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Spring 2004 Sociology Workshop Series

January 20

A Life Course Model of Sexual Harassment and Legal Consciousness
Christopher Uggen and Amy Blackstone (University of Maine)

January 27

No Workshop

February 4

Remapping Multiculturalism: Visions of Incorporation, Solidarity and Diversity
Doug Hartmann and Joe Gerteis

February 10

The Welfare State and Gendered Labor Markets: A Fuzzy-Set Analysis of Alternative Mechanisms Producing Female-Specific Labor Demand and Labor Supply
Robin Stryker, Scott Eliason, and Eric Tranby

February 17

Islamic Identity and Political Mobilization among East African Immigrants
Elizabeth Heger Boyle and Gülseren Isik

February 24

Life Pathways and Attainment During the Transition to Adulthood
Scott Eliason and Jeylan Mortimer

March 2

State-Level High School Completion Rates: Concepts, Measures, and Trends
Rob Warren

March 9

The Comparative Impact of Environmental Movements on Political Transition: China and Taiwan
Jeffrey Broadbent and Jun Jin

March 23

Divided Expectations: The Influences of Biography, Gender, and Class
Joyce Altobelli

A New Look at Racial Attitudes in America: Incorperating Whiteness
Paul Croll

March 30

The Social Sources of American Antisemitism
Melissa Weiner and Ryan King

Group Threat and Punitive Attitudes: Perceptions of Minorities and the Desire to Punish
Darren Wheelock and Ryan King

April 6

To Care and to Provide: Religious Culture and the Gendering of Moral Obligation
Penny Edgell

April 13

Collective Memories, Institutional Arrangements, and Enforcing Hate Crime Laws
Ryan King

April 20

Growing Up But Not Apart: How Family Still Matters During the Transition to Adulthood
Terri Swartz; Originally scheduled for March 2

April 22

Wrestling with the New Economy: Judicial Decisions on Wrongful Dismissal in Canada, 1981-1997
Annette Nierobisz (Carleton College); Originally Scheduled for April 20

April 27

Ethnic Options and Constraints: Contours of Race and Identity in 21st Century America
Carolyn Liebler (Minnesota Population Center)

May 4

Globalization of Markets for Technological Products and Economic Development: Cross-National Analysis and the Case of Spanish Pharmaceutical Industrial Sector
Francisco J. Granados