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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