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Spring 2009 Sociology Workshop Series

January 20, 2009

An Experimental Audit of the Effects of Low-level Criminal Records on Employment
Christopher Uggen, Mike Vuolo, Ebony Ruhland, Hilary Whitham & Sarah Lageson

January 27, 2009

Control over Work Time & Work-Family Conflict: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Erin Kelly, Phyllis Moen & Eric Tranby

February 3, 2009

Meeting at the Altar: The Marriage of Bioscience & Business
Rachel Schurman

February 10, 2009

Alcohol Use & Athletics among Adolescents & Emerging Adults
Toben Nelson (School of Public Health)

February 17, 2009

Border Performances of Masculinity
Kristin Haltinner & Ron Aminzade

February 24, 2009

Do School Funding Referenda Matter for Academic Achievement?
Peter Wruck & Rob Warren

February 24, 2009

Passing on Privilege: Intergenerational Supports & Social Reproduction
Teresa Swartz

No Workshop – March 3, 2009

March 10, 2009

Disciplining the Poor: Neoliberal Paternalism & the Persistent Power of Race Implications for Facilitating their Success
Joe Soss (Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs)

No Workshop: Spring Break – March 17, 2009

March 24, 2009 – 150th Workshop Celebration!

The Politics of Public Charge: Immigrant Women's Health Care Access
Lisa Sun-Hee Park

March 31, 2009

Public Sociology
Teresa Gowan, Ron Aminzade, Doug Hartmann, Phyllis Moen & David Pellow

April 7, 2009

Street Children of São Paulo: Lula, Crack & the Global City
Andrew Johnson

April 7, 2009

Organizational Support Networks & African Immigrant Acculturation
Shannon Golden & Liz Boyle

April 14, 2009

Barriers to Care amongst a Low-Income Insured Population
Kathleen Call (School of Public Health)

April 21, 2009 – Note Change

Panel Conditioning in Longitudinal Social Science Surveys
Rob Warren & Andrew Halpern-Manners

April 28, 2009 – Note Change

Resisting Global Toxics: Transnational Movements for Environmental Justice
David Pellow

May 5, 2009

In Survivors' Eyes: Germans or Nazis? Cohort-specific Memories of Universal Evil
Joachim Savelsberg & Amelia Corl