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.
SPRING QUARTER 2013
Tuesday, 4/2
Workshop On Human Potential
"How Adolescents Make Decisions: New Insights from Behavioral and Brain Science."
Laurence Steinberg, Temple University
12:00 pm, Stuart Hall, Rm 104
Rational Choice Workshop
"Choosing the Next Experiment: Gains and Losses for Scientists and Society" and
"Tradition and Innovation in Scientists' Research Strategies"
James Evans, University of Chicago
5:45 pm, Rosenwald Hall, Rm 329
Wednesday, 4/3
Organizations And Markets Workshop
"From Stage to Page: The Ongoing Consecration of Orchestral Composers"
Tim Dowd, Emory University
3:00 pm, Harper Center, Seminar Rm 3B
Friday, 4/5
Computational Social Sciences Workshop
"Mediators and Market Evolution"
Elizabeth Pontikes, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago
2:00 pm, Searle 240A
Tuesday, 4/9
Workshop on Education
Stacy Ehrlich and Sanja Jagesic, University of Chicago
12:00 pm, Stuart Hall, Rm. 104
Workshop On Human Potential
"Coming of Age: Timing of Adolescence and Gender Identity Formation."
Julie Berry Cullen, UC San Diego
12:00 pm, Harris School of Public Policy, Rm 224
East Asia Workshop: Politics, Economy and Society
"A Theory of Protest Leadership: Elites and the Mass in Workers' Resistance in China"
Xi Chen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
4:00 pm, Pick Lounge
Wednesday, 4/10
Organizations And Markets Workshop
Ari Adut, UT Austin
3:00 pm, Harper Center, Seminar Rm 3B
Friday, 4/12
Computational Social Sciences Workshop
"From Simple to Complex: A Principled Approach to Social Behavior"
Eddie Lee, University of Wisconsin
2:00 pm, Searle 240A
Tuesday, 4/16
Workshop on Education
"Hierarchical Item Factor Models with Alternative LatentVariable Distributional Assumptions"
Li Cai, UCLA
12:00 pm, Stuart Hall, Rm. 104
Workshop on City, Society and Space
"This is an Italian Church with a Large Hispanic Population": Factors and Strategies in White Ethno-Religious Place Making"
Juan Martinez, University of Illinois at Chicago
12:00 pm, SSR 302
Workshop On Human Potential
"Public Preschool and Families' Child Care Decisions: A Natural Experiment in Australia."
Elise Chor, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
12:00 pm, Harris School of Public Policy, Rm 224
Thursday, 4/18
Demography Workshop
"The Social Recession: The Personal and Collective Effects of the Lagging Economy Since 2006"
Michael Hout, UC Berkeley
12:00 pm, NORC 232/233
Friday, 4/19
Workshop on Quantitative Research Methods in Education, Health, and Social Sciences
"On sampling design issues when deadling with zeros"
Albert Madansky, Chicago Booth School of Business, University of Chicago
11:00 am, NORC Rm. 344
Computational Social Sciences Workshop
"Cataloging and Comparing Aid Organizations in Namibia"
Dustin Gourdin, University of Chicago
2:00 pm, Searle 240A
Tuesday, 4/23
Workshop on Quantitative Research Methods in Education, Health, and Social Sciences
"On sampling design issues when deadling with zeros"
Albert Madansky, Chicago Booth School of Business, University of Chicago
11:00 am, NORC Rm. 344
Workshop on Education
"Causal Effects of Social Capital on Child Outcomes"
Adam Gamoran, University of Wisconsin
12:00 pm, Stuart Hall, Rm. 104
Workshop On Human Potential
"Family Structure, Health Insurance, and Children's Well-being in the U.S."
Christine Percheski, Northwestern University
12:00 pm, Harris School of Public Policy, Rm 224
Money, Markets & Consumption Workshop
"Finance and the Common Good"
E. Glen Weyl, University of Chicago
2:00 pm, SSR Rm 401
East Asia Workshop: Politics, Economy and Society
"The Politics of 'Compliant Defiance' in China"
Marie-Eve Reny, University of Chicago
4:00 pm, Pick Lounge
Friday, 4/26
Computational Social Sciences Workshop
"Entry into Electoral Races and the Quality of Representation"
Philipp Tillman, University of Chicago
2:00 pm, Searle 240A
Tuesday, 4/30
Workshop on Education
"Explaining Charter School Effectiveness"
Parag Pathak, MIT
12:00 pm, Stuart Hall, Rm. 104
Workshop on City, Society and Space
Jan Doering, University of Chicago
12:00 pm, SSR 302
Workshop On Human Potential
"Early Childhood Development: A Promise Waiting to be Fulfilled."
Pia Britto, Yale University
12:00 pm, Harris School of Public Policy, Rm 224
Rational Choice Workshop
Scott Page, University of Michigan
5:45 pm, Rosenwald Hall, Rm 329
Wednesday, 5/1
Organizations And Markets Workshop
Erin Leahey, University of Arizona
3:00 pm, Harper Center, Seminar Rm 3B
Friday, 5/3
Workshop on Quantitative Research Methods in Education, Health, and Social Sciences
Ross Stolzenberg, University of Chicago
11:00 am, NORC Rm. 344
Monday, 5/6
Social Theory and Evidence Workshop
"What Rights?: The Construction of Political Claims to American Health Care Entitlements"
Sandra Levitsky, University of Michigan
12:00 pm, SSR 106
Tuesday, 5/7
Workshop on City, Society and Space
Thomas Swerts, University of Chicago
12:00 pm, SSR 302
Workshop On Human Potential
Heather Hill, University of Chicago
12:00 pm, Harris School of Public Policy, Rm 224
Money, Markets & Consumption Workshop
"Weird Music and Suggested Donations: Taste Tensions in the Field of Cultural Productions" Whitney Johnson, University of Chicago 2:00 pm, SSR Rm 401
East Asia Workshop: Politics, Economy and Society
Doug Guthrie, George Washington University School of Business
4:00 pm, Pick Lounge
Rational Choice Workshop
Winter Mason, Stevens Institute of Technology
5:45 pm, Rosenwald Hall, Rm 329
Wednesday, 5/8
Workshop on Quantitative Research Methods in Education, Health, and Social Sciences
Michael Sobel, Columbia University
11:00 am, NORC Rm. 344
Organizations And Markets Workshop
"Introducing Epinets: Why do we Need an Epistemic Model of Social Networks?"
Joel Baum, University of Toronto
3:00 pm, Harper Center, Seminar Rm 3B
Friday, 5/13
Computational Social Sciences Workshop
"Honophily, Contagion, Confounding: Pick Any Three"
Cosma Shalizi, Carnegie Mellon University
2:00 pm, Searle 240A
Tuesday, 5/14
Workshop On Human Potential
"Stand and Deliver: Lottery-Based Estimates of the Effect of Charter Schools on College"
Susan Dynarski, University of Michicagn
12:00 pm, Harris School of Public Policy, Rm 140C
Workshop on City, Society and Space
Japonica Brown-Saracino, Boston University
12:00 pm, SSR 302
Wednesday, 5/15
Organizations And Markets Workshop
Matthew Bidwell, Wharton School of Business, U Penn
3:00 pm, Harper Center, Seminar Rm 3B
Thursday, 5/16
Workshop On Human Potential
Kjell Salvanes, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration
12:00 pm, NORC Rm. 232/233
Friday, 5/17
Workshop on Quantitative Research Methods in Education, Health, and Social Sciences
Betsy Sinclair, University of Chicago
11:00 am, NORC Rm. 344
Monday, 5/6
Social Theory and Evidence Workshop
"Status and Self-Presentational Pricing: How Status Affects Tuition of U.S. Colleges and Universities"
Noah Askin, University of Chicago
12:00 pm, SSR 106
Tuesday, 5/21
Workshop on Education
"Improving 5-Year-Olds' Narrative Recall and Comprehension"
Robert Beck, Lawrence University
12:00 pm, Stuart Hall, Rm. 104
Workshop On Human Potential
"Identifying Good Teachers: Evidence from Teachers' Test Scores in Columbia."
Alejandro Ome, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
12:00 pm, Harris School of Public Policy, Rm 140C
East Asia Workshop: Politics, Economy and Society
"What Makes a Judicial Decision Convincing: Experimental Evidence of Authority, Bias and Reasoning from China"
Zhuang Liu, University of Chicago Law School/Peking University Law School
4:00 pm, Pick Lounge
Thursday, 5/23
Workshop On Human Potential
Sandra Black, University of Texas
12:00 pm, NORC Rm. 232/233
Tuesday, 5/28
Workshop on Education
"Becoming Effective Learners: A Pilot Survey to Examine Noncognitive Factors for Student Learning"
Robert Beck, Lawrence University
12:00 pm, Stuart Hall, Rm. 104
Money, Markets & Consumption Workshop
MMC Luncheon
2:00 pm, SSR Rm 401
East Asia Workshop: Politics, Economy and Society
"From Revolutionary Secrete Society to State: An Analytical Framework to Explain the Dynamics in Chinese Communist Revolution"
Jin Xu, University of Chicago
4:00 pm, Pick Lounge
Wednesday, 5/29
Organizations And Markets Workshop
J.P. Eggers, Stern School of Business, NYU
3:00 pm, Harper Center, Seminar Rm 3B
Friday, 5/31
Workshop on Quantitative Research Methods in Education, Health, and Social Sciences
Michal Engelman, University of Chicago
11:00 am, NORC Rm. 344
Computational Social Sciences Workshop
"Sequence Analysis in the Health and Social Sciences: An Overview"
Sandra Ham, Center for Health and the Social Sciences, University of Chicago
2:00 pm, Searle 240A
Monday, 6/3
Social Theory and Evidence Workshop
"Guy Benton Johnson and the Myth of the Biracial South: A Proto-Theory of Racial Triangulation"
David Ferguson, University of Chicago
12:00 pm, SSR 106
Tuesday, 6/4
Workshop on Education
"What does it Mean to Work in a System that Fails You and Your Kids? A Beginning Teacher's Journey through the Chicago Public Schools"
Charles Vanover and Jennifer Jean Smith, USF – St. Petersburg and University of Michigan
12:00 pm, Stuart Hall, Rm. 104
Workshop On Human Potential
"Searching for Love: The Effect of Internet on Sexual Activity and Out-of-Wedlock Childbearing."
Patricia Ritter, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
12:00 pm, Harris School of Public Policy, Rm 140C
Money, Markets & Consumption Workshop
"The Formalization of Financialization: a Sociological History of the Transaction Abstraction" Michael Castelle, University of Chicago
2:00 pm, SSR Rm 401
Wednesday, 6/5
Organizations And Markets Workshop
Donal Crilly, London School of Business
3:00 pm, Harper Center, Seminar Rm 3B
