Fall 2006 Sociology Workshop Series

September 12, 2006

Doug McAdam (Stanford University)
The Long-term Civic Impact of Youth Service: The Case of Teach for America

September 19, 2006

Erin Kelly and Phyllis Moen
Flexible Work and Well-Being: A Multi-Method Study of Organizational Change

September 26, 2006

Ronda Copher
Envisioning Adult Lives: Adolescent Aspirations & Expectations of Work and Family

October 4, 2006 - Note: this is a Wednesday

Barbara Risman (University of Illinois - Chicago)
Kids Equality Talk: Rhetoric around Race and Gender

October 10, 2006

Brian Dill
Under(Developing) Democracy: Mechanisms of Association in Tanzania

October 17, 2006

Sara Wakefield
The Consequences of Incarceration for Parents and Children

October 24, 2006

Joe Gerteis and Trina Smith
Experiencing Difference in American Neighborhoods

October 31, 2006

Jennifer C. Lee
Immigrant Employment and Wage Attainment: Differentiating between the Primary, Secondary and Ethnic Sectors

November 7, 2006

Mitchell Stevens (New York University)
The Social Organization of Evaluation in Selective College Admissions

November 14, 2006

(Date Intentionally Left Open to Accommodate Search-Related Rescheduling)

November 21, 2005

(Date Intentionally Left Open to Accommodate Search-Related Rescheduling)

November 28, 2006

Joachim Savelsberg, Courtney Faue, and Ryan King
Law and Collective Memory of Atrocities: Theory, Past Research, and New Lessons from the Former Yugoslavia

December 4, 2006 - Note: this is a Monday

Samuel R. Lucas (University of California - Berkeley
Race and Track Assignment in U.S. Public Schools