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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