The SPAM brown bag meets Friday from 12:05-1:30 in 2435 Sewell Social Sciences. We also host several other talks throughout the semester. Any special locations and times are noted below.
| Date | Presentation |
| Sep 6 | Organizational Meeting |
| Sep 13 | Matthew Andersson, University of Iowa
“More than a Feeling: Emotional Well-Being and the Activation of Education” |
| Sep 20 | Nicole Kraus
“Monolithic Prejudice Reconsidered.” |
| Sep 25 (Wed) | Elijah Anderson, Yale University
Department Colloquium; 8417 Sewell; 12:15-2pm “Trayvon Martin and the New American Color Line” |
| Sep 27 | No SPAM |
| Sep 30 (Mon) | Bo Paulle, University of Amsterdam
(cohosted with Race and Ethnicity Brownbag) “Toxic Schools” 3470 Sewell; 12pm-1pm |
| Oct 4 | Matt Hollander
“Resistance to Authority in Milgram’s Obedience Experiment” |
| Oct 11 | Jason Turowetz
“Diagnosing Autism: How the Clinical Assessment Process Shapes Diagnostic Decisions” |
| Oct 18 | Jenn Sims
Title TBA |
| Oct 25 | Katie Fallon and John DeLamater
“Race and Gender Performativity in Online Pornographic Videos” |
| Nov 1 | Colin Jerolmack, New York University
“Talk is Cheap: Ethnography and the Attitudinal Fallacy” |
| Nov 8 | Nora Cate Schaeffer and Dana Garbarski
“Rapport, Sensitivity, and Proxy Reporting: Questions about End-Of-Life Planning and Interviewer-Respondent Interaction” (Dana Garbarski, Nora Cate Schaeffer, and Jennifer Dykema) |
| Nov 15 | Half-Baked Idea Day
Adam Talkington: “Homelessness and Conservative Politics in Wisconsin” Rob Chiles: “Consumption Dynamics: Meat Controversies, Consumer Culture, and Everyday Life” |
| Nov 22 | Waverly Duck, University of Pittsburgh
“From White, Black, Middle Class to Poor: How an Urban Neighborhood Changed” |
| Nov 29 | NO SPAM (Thanksgiving) |
| Dec 6 | Professional Development |
| Dec 13 | SPAM-O-RAMA (End-of-Semester Solidarity Ritual) |