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"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