"The Length of Weak Ties"
Michael Macy
Goldwin Smith Professor of Sociology, Cornell
302 Uris Hall
Wednesday, November 11, 4:30pm
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
"Cognitive Bias and Innovation in the United States and the United Kingdom: Are Women Entrepreneurs Penalized?"
Sarah Thébaud
Department of Sociology, Cornell
302 Uris Hall
Friday, November 6, 3:30pm
Department Happy Hour
Friday, November 6
398 Uris Hall, 5pm
"Overwork and the Persistence of Occupational Sex Segregation"
Youngjoo Cha
Department of Sociology, Cornell
302 Uris Hall
Friday, October 23, 3:30pm
"Plea Bargaining as a Cause of Prison Population Growth and Stratification"
Douglas Savitsky
302 Uris Hall
Thursday, October 22, 4:30pm
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
"Education Differences in Intended and Unintended Fertility"
Kelly Musick
Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell
302 Uris Hall
Friday, October 16, 3:30pm
Hosted by the Department of Sociology
"Sites for Markets and Sites for Poetry: A Curious Convergence"
Eiko Ikegami
Professor and Chair of Sociology, The New School for Social Research
302 Uris Hall
Thursday, October 8, 4:30pm
Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
"The Linked Fortunes of People and Places: Effects of Neighborhood Change on Children's Economic Trajectories"
Pat Sharkey
Assistant Professor of Sociology, New York University
146 Myron Taylor Hall
September 29, 12:00pm
Hosted by the Institute for Social Sciences and the Center for the Study of Inequality
"Pathways through the Life Course and Household Work"
Janeen Baxter
Department of Sociology, University of Queensland
G87 MVR Hall
Friday, September 25, 12:00pm
Co-sponsored by the Department of Sociology and the Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center
Making Welfare States Work: Citizens, Workers, and Welfare States in Comparative Perspective
Friday, September 25 & Saturday, September 26
Sage Hall, Room B06
Conference sponsored by the Center for the Study of Inequality, the Institute for Social Sciences and the Institute for European Studies
"Social Commitments in a Depersonalized World"
Edward J. Lawler
Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and Sociology, Cornell University
302 Uris Hall
Thursday, September 17, 4:30pm
Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
Department Happy Hour
Friday, Sept. 4
398 Uris Hall, 3-5pm
Sociology Department Commencement Ceremony and Reception
Sunday, May 24
Uris Hall, East Side Mezzanine, 12pm
"The Framing Effects of Gender in the Workplace"
Cecilia Ridgeway
Lucie Stern Professor of Social Sciences, Stanford University
Friday, May 1
302 Uris Hall, 3:00pm
Hosted by the Department of Sociology
"Nexus Work: Managing Integration Work on Creative Projects"
Siobhan O'Mahony
Assistant Professor of Management, University of California, Davis
Friday, April 24
302 Uris Hall, 3:00pm
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
Graduate Student Brownbag
Jennifer Todd
Thursday, April 23
398 Uris Hall, 12:00pm
Hosted by the Sociology Graduate Student Association
Graduate Student Brownbag
Miles Garrett
Thursday, April 16
398 Uris Hall, 12:00pm
Hosted by the Sociology Graduate Student Association
"Understanding the Increased Prevalence of Autism"
Peter Bearman
Jonathan Cole Professor of the Social Sciences, Columbia University
April 10, 3pm
302 Uris Hall
"Cop in the Hood"
Peter Moskos
Assistant Professor, Law, Police Science, and Criminal Justice Administration, CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
April 13, 2:55-4:10pm
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Inequality
"Cents and Sensibility: Economic Valuation and Conceptions of Nature in France and the United States"
Marion Fourcade
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley
Friday, April 3
302 Uris Hall, 3:00PM
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
Department Happy Hour
Friday, April 3
Riesman Library, 4:30pm
Hosted by the Sociology Graduate Student Association
Mitchell Stevens
Associate Professor, School of Education, Stanford University
Wednesday, March 25
2:55-4:10pm
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Inequality
"The Economy of Promises: Credit Institutions in 19th-century America"
Bruce Carruthers
Professor of Sociology, Northwestern University
Thursday, March 26
Sage Hall 141, 3pm
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
"Analytical Sociology: Principles and Applications"
Peter Hedstrom
Professor and Official Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford University
Friday, March 27
302 Uris Hall, 3pm
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Inequality and the Institute for European Studies
"Are Religious Investors More Faithful?"
Jared Peifer
Thursday, March 12
398 Uris Hall, 12:00pm
Hosted by the Sociology Graduate Student Association
"Missing Links: Referrer Behavior and Job Segregation"
Brian Rubineau
Assistant Professor, Department of Organizational Behavior, ILR School, Cornell University
Friday, March 6
302 Uris Hall, 3pm
Hosted by the Department of Sociology
"Disgust, Morality, and the Law"
David Pizarro
Department of Psychology, Cornell University
Friday, February 27
302 Uris Hall, 4pm
Hosted by the Department of Sociology and the Law in Social Context Seminar Series
Graduate Student Brownbag
Alexa Yesukevich
Thursday, February 26
398 Uris Hall, 12:00pm
Hosted by the Sociology Graduate Student Association
"Framing Punishment: A New Look at Incarceration and Deterrence"
Emily Owens
Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University
Friday, February 20
302 Uris Hall, 4pm
Hosted by the Law in Social Context Seminar Series
"A Bibliometric Theory of Strategy and Reward Structures: The Case of Social Studies of Science"
Kyle Siler
Thursday, February 12
398 Uris Hall, 12:00pm
Hosted by the Sociology Graduate Student Association
"Empirical Legal Studies and Law and Society Scholarship"
Ted Eisenberg and Valerie Hans
Cornell Law School
302 Uris Hall
Friday, February 6, 3:30pm
Hosted by the Law in Social Context Seminar Series
Department Happy Hour
Friday, February 6
Riesman Library, 4pm
Hosted by the Sociology Graduate Student Association
Department Happy Hour
Friday, December 12
Riesman Library, 4pm
Hosted by the Sociology Graduate Student Association
Graduate Student Brownbag
Kelly Musick
Associate Professor, Policy Analysis and Management
Thursday, December 4
360 Uris Hall, 12:00pm
Hosted by the Sociology Graduate Student Association
"Norms of Mediocrity: Tall Poppies and the Law of Jante"
Sten Nyberg
Stockholm School of Economics
302 Uris Hall
Tuesday, December 2, 4:30pm
Hosted by the Center for the Study Economy and Society
Department Happy Hour
Friday, November 21
Riesman Library, 4pm
Hosted by the Sociology Graduate Student Association
Graduate Student Brownbag
Laura Auf der Heide
Postdoctoral Associate, Sociology
Thursday, November 20
360 Uris Hall, 12:00pm
Hosted by the Sociology Graduate Student Association
"Why Americans Blame Themselves: Subjective Responses to Unemployment in Israel and the U.S."
Ofer Sharone
Department of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley
Friday, November 14
302 Uris Hall, 3pm
"The Similarity Structure of Organizational Populations"
Balazs Kovacs
Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
Monday, November 10
302 Uris Hall, 4:30pm
Graduate Student Mini-Conference
Saturday, November 8
Hosted by the Sociology Graduate Student Association
"The Future of Choice-Theorectic Sociology: Norms, Cognition, and Behavior"
Siegwart Lindenberg
Professor of Cognitive Sociology, University of Groningen
Thursday, November 6
302 Uris Hall, 4:30pm
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
"School Enrollment and HIV in Rural Malawi: The Role of Knowledge and Risk Perceptions"
Monica Grant
Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania
Wednesday, November 5
302 Uris Hall, 4:30pm
"Homophily and Cultural Reproduction in Job Interviews"
Lauren Rivera
Department of Sociology, Harvard University
Friday, October 31
302 Uris Hall, 3:00pm
"Learning From Experience in Organizations"
James March
Professor Emeritus at Stanford University
Lecture 1: October 27, 4:30 PM, Lewis Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall
Lecture 2: October 29, 4:30 PM, 253 Mallott Hall
Lecture 3: October 30, 4:30 PM, Kaufmann Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
Graduate Student Brownbag
Choon Ho Nahm
Visiting Scholar, Cornell University
Thursday, October 30
360 Uris Hall, 12:00pm
Hosted by the Sociology Graduate Student Association
"Is a College Degree Still the Great Equalizer?"
Florencia Torche
Assistant Professor of Sociology, New York University
Friday, October 24
302, Uris Hall, 3:00pm
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Inequality
Department Happy Hour
Friday, October 17
Riesman Library, 4pm
Graduate Student Brownbag
Erin York Cornwell
Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell University
Thursday, October 16
360 Uris Hall, 12:00pm
Hosted by the Graduate Student Association
"The New Era of Racism"
Michel Wieviorka
President of the International Sociological Association, Director of Studies Ecole des Hautes Etudes in Social Sciences, Paris
Wednesday, October 8
G08 Uris Hall, 4:30pm
Co-sponsored by the Department of Sociology
"Educational Assortative Marriage and Earnings Inequality"
Richard Breen
Professor of Sociology, Yale University
Friday, October 10
302 Uris Hall, 3:00-4:30pm
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Inequality
"When Formal Laws and Informal Norms Collide: The Case of China's Birth Control Policy"
Yusheng Peng
Associate Professor, CUNY Graduate Center
Friday, October 3
302 Uris Hall, 3:00pm
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
Graduate Student Brownbag
Jennifer Glass
Professor of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University
Thursday, October 2
360 Uris Hall, 12:00pm
Hosted by the Sociology Graduate Student Association
"Making the Best Choice"
Barnaby Marsh
Fellow, Center for the Study of Economy and Society, Cornell University
Wednesday, September 24
302 Uris Hall, 4:30-6:00pm
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
"Compensation Benchmarking and the Surge in Executive Pay"
Thomas DiPrete
Professor of Sociology, Columbia University
Friday, September 26
302 Uris Hall, 3:00-4:30pm
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Inequality
Sociology Department Happy Hour
Friday, September 19
4:00 PM, Riesman Library, Uris 398
Graduate Student Brownbag
Matt Brashears
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Cornell University
Thursday, September 18
360 Uris Hall, 12:00pm
Hosted by the Sociology Graduate Student Association
Cayuga Lake Cruise
Saturday, September 6, 2pm
Hosted by the Graduate Student Association and Sociology Department
Graduate Student Brownbag
John Sipple
Associate Professor of Education, Cornell University
September 4, 12:00pm, 360 Uris Hall
Hosted by the Sociology Graduate Student Association
Sociology Department Fall Picnic
Friday, August 29, 1:30pm
Lower Buttermilk Falls State Park
"Communication (and Coordination?) in a Modern, Complex Organization"
Toby Stuart
Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration, Harvard University
302 Uris Hall
Wednesday, August 27, 4:30pm
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
Sociology Department Commencement Reception and Ceremony
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Uris Hall, East Side Mezzanine, 12pm
Sociology Department Happy Hour
Thursday, May 1
4:00 PM, Riesman Library
"Action - Institution - Structure: Explanations in Economic Soicology with Special Regard to Max Weber"
Andrea Maurer
Department of Sociology, University of the Federal Armed Forces, Munchen/Neubiberg
302 Uris Hall
Wednesday, April 30, 4:30pm
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
GSA Brownbag: "Overwork and the Persistence of Occupational Gender Segregation"
Youngjoo Cha
Department of Sociology, Cornell University
360 Uris Hall
Monday, April 21, 12:00pm
Hosted by the Sociology Graduate Student Association
Ghetto, Hyperghetto, Anti-Ghetto: Reconfigurations of Marginality in the Metropolis Mini-Symposium
AD White House, Guerlac Room
April 17, 3:30pm
Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society and the Society for the Humanities; Co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Inequality
GSA Brownbag
Tom Lento
Department of Sociology, Cornell University
360 Uris Hall
Monday, April 14, 12:00pm
Hosted by the Sociology Graduate Student Association
"Network Perspectives on Sexuality, Health and Aging"
Edward Laumann
George Herbert Mead Distinguished Service Professor of Sociology and the College, University of Chicago
302 Uris Hall
Friday, April 11, 3:30pm
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
GSA Brownbag
Jennifer Lauture
Department of Sociology, Cornell University
Monday, April 7, 12:00pm, 360 Uris Hall
Hosted by the Sociology Graduate Student Association
Graduate Recruitment Day
Friday, April 4
Hosted by the Department of Sociology
GSA Brownbag: "Organizations and Local Development: Economic and Demographic Growth among Southern Counties during Reconstruction"
Kelly Patterson
Department of Sociology, Cornell University
Monday, March 31, 12:00pm, 360 Uris Hall
Hosted by the Sociology Graduate Student Association
GSA Brownbag
Cate Taylor
Department of Sociology, Cornell University
Monday, March 24, 12:00pm, 360 Uris Hall
Hosted by the Sociology Graduate Student Association
GSA Brownbag: "Masculinity, Bargaining and Breadwinning: A Study of Household Labor in 21 Countries"
Sarah Thebaud
Department of Sociology, Cornell University
Monday, March 10, 12:00pm, 360 Uris Hall
Hosted by the Sociology Graduate Student Association
"Economic Statistics as Cultural Objects"
Martin de Santos
Department of Sociology, Cornell University
302 Uris Hall
Thursday, February 28, 4:30pm
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
GSA Brownbag: "Teacher Expectations and Student Achievement: How Important is Student Race?"
Jenny Todd
Department of Sociology, Cornell University
Monday, February 25, 12:00pm, 360 Uris Hall
Hosted by the Sociology Graduate Student Association
Sociology Department Happy Hour
Friday, February 15
4:00 PM, Riesman Library
"Primary Status, Complementary Status, and Capital Acquisition in the U.S. Venture Capital Industry"
Matthew Bothner
Associate Professor of Organizations and Strategy, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago
302 Uris Hall
Thursday, February 14, 4:30pm
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
Sociology Department Happy Hour
Friday, December 14
4:00 PM, Riesman Library
"Networks and Novelty: The American Managerial Elite and the Movement of New Ideas through Organizations"
Mary Still
Institute for the Social Sciences, Cornell University
Monday, December 10, 4:30pm, 302 Uris Hall
"Picking, Choosing, Accepting, Changing: The Dynamics of Network Structure and Content"
Matthew Brashears
Department of Sociology, University of Arizona
398 Uris Hall
Thursday, November 29, 12:00pm
"Older Adults' Social Connectedness: A Health Perspective"
Benjamin Cornwell
Center on Demography and Economics of Aging, University of Chicago
398 Uris Hall
Tuesday, November 27, 12:00pm
"Motivation and Justification: A Dual-Process Theory of Culture in Action"
Stephen Vaisey
Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
398 Uris Hall
Tuesday, November 20, 12:00pm
"The Transformation of American Educational Policy, 1980-2001: Paradigm Change and the Rise of Accountability Politics"
Jal Mehta
Graduate School of Education, Harvard University
398 Uris Hall
Thursday, November 15, 12:00pm
"How Diversity Has Transformed the Project of Racial Equality"
Ellen Berrey
Department of Sociology, Northwestern University
398 Uris Hall
Monday, November 12, 12:00pm
"Politics Makes for Embedded Fellows: Lobbying in Coalition"
John C. Scott
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Sociology, Cornell University
340 Uris Hall
Monday, November 12, 2:00pm
"Intergroup Conflict and Intragroup Dynamics: Does Conflict Create Norms and Hierarchies?"
Stephen Benard
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Sociology, Cornell University
398 Uris Hall
Friday, November 9, 4:30pm
"Society, Biology, and Gender Differences in High Mathematical Achievement"
Andrew Penner
Department of Sociology, University of California-Berkeley
398 Uris Hall
Tuesday, November 6, 12:00pm
"Defending Organizational Legitimacy after Enron: The Symbolic Adoption of Stock Option Accounting in the Wake of the Recent Scandals"
Ed Carberry
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Sociology, Cornell University
302 Uris Hall
Friday, October 26, 3:00pm
Pictures of traces of places, people, and groups: Recent work from the Microsoft Research Community Technologies Group
Marc Smith
Microsoft Corporation
Wednesday, October 24, 4:00-5:00pm in 340 Duffield Hall
Co-sponsored with Information Sciences
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"Is a strong economy a 'rising tide that lifts all boats'?"
Katherine S. Newman
Malcolm Stevenson Forbes, Class of 1941, Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, Princeton University
305 Ives Hall
Monday, October 15, 2:55pm - 4:10pm
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Inequality
GSA Brown Bag: "Toward a New Guilded Age?"
Kim Weeden
Associate Professor and Chair of Sociology, Cornell University
360 Uris Hall
Thursday, Sept. 6, 12:00-1:00 pm
Hosted by the Sociology Graduate Student Association
"Why do rich people have better health than poor people?"
Jeremy Freese
Professor of Sociology, Northwestern University
305 Ives Hall
Monday, September 17, 2:55pm - 4:10pm
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Inequality