All Sociology Department Events

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Fall 2007

  • Wednesday, September 26, 2007, 3:30-5:00, SSPB 4206
    - Sociology Department Colloquium Series
    Michael T. Heaney ( University of Florida )
    Coalition Dissolution and Network Dynamics in the American Antiwar Movement

  • Tuesday, October 2, 2007, 12:00-1:00pm, SSPB 4206
    - Population, Society and Inequality Colloquium Series -- Immigration
    Susan Coutin ( University of California, Irvine - Criminology, Law, and Society )
    Nations of Emigrants: Shifting Boundaries of Citizenship in El Salvador and the United  States

  • Tuesday, October 9, 2007, 12:00-1:00pm , SSPB 4206
    - Population, Society and Inequality Colloquium Series -- Demography
    Wang Feng ( University of California, Irvine - Sociology )
    Globalizing Production, Shrinking Reproduction: How Does China Fit into the Picture?

  • Tuesday, October 16, 2007, 12:00-1:00pm, SSPB 4206
    - Population, Society and Inequality Colloquium Series -- Gender, Work and Family
    Matt Huffman ( University of California, Irvine - Sociology )
    Management Matters? Female Managers and Workplace Gender Segregation, 1975-2005

  • Friday, October 19, 2007, 12:00-1:30pm, SSPB 4206
    - Sociology Department Colloquium Series
    Heather Haveman ( University of California, Berkeley )
    Antislavery in America:  The Press, the Pulpit, and the Rise of Antislavery Societies

  • Tuesday, October 23, 2007, 5:00-6:00pm, SSPA 2112
    - Population, Society and Inequality Colloquium Series -- Demography
    David Swanson ( University of California, Riverside )
    Counting the Gulf Coast: A demographer gauges Katrina's impact in Mississippi

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Tuesday, November 6, 2007, 12:00-1:00pm, SSPB 4206
    - Population, Society and Inequality Colloquium Series -- Gender, Work and Family
    Maria Estela Zarate ( University of California, Irvine - Education )
    When Do Grades Matter? Gender Differences in Trajectories to College

  • 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

  • Tuesday, November 13, 2007, 12:00-1:00pm, SSPB 4206
    - Population, Society and Inequality Colloquium Series -- Demography
    James Swanson ( University of California, irvine - Child Development )
    The National Children's Health Study

  • Wednesday, November 14, 2007, 12:00-1:30pm, SSPB 4206
    - Sociology 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

  • 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


  • Tuesday, December 4, 2007, 12:00-1:00pm, SSPB 4206
    - Population, Society and Inequality Colloquium Series -- Immigration
    Dowell Meyers ( University of Southern California )
    Immigrants and Boomers: New Understanding for a New Civic Integration


Winter 2008

  • Tuesday, January 8, 2008, 12:00-1:00pm, SSPB 4206
    - Population, Society and Inequality Colloquium Series -- Gender, Work and Family
    Berna Torr ( RAND Labor and Population )
    Black-White Differences in the Coresidential Experience of Mothers of Young Children, 1880 to 2000

  • Tuesday, January 15, 2008, 12:00-1:00pm, SSPB 4206
    - Population, Society and Inequality Colloquium Series -- Demography Fernando Torres-Gil ( University of California, Los Angeles )
    The New Aging: The Coming Nexus of Demographics, Race and Immigration

  • Tuesday, January 22, 2008, 12:00-1:00, SSPB 4206
    - Population, Society and Inequality Colloquium Series -- Immigration
    James Bachmeier (Ph.D. student in Sociology)
    School or Work, or School and Work?  Enrollment and Intergenerational Variation in Work Activity among Mexican-Origin Adolescents

  • Wednesday, January 23, 2008, 12:00-1:30, SSPB 4206
    - Sociology Department Colloquium Series
    Bert Klandermans ( Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam )
    Protest Participation Among Immigrants

  • Thursday, January 24, 2008, 5:30-6:30 Reception; 6:30-8 Dinner & Talk, UCI Club (Main Dining Hall)
    Manuel Castells ( University of Southern California )
    The Urban Form of the Information Age

  • Tuesday, January 29, 2008, 12:00-1:00pm, SSPB 4206
    - Population, Society and Inequality Colloquium Series -- Demography
    Andrew Noymer
    ( University of California, Irvine - Sociology )
    The Twentieth Century Evolution of American Mortality

  • 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
    *
    Event co-sponsored by the Dept. of Criminology, Law & Society

  • 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

  • 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

  • Tuesday, February 5, 2008, 12:00-1:00pm, SSPB 4206
    - Population, Society and Inequality Colloquium Series -- Gender, Work and Family
    Marigee Bacolod ( University of California, Irvine - Economics )
    Two Sides of the Same Coin: U.S. "Residual Inequality" and the Gender Gap

  • Tuesday, February 19, 2008, 12:00-1:00, SSPB 4206
    - Population, Society and Inequality Colloquium Series -- Immigration
    Frank D. Bean ( University of California, Irvine - Sociology )
    Cultural Repertoires and Public Assistance Receipt: Explaining the Distinctiveness of Mexican Immigrant Welfare Behaviors

  • 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

  • Tuesday, February 26, 2008, 12:00-1:30pm, SSPB 4206
    - Population, Society and Inequality Colloquium Series -- Demography
    David Neumark ( University of California, Irvine - Economics )
    Is Marriage Always Good for Children? Evidence from Families Affected by Incarceration

  • Monday, March 3, 2008, 2:00-3:30pm, 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

  • Tuesday, March 4, 2008, 12:00-1:00pm, SSPB 4206
    - Population, Society and Inequality Colloquium Series -- Gender, Work and Family
    Sara Wakefield (University of California, Irvine - Criminology, Law, and Society)
    The Transition to Parenthood for Criminal Offenders

  • Tuesday, March 11, 2008, 11:30-1:30pm, SSPA 2112
    - Population, Society and Inequality Colloquium Series -- Immigration
    Hiroshi Motomura (Professor of Law, University of North Carolina)
    Immigration Outside the Law: A Conceptual Roadmap

  • Tuesday, March 25, 2008, 12:00-1:30pm, SSPB 5206
    Mark Selden ( Cornell University )
    War Atrocities, Historical Memory, and Reconciliation in the Asia Pacific: From Nanjing to Abu Ghraib


Spring 2008

  • Tuesday, April 1, 2008, 12:00-1:30, SSPB 4206
    - Population, Society and Inequality Colloquium Series -- Immigration
    Gillian Stevens
    ( University of Illinois )
    Is Younger Quicker?  Age at Arrival and the Rapidity of English Acquisition among Immigrant Children in the U.S.

  • Tuesday, April 8, 2008, 12:00-1:30pm, SSPB 4206
    - Population, Society and Inequality Colloquium Series -- Demography
    Hal Stern
    ( University of California, Irvine - Statistics )
    The American Community Survey (ACS) and its Impact on Demographic Research

  • Tuesday, April 15, 2008, 12:00-1:30pm, SSPB 4206
    - Population, Society and Inequality Colloquium Series -- Gender, Work and Family
    Catherine Bolzendahl ( University of California, Irvine - Sociology )
    Beyond Symbols: Support of Marital Right and Benefits for Non-Traditional Couples

  • Tuesday, April 22, 2008, 12:00-1:00pm, SSPB 4206
    - Population, Society and Inequality Colloquium Series -- Immigration
    Maurice Crul
    ( University of Amsterdam )
    The Integration of the Second Generation in Europe. The Importance of the National and Local Integration Context

  • 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

  • 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


  • Tuesday, April 29, 2008, 12:15-1:15, SSPB 4206
    - Population, Society and Inequality Colloquium Series -- Immigration
    Thomas Jimenez & April Linton ( Assistant Professors, University of California, San Diego )
    Contexts for Bilingualism among US-Born Latinos


  • 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


  • Tuesday, May 6, 2008, 12:00-1:00pm, SSPB 4206
    - Population, Society and Inequality Colloquium Series -- Demography
    Anne Roeters ( Doctoral Fellow, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands )
    Parents' work demands and activities with children


  • 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
    * Event co-sponsored by the Dept. Chicano/Latino Studies & Center for Research on Latinos in a Global Society

  • Wednesday, May 14, 2008, 12:00-1:30pm, SSPB 4206
    - Sociology Department Colloquium Series
    Elizabeth Fussell ( Tulane and Washington State )
    Post-Katrina New Orleans as a New Migrant Destination

  • Thursday, May 15, 2008, 12:30-2:00pm, SSPA 2112
    - Sociology Department Colloquium Series
    Diane Vaughan ( Columbia University )
    Theorizing: Interpretive Work in Qualitative Analysis
    * Event co-sponsored by the Center for Organizational Research

  • Tuesday, May 20, 2008, 12:00-1:00, SSPB 4206
    - Population, Society and Inequality Colloquium Series
    Miruna Petrescu-Prahova ( Ph.D. student in Sociology )
    Bridging Simulation and Inference in the Study of Residential Segregation: A Case Study


  • Tuesday, June 3, 2008, 12:00-1:30pm, SSPB 4206
    - Population, Society and Inequality Colloquium Series -- Demography
    Thurston Domina ( University of California, Irvine - Education )
    Students Left Behind: Developing a Valid Measure of High School Completion

 

 

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