Department of Sociology Events

October 02 - Sociology Department Meeting | first Wednesday of the month

8417 Sewell Social Sciences. 12:15-2 p.m.

October 03 - Institute for Research on Povery Seminar Series | Carolyn Heinrich, University of Texas at Austin - "Workforce Development Revisited - How to More Effectively Target Tight Resources"

8417 Sewell Social Sciences. 12:15-1:30 p.m.

October 03 - Sociology of Gender | Speaker and Title - TBA

2435 Sewell Social Sciences. 12:30-2 p.m.

October 04 - Social Psychology and Microsociology - SPAM | Jason Turowetz - "Diagnosing Autism: How the Clinical Assessment Process Shapes Diagnostic Decisions"

2435 Sewell Social Sciences. 12:05-1:30 p.m.

October 04 - Sociology of Economic Change and Development - SECD | Julia McReynolds-Perez - "The Activist-led Pharmaceuticalization of Abortion in Argentina"

8108 Sewell Social Sciences. 12:15 p.m.

October 07 - Race and Ethnicity Brownbag | Megan Shoji - "Nice to Meet You? The Development of Supportive Parent-School Relationships in Low-Income Latino Communities"

3470 Sewell Social Sciences. Noon-1:30 p.m.

October 08 - Demography Training Seminar - DEMSEM | Marah Curtis, UW-Madison (Social Work) - "Mental Health Shocks as a Risk Factor for Homelessness"

8417 Sewell Social Sciences. 12:15-1:30 p.m.

October 08 - Politics Culture and Society | Bob Thomas - "Academic Industry? Research Autonomy Within Industrial Science"

8108 Sewell Social Sciences. 12:30-2 p.m.

October 08 - Havens Center Visiting Scholar Series - Fall '13 | Karen Fields - "Durkheim and DuBois: 'The Idea of Race and the Idea of Soul'"

206 Ingraham Hall. 4 p.m.

October 09 - Executive Committee Meeting

8417 Sewell Social Sciences. 12:15-2 p.m.

October 09 - Havens Center Visiting Scholar Series - Fall '13 | Karen Fields - "Soul and Race in Everyday Rituals of American Life"

8417 Sewell Social Sciences. 4 p.m.

October 10 - Sociology of Gender | Jessie Daniels, CUNY-Hunter College - "Our Version of Conciousness-Raising Groups: Gender, Race, and the Political Economy of Feminist Online Activism"

Reception with Jessie Daniels - Quasi-pot luck at Myra's home (17 Sauk Creek Circle). Contact Katie (zaman@wisc.edu) if you can offer a ride, or if you need one. Please bring a dish to pass, Myra will provide vegetarian and non-vegetarian chilli. 6:00 pm 2435 Sewell Social Sciences. 12:30-2 p.m.

October 10 - Havens Center Visiting Scholar Series - Fall '13 | Karen Fields - Open Seminar for Students, Faculty, and Public

8108 Sewell Social Sciences. 4 p.m.

October 11 - Interdisciplinary Sexuality Seminar | Francisco Sanchez, UWM - "Masculinity Consciousness and Anti-effeminacy among Gay Men"

8411 Sewell Social Sciences. 10 a.m.

October 11 - Social Psychology and Microsociology - SPAM | Matt Hollander - "Resistance to Authority in Milgram's Obedience Experiment"

2435 Sewell Social Sciences. 12:05-1:30 p.m.

October 11 - Sociology of Economic Change and Development - SECD | Mytoan Nguyen - "Ambivalent Diasporics: High-Skilled 'Return' Migration and Social Change in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam"

8108 Sewell Social Sciences. 12:15 p.m.

October 14 - Race and Ethnicity Brownbag | Piko Ewoodzie - "Getting Something to Eat: Foodways Among the Poor and Homeless in Jackson, MS"

3470 Sewell Social Sciences. Noon-1:30 p.m.

October 15 - Demography Training Seminar - DEMSEM | Justin Cook, UW-Madison (CDE postdoc) - "The Natural Selection of Infectious Disease Resistance and Its Effect on Contemporary Health"

8417 Sewell Social Sciences. 12:15-1:30 p.m.

October 15 - Politics Culture and Society | Barry Eidlin - "Class vs. Special Interest: Labor Regimes and Union Strength in the US and Canada 1911-2011"

8108 Sewell Social Sciences. 12:30-2 p.m.

October 15 - Havens Center Visiting Scholar Series - Fall '13 | Roderick Watts - "Sociopolitical Development: It's not just for Activists Anymore"

4 p.m.

October 16 - Havens Center Visiting Scholar Series - Fall '13 | Roderick Watts - "Raising the Lovechild of Liberation Studies and Activism: Just Practice"

206 Ingraham Hall. 4 p.m.

October 17 - Havens Center Visiting Scholar Series - Fall '13 | Roderick Watts - Open Seminar for Students, Faculty and the Public

8108 Sewell Social Sciences. 12:20 p.m.

October 17 - Sociology of Gender | Speaker and Title - TBA

2435 Sewell Social Sciences. 12:30-2 p.m.

October 18 - Sociology of Gender | Breakfast withBandana Puraystha, Professor of Sociology and Asian American Studies at the University of Connecticut - Time and location TBA

8-9 a.m.

October 18 - Social Psychology and Microsociology - SPAM | Jenn Sims - Title TBA

2435 Sewell Social Sciences. 12:05-1:30 p.m.

October 18 - Sociology of Economic Change and Development - SECD | Sung Ik Cho - "Transformation in Statist Governance of Inter-firm Networks: the auto, computer software and game software industry in S. Korea"

8108 Sewell Social Sciences. 12:15 p.m.

October 21 - Race and Ethnicity Brownbag | Alyn Turner - "Do Family Engagement Programs Reproduce Unequal Access to Social Capital in Low Income, Ethnic Minority Schools?"

3470 Sewell Social Sciences. Noon-1:30 p.m.

October 22 - Demography Training Seminar - DEMSEM | Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez, UW-Madison (CDE) - "Biodemographic Patterns in Low-income Countries: The Case of Mexico at the Turn of the 21st Century"

8417 Sewell Social Sciences. 12:15-1:30 p.m.

October 22 - Politics Culture and Society | Javier Rodriguez - Title TBA

8108 Sewell Social Sciences. 12:30-2 p.m.

October 23 - Soc and C&E Soc Joint Deparmental Meeting

8417 Sewell Social Sciences. 12:15 a.m.-2 p.m.

October 24 - Sociology of Gender | Yangsun Hong, Journalism - "Application of Feminist Intersection Approach to Heatlh Behavior Change Models: Interdisciplinary Theoretical Integration"

2435 Sewell Social Sciences. 12:30-2 p.m.

October 25 - Interdisciplinary Sexuality Seminar | Dawne Moon, Marquette University - "Evangelicals and Homosexuality: Public Apologies and other New Developments"

Center for Aids Intervention Research (CAIR), 2071 N. Summit Av., Milwaukee. 10 a.m.

October 25 - Social Psychology and Microsociology - SPAM | Katie Fallon and John DeLamater - "Race and Gender Performativity in Online Pornographic Videos"

2435 Sewell Social Sciences. 12:05-1:30 p.m.

October 25 - Sociology of Economic Change and Development - SECD | Martina Kunovic - "Navigating Rapid Social Change: Economic Reform and Household Adaptation"

8108 Sewell Social Sciences. 12:15 p.m.

October 28 - Race and Ethnicity Brownbag | Johanna Quinn - Title TBA

3470 Sewell Social Sciences. Noon-1:30 p.m.

October 29 - Demography Training Seminar - DEMSEM | Franklin Wilson, UW-Madison (Sociology) - "Generational Changes in Racial Inequality: Introduction to a Research Project"

8417 Sewell Social Sciences. 12:15-1:30 p.m.

October 29 - Politics Culture and Society | Yue Du - Title TBA

8108 Sewell Social Sciences. 12:30-2 p.m.

October 30 - Sociology Department Colloquium

8417 Sewell Social Sciences. 12:15 a.m.-2 p.m.

October 31 - Sociology of Gender | Speaker and Title - TBA

2435 Sewell Social Sciences. 12:30-2 p.m.

November 01 - Social Psychology and Microsociology - SPAM | Colin Jerolmack, NYU - "Talk is Cheap: Ethnography and the Attitudinal Fallacy"

2435 Sewell Social Sciences. 12:05-1:30 p.m.