisfies partial event requirement for the following certificate(s):
  Diversity; Planning and Human Services
  
  
• Friday, October 26, 2007, 12:00-1:30pm, SSPB 4206
  - Sociology Department Colloquium Series
  Rene Almeling ( University of California, Los Angeles )
  Selling Genes, Selling Gender: Egg Agencies, Sperm Banks, and the Medical Market in Genetic Material
  This talk satisfies partial event requirement for the following certificate(s):
  Business, Economy, and Society; Diversity
  
  
• Wednesday, October 31, 2007, 12:00-1:30pm, SSPB 4206
  - Sociology Department Colloquium Series
  Andrew Penner ( University of California, Berkeley )
  Society, Biology, and Gender Differences in High Mathematical Achievement
  This talk satisfies partial event requirement for the following certificate(s):
  Diversity; Planning and Human Services
  
  
• Wednesday, November 7, 2007, 12:00-1:30pm, SSPB 4206
  - Sociology Department Colloquium Series
  Melanie Hughes ( Ohio State University )
  Double Barriers and Strategic Opportunities: Explaining Minority Women’s Legislative Representation Worldwide
  This talk satisfies partial event requirement for the following certificate(s):
  Diversity
  
  
• Thursday, November 8, 2007, 3:30-5:00pm, SSPA 1100
  Tom McNaugher ( VP of RAND Corporation, Director, Army Research Division )
  The U.S. Army in the War on Terror
  This talk satisfies partial event requirement for the following certificate(s):
  International
  
  
• Wednesday, November 14, 2007, 12:00-1:30pm, SSPB 4206
  - Sociology Department Colloquium Series
  Filip Agneessens ( Ghent University )
  The importance of social capital for performance in knowledge-intensive groups: a multi-level perspective focusing on content, structure and resources of network ties
  This talk satisfies partial event requirement for the following certificate(s):
  Business, Economy, and Society; Planning and Human Services
  
  
• Thursday, November 15, 2007, 2:00-3:30pm, Crystal Cove Auditorium
  Keith Morrison ( NBC Journalist )
  A Story About the Children of Israel and Palestine
  This talk satisfies partial event requirement for the following certificate(s):
  Diversity; International
  
  
• Friday, November 16, 2007, 10:00-11:30am, SSPB 4206
  - Sociology Department Colloquium Series
  Stephen Vaisey ( University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill )
  Motivation and Justification: A Dual-Process Theory of Culture in Action
  This talk satisfies partial event requirement for the following certificate(s):
  Diversity

 

Winter 2008

• Thursday, January 17, 2008, 3:30-5:00pm, SSPA 1100
  Virginia Haufler ( University of Maryland, College Park )
  Corporations and the Management of Conflict
  This talk satisfies partial event requirement for the following certificate(s):
  Business, Economy, and Society; International
  
  
• Wednesday, January 23, 2008, 12:00-1:30, SSPB 4206
  - Sociology Department Colloquium Series
  Bert Klandermans ( Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam )
  Protest Participation Among Immigrants
  This talk satisfies partial event requirement for the following certificate(s):
  Diversity; International
  
  
• Thursday, January 24, 2008, 3:30-5:00pm, SSPA 1100
  Sayyid Mohammed Kashmiri
  The Role of Ayatollah Sistani in Reconstructing Iraq
  This talk satisfies partial event requirement for the following certificate(s):
  International
  
  
• Wednesday, January 30, 2008, 12:00-1:30pm, SSPA 2112
  - Sociology Department Colloquium Series
  Robert Sampson ( Harvard University )
  Neighborhood Effects and the Social Reproduction of Inequality
  This talk satisfies partial event requirement for the following certificate(s):
  Business, Economy, and Society; Diversity; Planning and Human Services
  
  
• Friday, February 1, 2008, 12:00-1:30pm, SE1 112
  Robert Sampson ( Harvard University )
  The Immigration and Diversity Debate: Insights from Criminology
  * Event co-sponsored by the Department of Sociology
  This talk satisfies partial event requirement for the following certificate(s):
  Business, Economy, and Society; Diversity; International; Planning and Human Service
  
  
• Monday, February 4, 2008, 12:00-2:00pm, SEII 2372
  Lauren Edelman ( University of California, Berkeley )
  When Organizations Rule: Judicial Deference to Institutionalized Employment Structures
  This talk satisfies partial event requirement for the following certificate(s):
  Business, Economy, and Society
  
  
• Wednesday, February 13, 2008, 3:30-5:00pm, SSPA 1100
  Ed Rollins ( National Campaign Chair & Senior Advisor to President Candidate Mike Huckabee )
  A Primer on the Presidential Primaries
  This talk satisfies partial event requirement for the following certificate(s):
  Business, Economy, and Society
  
  
• Wednesday, February 20, 2008, 12:00-1:30pm, SSPB 4206
  Yen-Sheng Chiang ( University of Washington )
  The Coevolution of Partnership and Fairness in Social Exchanges
  This talk satisfies partial event requirement for the following certificate(s):
  Business, Economy, and Society
  
  
• Friday, February 22, 2008, 12:00-1:30pm, SSPA 2112
  - Sociology Department Colloquium Series
  Dalton Conley ( New York University )
  Learning from Natural Experiments in Public Policy: Offspring Sex Mix and the Effect of PAC Money on Congressional Voting & The Longterm Mortality Effects of Vietnam Era Military Service
  This talk satisfies partial event requirement for the following certificate(s):
  Business, Economy, and Society; Planning and Human Services
  
  
• Tuesday, February 26, 2008, 3:30-5:00, SSPA 1100
  -2007-2008 Eckstein Lecture
  Ronald F. Inglehart ( University of Michigan )
  The Role of Ordinary People in Democratization
  This talk satisfies partial event requirement for the following certificate(s):
  Business, Economy, and Society; Diversity
  
  
• Monday, March 3, 2008, 2:00-3:30, UCI Student Center: Pacific Ballroom D
  - The 2007-08 Chancellor's Distinguished Fellows Series
  Philip Bennett ( Managing Editor, Washington Post )
  Covering Islam: A Challenge for American Journalism
  This talk satisfies partial event requirement for the following certificate(s):
  Business, Economy, and Society; Diversity; International; Planning and Human Service
  
  
• Thursday, March 6, 2008, 3:30-5:00, SSPA 1100
  - The International Studies Public Forum Series
  David Bartlett ( University of Minnesota )
  Emerging Market-Based Multinationals in the Global Economy
  This talk satisfies partial event requirement for the following certificate(s):
  Business, Economy, and Society; International
  
  
• Thursday, March 6, 2008, 7:00-8:30, UCI Student Center, Crystal Cove Auditorium
  - The 2007-08 Chancellor's Distinguished Fellows Series
  Thomas Schelling ( University of Maryland )
  Managing Nuclear Proliferation
  This talk satisfies partial event requirement for the following certificate(s):
  Business, Economy, and Society; Diversity; International; Planning and Human Service
  

 

Spring 2008

• Tuesday, April 8, 2008, 12:00-1:00, SE1 112
  Janet Rosenbaum ( Harvard University )
  Are virginity pledgers less sexually active than similar non-pledgers?
  This talk satisfies partial event requirement for the following certificate(s):
  Diversity; Planning and Human Services
  
  
• Monday, April 14, 2008, 12:00-1:00, SE1 112
  Margaret Schneider ( University of California, Irvine )
  Adolescent physical activity promotion; a multidisciplinary approach
  This talk satisfies partial event requirement for the following certificate(s):
  Planning and Human Services
  
  
• Tuesday, April 15, 2008, 3:30-5:00, SSPA 1100
  - The International Studies Public Forum Series
  Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer and Scott Lasensky ( U.S. Institute for Peace )
  Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace - American Leadership in the Middle East
  This talk satisfies partial event requirement for the following certificate(s):
  International
  
  
• Tuesday, April 22, 2008, 3:30-5:00, SSPA 1100
  - The UCI Center for Citizen Peacebuilding presents
  Malaka Samara & Shani Gershon ( OneVoice )
  OneVoice Campus Tour
  This talk satisfies partial event requirement for the following certificate(s):
  Diversity; International
  
  
• Wednesday, April 23, 2008, 12:00-3:00, SSPB 4206
  -Sociology Department 2nd Year Paper Presentation
  Elizabeth Sowers
  Working Conditions and Opinions on Unionization among Truck Drivers
  Michelle Peria
  Maquiladora Work in Agua Prieta, Mexico: Integration or Exploitation?
  Michael Landis
  Social Movement Survival: How the Intelligent Design Movement Persists
  James Bany
  Reconstructing Identity: The Conversion Process and Identity Outcomes in the Ex-gay Movement
  This talk satisfies partial event requirement for the following certificate(s):
  Business, Economy, and Society; Diversity; International; Planning and Human Service
  *ATTENDANCE TO THE ENTRE SESSION IS REQUIRED FOR CREDIT
  
  
• Tuesday, April 24, 2008, 3:30-5:00, SSPA 1100
  - The International Studies Public Forum Series
  Dick Leonard ( former assistant editor of The Economist )
  The European Union - Entering the Big League?
  This talk satisfies partial event requirement for the following certificate(s):
  International
  
  
• Friday, April 25, 2008, 12:00-3:00, SSPB 4206
  -Sociology Department 2nd Year Paper Presentation
  Zoya Gubernskaya
  Changing Attitudes toward Marriage and Children in Six Countries
  Jared Olesen
  Newspaper Coverage of Environmental Movement Organizations 1988-2008
  Vincent Laus
  Breaking Free: The Persistence of Drug Usage and Social Connections for Filipino Americans
  Brian Gillespie
  Where You Are, Where You Go, and Who You Know:  The Influence of Social Capital, Residential Mobility, Demographic, and Community Effects on Child Academic Achievement and Behavioral Problems
  This talk satisfies partial event requirement for the following certificate(s):
  Business, Economy, and Society; Diversity; International; Planning and Human Service
  *ATTENDANCE TO THE ENTRE SESSION IS REQUIRED FOR CREDIT
  
  
• Wednesday, April 30, 2008, 12:00-3:00, SSPB 4206
  -Sociology Department 2nd Year Paper Presentation
  Fernando Chirino
  Sexist Antagonism and Split Labor Market Theory
  Kristen Shorette
  The Effects of Structural Inequalities on Economic and Social Development: A Global Comparative Analysis
  Stefan Malizia
  Globalization and Environmental Governance
  Laurie Neighbors
  The Basel Ban Amendment: Predictors of Global Waste Trade Treaty Ratification
  This talk satisfies partial event requirement for the following certificate(s):
  Business, Economy, and Society; Diversity; International; Planning and Human Service
  *ATTENDANCE TO THE ENTRE SESSION IS REQUIRED FOR CREDIT
  
  
• Wednesday, April 30, 2008, 7:00-8:30pm, SSH 100
  - The 17th Annual Margolis Lecture
  Vandana Shiva ( Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Natural Resource Policy, New Delhi )
  The New Food Wars: Globalization, GMOs, and Biofuels
  This talk satisfies partial event requirement for the following certificate(s):
  Business, Economy, and Society; International; Planning and Human Service
  
  
• Thursday, May 1, 2008, 3:30-5:00pm, SSPA 1100
  - The International Studies Public Forum Series
  Richard Brennan ( RAND Corporation )
  Building on Recent Success by Forging the Next Strategy for Iraq
  This talk satisfies partial event requirement for the following certificate(s):
  International
  
  
• Friday, May 9, 2008, 12:00-1:30pm, SSPB 4206
  - Sociology Department Colloquium Series
  Cecilia Menjívar ( Arizona State University )
  Legal Violence?: Immigration Law in the Lives of Central Americans in the United States
  This talk satisfies partial event requirement for the following certificate(s):
  Business, Economy, and Society; Diversity; International; Planning and Human Service
  

• Wednesday, May 14, 2008, 12:00-1:30pm, SSPB 4206
  - The Sociology Department presents
  Elizabeth Fussell ( Tulane and Washington State )
  Post-Katrina New Orleans as a New Migrant Destination
  This talk satisfies partial event requirement for the following certificate(s):
  Business, Economy, and Society; Diversity; International; Planning and Human Service
  
  
• Tuesday, May 10, 2008, 6:30-7:30pm, Crystal Cove Auditorium
  Jim Mazzo ( Advanced Medical Optics )
  Sustainable Growth Through Strategic Innovation
  This talk satisfies partial event requirement for the following certificate(s):
  Business, Economy, and Society
  
  
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