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Sociology and Demography Seminar Series

The RAND Sociology and Demography seminar series ran from March, 2004 through April, 2005. It was organized by Brian Finch. For more information on these seminars please contact Donna White at (310) 393-0411 x7462.

Seminar History

Date

Time

Place

Speaker

Title of Seminar

4/29/05

12:00-1:30pm

m5312

David Grusky
Stanford University

Will Our Children Become Professors or Professionals? A Critical Test of the Class Reproduction Hypothesis

4/22/05

12:00-1:30pm

m5312

Joseph Sanders
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)

Air Force Diversity Research

4/8/05

12:00-1:30pm

m5312

Eric Grodsky
UC Davis

TBA

2/25/05

12:00-1:30pm

m5312

Peter Morrison
RAND

Counting on Demography: Fostering Applications of the Social Sciences

6/10/04 3.30-5pm

4760

Katharine Donato

TBA

6/3/04 3.30-5pm

2309

John Lynch, University of Michigan

Is Income Inequality a Determinant of Population? Results of a Systematic Review and Analysis of Long-Term Trends

5/27/04 3.30-5pm

1734

Tyrone Forman, Stanford University

Group Size and Intergroup Hostility: Revisiting the Threat Theory of Prejudice

5/13/04 3.30-5pm

1517

Kristi Williams, The Ohio State University

Marital Quality and Health Over the Life Course

5/6/04 3.30-5pm 1734

Susan Stockdale, UCLA

The Effects of Neighbor-hood Characteristics and Social Support on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Need

4/29/04 3.30-5pm 1734

TBD

 

4/22/04 3.30-5pm 2309

Abigail C. Saguy, UCLA

Fat Attack: Scientific and Political Debates over Obesity

4/8/04 3.30-5pm 1734

Jason Schnittker, University of Pennsylvania

Dilemmas of Depression in Late Life

3/25/04 3.30-5pm 1734

Robert Ream, RAND

Mobility, Social Capital and Mexican-American Underachievement

3/18/04 3.30-5pm 1517

David Harding, Harvard University

Counterfactual Models of Neighborhood Effects: The Effect of Neighborhood Poverty on Dropping Out and Teenage Pregnancy

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