Sociology Colloquium Series

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    2019

    Criminology
    Mary Pattillo, Ph.D., Harold Washington Professor of Sociology and African American Studies
    Northwestern University
    "The Future of Black Metropolis?"
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    Medical Sociology
    Elaine Wethington, Professor of Human Development, Sociology, and Gerontology in Medicine 
    Cornell University 
    "Measuring Stress and Social Support Factors That May Impact Adherence to and Outcomes in Clinical Trials and Longitudinal Field Studies"


    2018

    Criminology
    Katherine Beckett, Professor of Law, Societies & Justice, and Sociology 
    University of Washington 
    "The Place of Punishment in 21st Century America: Toward the End of Mass Incarcertation? 

    Marcel Fournier, Associate Professor
    Université de Montréal
    "Pierre Bourdieu and His Legacy" 


    2017

    Medical Sociology
    Jason Schnittker, Professor of Sociology
    University of Pennsylvania 
    "Birth Conditions and Adult Depression Over the 20th Century" 


    2016

    Medical Sociology 
    Richard Carpiano, Professor of Medical Sociology
    University of British Columbia
    "Public Conceptions of Child Undervaccination: A Randomized Experiment on Evaluations, Stigma, and Support for Policies"

    Race and Ethnic Relations
    Joe Feagin, Ella C. McFadden Professor
    Texas A&M University
    "Why we need systemic racism/white racial frame concepts to make sense out of US racism"

    Criminology 
    John Hagan, John D. MacArthur Professor
    Northwestern University
    "Iraq and the crimes of aggressive war"


    2015

    Race and Ethnic Relations 
    Tony Brown, Associate Professor of Sociology
    Vanderbilt University
    "Development and Validation of a Racial Trauma Measure"


    2014

    Medical Sociology 
    Phil Brown, University Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Health Sciences 
    Northeastern University
    "Flame Retardants as a Prompt to Chemical Reform In the United States: A Multisector Alliance"

    Criminology
    Alex Piquero, Ashbel Smith Professor of Criminology
    University of Texas at Dallas
    "Describing Criminal Career Patterns among First and Second Generation Serious Youthful Offenders: Trends in Offending and Legal Socialization"

    Medical Sociology 
    Patricia Fernandez-KellySenior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology
    Princeton University
    "Rethinking the Deserving Body: Immigration and Health"


    2013

    Medical Sociology 
    Bernice Pescosolido, Distinguished Professor and Chancellor's Professor of Sociology 
    Indiana University, Bloomington
    "The Structural and Cultural Cartography of Tolerance: Stigma, Mental Illness and the Public"

    Race and Ethnic Relations
    Adia Harvey Wingfield,  Associate Professor
    Georgia State University
    "No More Invisible Man: Race and Gender in Men's Work"


    2012

    Criminology
    D. Wayne Osgood, Professor of Crime, Law, and Justice and Sociology
    Pennsylvania State University
    "Adolescent Friendship Networks, Delinquency, and Substance Use: Findings from the PROSPER Peers Project"

    Race and Ethnic Relations
    Lawrence D. Bobo, W. E. B. Du Bois Professor of the Social Sciences
    Harvard University
    "Post-Racial Dreams, American Realities: Does the Color Line Endure?"

    Race and Ethnic Relations
    David Maume, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Kunz Center for the Study of Work & Family 
    University of Cincinnati
    "Race Differences in Wage Growth in the New Economy"

    Criminology
    Robert Sampson, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences
    Harvard University
    "Inequality and the American City: Implications of the Neighborhood Effect"


    2011

    Alejandro Portes, Howard Harrison and Gabrielle Snyder Beck Professor 
    of Sociology
    Princeton University
    "Dreams Fulfilled, Dreams Shattered: Determinants of Segmented Assimilation in the Second Generation."

    Criminology (deferred to 2012)
    Robert J. Sampson, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences
    Harvard University
    "Inequality and the American City: Implications of the Neighborhood Effect"

    Medical Sociology 
    Bruce G. Link, Professor of Epidemiology and Professor of Sociomedical Sciences
    Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
    "Evaluating the Theory of Fundamental Social Causes of Health Disparities: Recent Developments"

    Medical Sociology 
    Jo C. Phelan, Professor of Sociomedical Sciences
    Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
    "The Genomic Revolution and Beliefs about Essential Racial Differences: A Backdoor to Eugenics"

    Race and Ethnic Relations
    Stephen Steinberg, Distinguished Professor of Urban Studies
    Queens College, City University of New York
    "The Death and Resurrection of 'White Sociology'"


    2009

    Race and Ethnic Relations
    Monica McDermott, Assistant Professor of Sociology
    Stanford University
    "Unstable Hierarchies: Race, Class and Immigration to the Southeastern United States"


    2007

    Criminology 
    Janet Lauritsen, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice
    University of Missouri-St. Louis
    "The Gender Gap in Violent Victimization, 1973-2005"

    Medical Sociology 
    Duane McBride, Research Professor of Sociology
    Andrews University
    "United States Public Health Agency Involvement in Youth-Focused Illicit Drug Policy, Planning, and Prevention"


    2006

    Race and Ethnic Relations 
    Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Professor of Sociology
    Duke University

  • Criminology

    2019

    Criminology
    Mary Pattillo, Ph.D., Harold Washington Professor of Sociology and African American Studies
    Northwestern University
    "The Future of Black Metropolis?"
    READ MORE>

    2018

    Criminology
    Katherine Beckett, Professor of Law, Societies & Justice, and Sociology 
    University of Washington 
    "The Place of Punishment in 21st Century America: Toward the End of Mass Incarcertation? 


    2016

    Criminology 
    John Hagan, John D. MacArthur Professor
    Northwestern University
    "Iraq and the crimes of aggressive war"


    2014

    Criminology
    Alex Piquero, Ashbel Smith Professor of Criminology
    University of Texas at Dallas
    "Describing Criminal Career Patterns among First and Second Generation Serious Youthful Offenders: Trends in Offending and Legal Socialization"


    2012

    Criminology
    D. Wayne Osgood, Professor of Crime, Law, and Justice and Sociology
    Pennsylvania State University
    "Adolescent Friendship Networks, Delinquency, and Substance Use: Findings from the PROSPER Peers Project"

    Criminology
    Robert Sampson, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences
    Harvard University
    "Inequality and the American City: Implications of the Neighborhood Effect"


    2011

    Criminology (deferred to 2012)
    Robert J. Sampson, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences
    Harvard University
    "Inequality and the American City: Implications of the Neighborhood Effect"


    2007

    Criminology 
    Janet Lauritsen, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice
    University of Missouri-St. Louis
    "The Gender Gap in Violent Victimization, 1973-2005"

  • Medical Sociology

    2019

    Medical Sociology
    Elaine Wethington, Professor of Human Development, Sociology, and Gerontology in Medicine 
    Cornell University 
    "Measuring Stress and Social Support Factors That May Impact Adherence to and Outcomes in Clinical Trials and Longitudinal Field Studies"


    2017

    Medical Sociology
    Jason Schnittker, Professor of Sociology
    University of Pennsylvania 
    "Birth Conditions and Adult Depression Over the 20th Century" 


    2016

    Medical Sociology 
    Richard Carpiano, Professor of Medical Sociology
    University of British Columbia
    "Public Conceptions of Child Undervaccination: A Randomized Experiment on Evaluations, Stigma, and Support for Policies"


    2014

    Medical Sociology 
    Phil Brown, University Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Health Sciences 
    Northeastern University
    "Flame Retardants as a Prompt to Chemical Reform In the United States: A Multisector Alliance"

    Medical Sociology 
    Patricia Fernandez-Kelly, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology
    Princeton University
    "Rethinking the Deserving Body: Immigration and Health"


    2013

    Medical Sociology 
    Bernice Pescosolido, Distinguished Professor and Chancellor's Professor of Sociology 
    Indiana University, Bloomington
    "The Structural and Cultural Cartography of Tolerance: Stigma, Mental Illness and the Public"


    2011

    Medical Sociology 
    Bruce G. Link, Professor of Epidemiology and Professor of Sociomedical Sciences
    Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
    "Evaluating the Theory of Fundamental Social Causes of Health Disparities: Recent Developments"

    Medical Sociology 
    Jo C. Phelan, Professor of Sociomedical Sciences
    Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
    "The Genomic Revolution and Beliefs about Essential Racial Differences: A Backdoor to Eugenics"


    2007

    Medical Sociology 
    Duane McBride, Research Professor of Sociology
    Andrews University
    "United States Public Health Agency Involvement in Youth-Focused Illicit Drug Policy, Planning, and Prevention"

  • Race and Ethnic Relations

    2016

    Race and Ethnic Relations
    Joe Feagin, Ella C. McFadden Professor
    Texas A&M University
    "Why we need systemic racism/white racial frame concepts to make sense out of US racism"


    2015

    Race and Ethnic Relations 
    Tony Brown, Associate Professor of Sociology
    Vanderbilt University
    "Development and Validation of a Racial Trauma Measure"


    2013

    Race and Ethnic Relations
    Adia Harvey Wingfield,  Associate Professor
    Georgia State University
    "No More Invisible Man: Race and Gender in Men's Work"


    2012

    Race and Ethnic Relations
    Lawrence D. Bobo, W. E. B. Du Bois Professor of the Social Sciences
    Harvard University
    "Post-Racial Dreams, American Realities: Does the Color Line Endure?"

    Race and Ethnic Relations
    David Maume, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Kunz Center for the Study of Work & Family 
    University of Cincinnati
    "Race Differences in Wage Growth in the New Economy"


    2011

    Race and Ethnic Relations
    Stephen Steinberg, Distinguished Professor of Urban Studies
    Queens College, City University of New York
    "The Death and Resurrection of 'White Sociology'"


    2009

    Race and Ethnic Relations 
    Monica McDermott, Assistant Professor of Sociology
    Standford University
    "Unstable Hierarchies: Race, Class and Immigration to the Southeastern United States"


    2006

    Race and Ethnic Relations 
    Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Professor of Sociology
    Duke University

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