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Fall 2008 Sociology Workshop Series

September 9, 2008

Disability as Life Course Contingency
Gina Allen and Ross Macmillan

September 16, 2008

The Minnesota Population Center: An Introduction to Data and Other Resources
Steve Ruggles and Trent Alexander

September 23, 2008

Similarities in Black and White: An Examination of Heterosexual Married Men's Housework Sharing
Vincent Louis (Post-Doctoral Researcher, Minnesota Population Center)

September 30, 2008

Vicious Cycles in the Integration Journey of Midwest Health System
Andrew Van de Ven (Carlson School of Management)

October 7, 2008

Family Policies and Women's Employment: Welfare States Policies, Labor Markets, and Female Labor Force Participation in 14 Advanced Capitalist Democracies
Eric Tranby

October 14, 2008

Looking at Animals and Women: Coupled Iconology from Gilgamesh to William Wegman
Linda Kalof (Michigan State University)

October 21 2008

Comparing Climate Change Policy Networks: An International Research Project
Jeff Broadbent

October 28 2008

Immigrant Women in Canada: Varying Challenges in Learning English and Policy Implications for Facilitating their Success
Kenise Murphy Kilbride (Ryerson University, Toronto)

November 18, 2008

Desegregating the Past: The Transformation of Historical Imagination in South African and American Museums
Robyn Autry (University of Wisconsin-Madison)