Inequality and Life Course Workshop (Soc. 595a/b)

Spring 2012

The workshop focuses on theoretical and methodological issues in the areas of the life course (education, training, labor markets, aging as well as family demography), social inequality (class structures, stratification, and social mobility) and related topics. The core of the workshop is devoted to the discussion of ongoing research by faculty and graduate students. The workshop will also include lectures and hands-on practical training in select topics in quantitative research methodology.

210 Prospect Street, Room 203

Fridays, 2:00-4:00 PM

Workshop Schedule and Speakers

Date	Speaker	Topic
Jan 13	Rucker Johnson	The Long Legacy of School Desegregation in the United States
Jan 20	Tim Malacarne	Working Out? Returns to Effort in the American Educational System
Jan 27	Jennifer Flashman	Thick as Thieves: The Making and Breaking of Adolescent Friendships
Feb 3	Emily Erikson	The Focalization of Networks Contents in Times of Uncertainty
Feb 10	Marcus Hunter	Shouldering the Risks: Risk Transfer & The Origins of Black Distrust in Banks
Feb 17	German Rodriquez	Life Tables with Regression and Competing Risks
Feb 24	Kristian Karlson	Expectations on Track? High School Track Placement and the Revision of Educational Expectations
Mar 2	Pianpian Xu	Social Mobility and Happiness in China
Mar 23	Jessica Hardie	Profiles of Risk: Maternal Health, Socioeconomic Status, and Child Well-being
Mar 30	Rene Almeling and Shana Gadarian	Genetic Risk and Responsibility
Apr 6	Shelley Correll	Law, Norms and the Motherhood/Caretaker Penalty
Apr 13	Damon Centola	Emergence and Diffusion in Social Networks
Apr 20	Sara Wakefield	Having a Kid Changes Everything? The Effects of Parenthood on Subsequent Crime

Papers are only available to participants of this workshop. If you are not a participant and you would like to request a paper, please contact the speaker directly.

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