Workshops and Events
Selected workshops in which sociology students participate are listed below. Students in sociology are invited to participate in a program of Graduate Workshops in the Humanities and the Social Sciences, a series of interdepartmental discussion groups that bring faculty and advanced graduate students together to discuss their current work. Information about these many of these workshops is available at http://cas.uchicago.edu, as well as the Department's descriptive list of selected workshops.
Wednesday, October 5
ORGANIZATIONS AND MARKETS WORKSHOP
Cheris Shun-Ching Chan, University of Hong Kong
“Culture, State, and Varieties of Capitalism: A Comparative Study of Life Insurance Markets in Hong Kong and Taiwan”
3:00—4:30 pm, Harper Center, Seminar Room 3B
Thursday, October 6
DEMOGRAPHY WORKSHOP
Marianne Page, Professor of Economics, University of California- Davis
“War and Marriage: Assortive Mating ane the World War II G.I. Bill”
12:00—1:20 pm, NORC (1155 E. 60th St., Room 233)
Monday, October 10
SOCIAL THEORY AND EVIDENCE WORKSHOP
Josh Pacewicz, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Stanford University
“Partisans and Partners: The Politics of the Post-Industrial Economy”
12:00—1:10 pm, Social Sciences, Room 302
WORKSHOP ON EDUCATION
Matthew Steinberg, University of Chicago IES Fellow
“Does Greater Autonomy Improve School Performance? Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Analysis in Chicago”
4:00—5:50 pm, Harper Memorial Library Building, Room 140
Tuesday, October 11
MONEY, MARKETS AND CONSUMPTION WORKSHOP
Gawin Tsai, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago
“Intraprofessional Friction: Fighting for Survival and Full Rights”
12:00—1:20 pm, Social Sciences, Room 401
WORKSHOP/WORKING GROUP ON HUMAN POTENTIAL
Pamela Morris, Professor of Applied Psychology, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, New York University
"Opportunity NYC-Family Rewards: An Embedded Child & Family Study of Conditional Cash Transfers."
10:30--11:50 am, Harris School of Public Policy, Room 289B (1155 E. 60th St.)
Wednesday, October 12
ORGANIZATIONS AND MARKETS WORKSHOP
Stine Grodal, Boston University
"Categorizing a Field: Inclusion and Exclusion in Nanotechnology"
3:00—4:30 pm, Harper Center, Seminar Room 3B
HUMAN RIGHTS WORKSHOP
Ben Roth, PhD Candidate, Social Service Administration, University of Chicago
“Social Exclusion in the Suburbs? Network Ties, Local Institutions, and the Life Chances of Immigrant Youth in Waukegan”
12:00—1:30 pm, John Hope Franklin Room (SSR 224)
Monday, October 17
WORKSHOP ON CITY, SOCIETY, AND SPACE
Elizabeth Jefferis Terrien, PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago
“Cultural Conditions of City Park Use”
12:00—1:20 pm, SS 401
Wednesday, October 19
HUMAN RIGHTS WORKSHOP
Jacob Lesniewski, PhD Candidate, Social Service Administration, University of Chicago
“Ahora Somos Conocidos (Now We Are Known): A Workers Center and the Power of Low-Wage Workers”
12:00—1:30 pm, John Hope Franklin Room (SSR 224)
SPECIAL PUBLIC LECTURE
Robert Bellah, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of California-Berkeley
"Religion in Human Evolution"
4:00 pm, Swift Hall
Thursday, October 20
DEMOGRAPHY WORKSHOP
Rajeev Dehejia, Associate Professor, Economics, Tufts University
“Do Financial Incentives Affect Fertility?”
12:00—1:20 pm, NORC (1155 E. 60th St., Room 233)
REPRODUCTION OF RACE AND RACIAL IDEOLOGIES WORKSHOP
Sheldon Lyke, PhD Candidate, Dept. of Sociology, University of Chicago
“Blackness as Anti-Property”
4:15—5:30 pm, Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture (5733 S. University Ave.)
Monday, October 24
SOCIAL THEORY AND EVIDENCE WORKSHOP
Masha Medvedeva, recent graduate, Dept. of Sociology, University of Chicago
“Negotiating Languages in Immigrant Families”
12:00—1:10 pm, Social Sciences, Room 302
Tuesday, October 25
WORKSHOP/WORKING GROUP ON HUMAN POTENTIAL
Stephanie Jones, Assistant Professor of Education, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University
“Social and Emotional Development in High Risk Contexts: Interventions to Build Executive Function, Self Regulation & Positive Behavior"
10:30--11:50 am, Harris School of Public Policy, Room 289B (1155 E. 60th St.)
MONEY, MARKETS AND CONSUMPTION WORKSHOP
Adam Dean, Department of Political Science, University of Chicago
“A Piece of the Pie: Profit, Wages, and the Political Economy of International Trade”
12:00—1:20 pm, Social Sciences, Room 401
Monday, October 31
WORKSHOP ON CITY, SOCIETY, AND SPACE
James Iveniuk, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago
“White Flight and Changes in Black-White Segregation, 1970-2000”
12:00—1:20 pm, SS 401
WORKSHOP ON EDUCATION
Daniel Kreisman, University of Chicago IES Fellow
“The Effects of the Jeanes and Rosenwald Funds on the Black-White Gap in Education by 1930: Comparing Returns on Investments in Teachers and Schools”
4:00—5:50 pm, Harper Memorial Library Building, Room 140
SOCIAL THEORY WORKSHOP
Spencer Leonard, Harper-Schmidt Fellow, The College, University of Chicago
“Labor of Revolution: Adam Smith, Radical Enlightenment, and Universal Emancipation”
8:00 pm, Wilder House (5811 S. Kenwood)
Tuesday, November 1
WORKSHOP/WORKING GROUP ON HUMAN POTENTIAL
Jane Waldfogel, Professor of Social Work and Public Affairs, School of Social Work, Columbia University
“Long-Term Effects of Early Childhood Care and Education"
10:30--11:50 am, Harris School of Public Policy, Room 289B (1155 E. 60th St.)
Thursday, November 3
DEMOGRAPHY WORKSHOP
Michal Engelman, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago
“Frailty in Transition: Vulnerability and Variation in Aging Populations”
12:00—1:20 pm, NORC (1155 E. 60th St., Room 233)
Monday, November 7
SOCIAL THEORY AND EVIDENCE WORKSHOP
Michael Kozloski, PhD Candidate, Dept. of Sociology, University of Chicago
“Assessing the Demographics of Homosexual Tolerance”
12:00—1:10 pm, Social Sciences, Room 302
WORKSHOP ON EDUCATION
Kirabo Jackson, Assistant Professor, School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University
“The Effects of a Novel Incentive-Based High-School Intervention on School Outcomes”
4:00—5:50 pm, Harper Memorial Library Building, Room 140
Tuesday, November 8
WORKSHOP/WORKING GROUP ON HUMAN POTENTIAL
Tama Leventhal, Professor, Elliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, Tufts University
“Neighborhood Dynamics and Child Development"
10:30--11:50 am, Harris School of Public Policy, Room 289B (1155 E. 60th St.)
MONEY, MARKETS AND CONSUMPTION WORKSHOP
Nidia Banuelos, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago
“Selling the ‘Practical’ MBA: How DeVry and The University of Phoenix Profited from a New Market for Managers”
12:00—1:20 pm, Social Sciences, Room 401
Thursday, November 10
DEMOGRAPHY WORKSHOP
Donald Cox, Professor of Economics and Center for Retirement Research Affiliate Researcher, Boston College
“Intergenerational Transfers and the Great Recession”
12:00—1:20 pm, NORC (1155 E. 60th St., Room 233)
Monday, November 14
WORKSHOP ON CITY, SOCIETY, AND SPACE
Youngjo Im, Social Service Administration, University of Chicago
“Perceived Neighborhood Conditions and Behavior Problems in Young Children: An Ecological Systems Perspective”
12:00—1:20 pm, SS 401
WORKSHOP ON EDUCATION
David Figlio, Orrington Lung Professor of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University
“Accountability and Household Mobility”
4:00—5:50 pm, Harper Memorial Library Building, Room 140
Tuesday, November 15
WORKSHOP/WORKING GROUP ON HUMAN POTENTIAL, CO-SPONSORED WITH CHAPIN HALL
Genevieve M. Kenny, Senior Fellow, The Urban Institute
“The Affordable Care Act: Implications for Children"
10:30--11:50 am, Harold Richman Conference Room, Chapin Hall
Thursday, November 17
DEMOGRAPHY WORKSHOP
Kendra Bischoff, Spencer Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow, Stanford Univeristy
"Negotiating Disparate Social Context: Evidence from an Interdistrict School Desegregation Program"
12:00 pm, NORC (1155 E. 60th St, Rm 233)
REPRODUCTION OF RACE AND RACIAL IDEOLOGIES WORKSHOP
Jennifer Lee, Professor, Dept. of Sociology, University of California-Irvins, and Visiting Scholar, Russel Sage Foundation
“The Tiger Mother and Asian American Exceptionalism? Framing Success and ‘Stereotype Promise’ among Los Angeles’ Second Generation”
4:15—5:30 pm, Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture (5733 S. University Ave.)
Tuesday, November 22
WORKSHOP/WORKING GROUP ON HUMAN POTENTIAL
Sara Goldrick-Rab, Associate Professor of Educational Policy Studies and Sociology, University of Wisonsin-Madison
“Conditional Cash Transfers and College Persistence: Evidence from a Randomized Need-Based Grant Program"
10:30--11:50 am, Harris School of Public Policy, Room 289B (1155 E. 60th St.)
Monday, November 28
SOCIAL THEORY AND EVIDENCE WORKSHOP
Kristen Schilt, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sociology, University of Chicago
“The Hows and Whens of the Sociology Job Market”
12:00—1:10 pm, Social Sciences, Room 302
Tuesday, November 29
WORKSHOP/WORKING GROUP ON HUMAN POTENTIAL
Julian Cristia, Economist, Research Department, Inter-American Development Bank
“The Impacts of the One Laptop per Child Program: A Randomized Evaluation”
10:30--11:50 am, Harris School of Public Policy, Room 289B (1155 E. 60th St.)
Thursday, December 1
REPRODUCTION OF RACE AND RACIAL IDEOLOGIES WORKSHOP
Gladys Mitchell-Walthour, Asst. Prof. of Political Science, Denison University
“Developing an Analytical Framework and Response to Examining Racial Politics in Brazil”
4:15—5:30 pm, Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture (5733 S. University Ave.)
Tuesday, December 6
MONEY, MARKETS AND CONSUMPTION WORKSHOP
Karen Ellis, Department of Political Science, University of Chicago
“Colors of Conspicuous Consumption”
12:00—1:20 pm, Social Sciences, Room 401
For a list past workshops, click here.
