Colloquia and Other Talks
SPEAKER SERIES 2011-12
Monday, October 24
Andreas Wimmer (UCLA)
“Nation Building or Ethnic Exclusion? A Global Analysis”
Bldg. 120, Rm. 101 (Mendenhall)
Light Snacks @ 3:00pm; Colloquium with Q&A 3:30-5:00pm
*Jointly sponsored by the Workshop of Political Sociology,
Collective Action, & Social Movements
Friday, October 28
John Skrentny (University of California at San Diego)
“The Political Sociology of Regional Variations:
Immigration Policy in East Asia and Europe”
Bldg. 120, Rm. 101B(Mendenhall)
Light Lunch @ 12:00; Colloquium with Q&A 12:30-1:45
*Jointly sponsored by the Workshop on Migration, Ethnicity, Race, and Nation
Monday, November 7
Devah Pager (Princeton University)
“Race, Self-Selection, and the Job Search Process”
Bldg. 120, Rm. 101 (Mendenhall)
Light Lunch @12:00; “Colloquium with Q&A 12:30-1:45
Monday, November 28*Co-hosted with Scancor
Frank Dobbin (Harvard University)
“Social Science and the Institutional Logics of Diversity Management”
Bldg. 120, Rm. 101 (Mendenhall)
Light Lunch @12:00; Colloquium with Q&A 12:30-1:45
Thursday, December 1
Jennifer Lee (UC-Irvine)
“The Tiger Mother and Asian American Exceptionalism?
Framing Success and “Stereotype Promise” among LA’s Second Generation”
Bldg. 120, Rm. 101 (Mendenhall)
Light Lunch @12:00; Colloquium with Q&A 12:30-1:45
*Jointly sponsored with the Center for Comparative Studies on Race and Ethnicity
Tuesday, December 6
Kim Weeden (Cornell University)
“Degrees of Difference: Gender Segregation of US Doctorates by Field and Program Prestige”
Bldg. 120, Rm. 101 (Mendenhall A)
Light Lunch @12:00; Colloquium with Q&A 12:30-1:45
*Co-sponsored with the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research
and the Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality