American Trade Associations and the Meaning of Business
Lyn Spillman
Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Notre Dame
Uris Hall, Rm. G08
May 3rd, 3:30-5:00 PM
Hosted by the Department of Sociology
The Political Sociology of Regional Variations: Immigration Policy in East Asia and Europe
John Skrentny
Professor of Sociology, University of California- San Diego
Uris Hall, Rm. G08
April 12th, 3:30-5:00 PM
Hosted by the Department of Sociology and the Center for the Study of Inequality
The Gentleman Slave
Paul Ingram
Professor of Business, Columbia School of Business
Malott Hall (MLT) Rm. 251
April 4th, 4:30-6:00 PM
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
Neighborhood Inequality and the Great Recession in Life-Course Perspective
Robert Sampson
Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences, Harvard University
Goldman Smith, Kaufman Auditorium (G64)
March 27th, 4:00-5:30 PM
Hosted by the Department of Sociology and the Center for the Study of Inequality
Annual Sociology Graduate Student Mini-Conference
Keynote Speaker: Kelly Musick
Professor of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University
ILR Conference Center, Rm. 229
March 13th, 2:00-7:00 PM
Hosted by the Sociology Graduate Student Association
How we think together: How networks affect the collective problem solving of groups and societies
David Lazer
Professor of Political Science and Computer and Information Science, Northeastern University
Uris Hall, Rm. G08
March 8th, 3:30-5:00 PM
Hosted by the Department of Sociology and Co-sponsored by the Yahoo! Research Social Dynamics Seminar Series
Deskilling of Professional Services and Pseudo-Professional Identity
Roman Galperin
NSF-ASA Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell University
Uris Hall, Rm. 302
March 7th, 4:30-6:00 PM
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
Racial and Nonracial Factors in Neighborhood Mobility
Lincoln Quillian
Professor of Sociology, Northwestern University
Uris Hall, Rm. 302
March 1st, 3:30-5:00 PM
Hosted by the Department of Sociology and the Center for the Study of Inequality
Cultural Innovation and Technical Innovation: The Twin Foundations of Modern Economic Growth
Jack Goldstone
Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University
Malott Hall Rm. 251
February 28th, 4:30-6:00 PM
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
New Model of State-Market Intervention: A Case Study of Russian Retail Trade
Vadim Radaev
Professor of Economic Sociology, Higher School of Economics, Moscow
Uris Hall, Rm. 302
February 14th, 4:30-6:00 PM
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
Economic Insecurity and the Safety Net
Hilary Hoynes
Professor of Economics, University of California-Davis
Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall
November 26th, 4:30-6:00 PM
Hosted by the Program on Ethics and Public Life and the Center for the Study of Inequality
Understanding Social Norms in Everyday Life
Siegwart Lindenberg
Professor of Sociology, University of Groningen
Uris Hall, Rm. 302
November 15th, 4:30-6:00 PM
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
The Viability of American Democracy
Doug McAdam
Professor of Sociology and Director of Urban Studies, Stanford University
Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall
November 12th, 4:30-6:00 PM
Hosted by the Program on Ethics and Public Life and the Center for the Study of Inequality
The Relationship Between Neighborhood Religious and Civic Life in Chicago, 1970-2005
Doug McAdam
Professor of Sociology and Director of Urban Studies, Stanford University
Uris Rm. 360
November 12th, 12:00-1:30 PM
Hosted by the Department of Sociology and the Center for the Study of Inequality
Small Town America: Evidence from Interviews, Surveys, and the Census
Robert Wuthnow
Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for the Study of Religion, Princeton University
109 Academic Surge A
November 9th, Time 3:30-5:00 PM
Hosted by the Department of Development Sociology
Equality of Opportunity and Education
Harry Brighouse
Professor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall
October 29th, 4:30-6:00 PM
Hosted by the Program on Ethics and Public Life and the Center for the Study of Inequality
Department Beer & Pretzels
Uris Hall, Rm. 398
October 26th, 4:00 PM
Hosted by the Department of Sociology
Uncovering and Penetrating CBRN Networks: A General Methodology for Mapping Covert Networks
Matthew E. Brashears
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Cornell University
Uris Hall Rm. G08
October 25th, 12:15-1:30 PM
Hosted by the Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
Democracy and Corporate Welfare
David Schmidtz
Professor of Philosophy and Economics, University of Arizona
Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall
October 15th, 4:30-6:00 PM
Hosted by the Program on Ethics and Public Life and the Center for the Study of Inequality
With a Click of the Mouse: The Formation and Significance of Intellectual Property
Laura Ford
Ph.D. Candidate, Cornell University Department of Sociology
Uris Hall Rm. 302
October 12th, 3:30-5:00 PM
Hosted by the Department of Sociology
Why Nations Fail
James Robinson
Professor of Government, Harvard University
Ives Hall, Rm. 305
September 28th, 4:30-6:00 PM
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
The Interaction of Politics and Economic Inequality
Larry Bartels
Professor of Political Science, Vanderbilt University
Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall
September 24th, 4:30-6:00 PM
Hosted by the Program on Ethics and Public Life and the Center for the Study of Inequality
The Realities and Prospects of the American Dream
Jacob Hacker
Professor of Political Science, Yale University
Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall
September 10th, Time 4:30-6:00 PM
Hosted by the Program on Ethics and Public Life and the Center for the Study of Inequality
Is American Science in Decline?
Yu Xie
Otis Dudley Duncan Distinguished University Professor of Sociology and Public Policy, University of Michigan
Goldwin Smith Gall, G76- Lewis Auditorium
Thursday August 30th, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
Stopping Social Network Analysis Abuse: Some Proposed Preventative Measures
Elisa Bienenstock
Chief Human Science Officer at NSI and Adjunct Professor of Sociology, Georgetown University
Uris Hall Rm. 302
April 27th, 3:00-4:30 PM
Hosted by the Sociology Faculty
Conference on Theorizing in the Social Sciences
Details available here.
AD White House
Saturday, April 21st, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
"The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference." Do inter-group conflicts necessarily result from out-group hate?
Jacob Dijkstra
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Groningen
Uris Hall Rm. 302
Friday, April 13th, 3:00-4:30 PM
Hosted by the Sociology Faculty
A Comparative Perspective on Democratic Deepening in the Global South: Lessons from Brazil, India and South Africa
Patrick Heller
Professor of Sociology and International Studies, Brown University
Uris Hall Rm. 302
Friday, April 6th, 3:00-4:30 PM
Hosted by the Sociology Faculty
The Gift-Economy of 'Gram Sabhas': Redistributive Development in Indian Village Democracies
Paromita Sanyal
Assistant Professor, Cornell University
Uris Hall Rm. 302
Friday, March 8th, 4:00-5:30 PM
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
Cultural Trauma and Institutional Change: The Rise of Quality in a Regional Wine Production Market
Filippo Barbera
Professor, Universita di Torino
Uris Hall Rm. 302
Thursday, February 16th, 4:00-5:30 PM
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
Adoptive Expectations: Rising Sons in Japanese Family Firms
Randall Morck
Stephen A. Jarislowsky Distinguished Chair in Finance and University Professor, University of Alberta School of Business
Uris Hall Rm. 302
Friday, February 10th, 3:00-4:30 PM
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
When the Thought Counts: Causes and Consequences of Perceived Motives in Direct Favor Exchange
Matthew Hoffberg
PhD Candidate, Cornell University
Uris Hall Rm. 302
Friday, December 2nd, 3:00-4:30 PM
Hosted by the Sociology Faculty
The Unfinished Revolution: How A New Generation Is Reshaping Family, Work, and Gender in America
Kathleen Gerson
Professor of Sociology, New York University
105 Ives
Wednesday, October 26th, 2:55-4:10 PM
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Inequality
Beer & Pretzels Happy Hour
Department Library
Friday, October 21st, 4:30 PM
The Origin of Emotionally Modern Humans: What it Means to Develop and Evolve as a Cooperatively Breeding Ape
Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, University of California-Davis
Biotechnology Building, Rm. G10
Monday, October 17th, 4:00-5:30 PM
Hosted by the Andrew D. White Professors-At-Large
Unanticipated Gains: Origins of Network Inequality in Everyday Life
Mario Small
Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago
105 Ives
Monday, October 17th, 2:55-4:10 PM
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Inequality
Gender Identity Threat and Compensation: An Interactional Theory of Gendered Behavior
Christin Munsch
PhD Candidate, Cornell University
Uris Hall Rm. 302
Friday, October 14th, 3:00 PM
Hosted by the Sociology Faculty
Legitimacy Threat and Changes in Expert Decision-Making
Kelly Patterson
PhD Candidate, Cornell University
Uris Hall Rm. 302
Friday, September 30th, 3:00 PM
Hosted by the Sociology Faculty
Dynamics of Creative Orthodoxy and Scientific Reward Structures
Kyle Siler
PhD Candidate, Cornell University
Uris Hall Rm. 302
Friday, September 23rd, 3:00 PM
Hosted by the Sociology Faculty
Obama's New Deal, Tea Party Reaction, and America's Political Future
Theda Skocpol
Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology at Harvard University
G76 Goldwin Smith Hall
Thursday, September 22nd, 4:30 PM
Hosted by the University Faculty
Free to Those Who Can Afford It: The Everyday Affordance of Privilege
Ashley Mears
Assistant Professor, Boston University.
Noah McClain
Ph.D. Candidate- NYU
Uris Hall Rm. 302
Friday, September 16th, 3:00 PM
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
Federal Poverty Policy: My reflections on 15 months in the Department of Health and Human Services
David Harris
Professor of Sociology
423 ILR Conference Center
Friday, September 9th, 3:00 PM
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Inequality
Sociology Department Commencement Ceremony and Reception
Sunday, May 29
Uris Hall, East Side Mezzanine, 12:00pm
The Depression and the Failure of Impersonal Trust: What Have We Really Learned from the Great Depression
John Nye
Professor, George Mason University
302 Uris Hall
Thursday, April 28th, 4:30-6:00 PM
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
Chance, Necessite, et Naivete: Ingredients to Create a New Organizational Form
Walter Powell
Professor, Stanford University
302 Uris Hall
Tuesday, April 26th, 4:30-6:00 PM
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
Centrality Concepts in Social Network Theory: Applications to Economic and Social Situations
Jeong-Yoo Kim
Professor, Kyung Hee University
302 Uris Hall
Thursday, April 21st, 4:30-6:00 PM
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
Symposium on Uncertainty and Economic Action: Survey Research and Field Experiments
Hakan Holm
Professor, Lund University
and
Sonja Opper
Professor, Lund University
302 Uris Hall
Thursday, April 14th, 4:30-6:00 PM
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
Status Difference in Online Gift Exchange: How Competition and Spread of Status Value Shape Reciprocity
Patrick Park
PhD Student, Cornell University
302 Uris Hall
Wednesday, April 13th, 12:20-1:20 PM
Hosted by the Sociology Graduate Student Association
Private Attorneys and Case Outcomes in Criminal Trials
Erin Cornwell
Visiting Assistant Professor, Cornell University
302 Uris Hall
Thursday, April 7th, 4:30-6:00 PM
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
Dissolving the Demos: A Genealogy of Postwar Democracy
Kyong-Min Son
PhD Student, Cornell University
302 Uris Hall
Wednesday, April 6th, 12:20-1:20 PM
Hosted by the Sociology Graduate Student Association
The Social Psychology of Social Capital
Ronald Burt
Professor, University of Chicago
302 Uris Hall
Thursday, March 31st, 4:30-6:00 PM
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
A National Portrait of Who is Interested in Socially Responsible Investing
Jared L. Peifer
PhD Student, Cornell University
302 Uris Hall
Wednesday, March 30th, 12:20-1:20 PM
Hosted by the Sociology Graduate Student Association
Unexpectedly Expecting: Pregnancy Intentions and Parental Well-being
Jessica Su
PhD Student, Cornell University
302 Uris Hall
Wednesday, March 16th, 12:20-1:20 PM
Hosted by the Sociology Graduate Student Association
Working, Partnering, and Parenting in France, Norway, and the US
Jeremy Schulz
Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell University
302 Uris Hall
Wednesday, March 9th, 12:20-1:20 PM
Hosted by the Sociology Graduate Student Association
The Decline of the American Corporate Elite
Mark Mizruchi
Professor, University of Michigan
302 Uris Hall
Thursday, March 3rd, 4:30-6:00 PM
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
Networks, Discussion and Resources
Matthew E. Brashears
Assistant Professor, Cornell University
302 Uris Hall
Thursday, December 2nd, 4:30-6:00 PM
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
Why Altruists Give: The Effects of Social Values and Perceived Intentions on Reciprocity
Matthew Hoffberg
PhD student, Cornell University
398 Uris Hall
Wednesday, December 1st, 12:00-1:00 PM
Hosted by the SGSA Brownbag Series
The Good News-Bad News Effect
Justin Rao
Yahoo! Research
146 Myron Taylor
Tuesday, November 30th, 11:45-1:15 PM, Lunch provided
Hosted by the Institute for the Social Sciences
Making Sense of 'Sentimental Economies': Microcredit, Women's Agency, and Social Capital
Paromita Sanyal
Assistant Professor, Wesleyan University
262 Uris Hall
Tuesday, November 30th, 11:30 AM-1:00 PM
Hosted by the Department of Sociology
Categories as Lenses: Category Status and the Reaction to Ambiguous Signals of Organizational Deviance
Amanda Sharkey
Doctoral Candidate, Stanford University
202 Uris Hall
Monday, November 22nd, 12:30-2:00 PM
Hosted by the Department of Sociology
Why Terror?
Jeff Goodwin
Professor, New York University
302 Uris Hall
Friday, November 19th, 3:30 PM
Hosted by the Sociology Department
The Politics of Fashion
Elena Obukhova
Assistant Professor, MIT
302 Uris Hall
Thursday, November 18th, 4:30-6:00 PM
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
Playing by the Rules: Competing Logics of Exchange in the High End Art Market
Erica Coslor
Doctoral Candidate, University of Chicago
202 Uris Hall
Monday, November 15th, 12:30-2:00 PM
Hosted by the Department of Sociology
The Social Construction of Innovation
Carlo Trigilia
Professor, University of Florence
302 Uris Hall
Thursday, November 4th, 4:30-6:00 PM
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
Beer & Pretzels Happy Hour
Department Library
Friday, November 5th, 4:00 PM
Getting Played: African American Girls, Urban Inequality, and Gendered Violence
Jody Miller
Professor, School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University
Ives 305
Monday, November 1st, 2:55-4:10 PM
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Inequality
Diplomatic Relations and Duration of Diplomatic Exchanges
Jung Mee Park
PhD student, Cornell University
398 Uris Hall
Wednesday, October 27th, 12:00-1:00 PM
Hosted by the SGSA Brownbag Series
School Status and Rates of Tuition Growth for U.S. Colleges and Universities
Matthew Bothner
Visiting Associate Professor, Cornell University
302 Uris Hall
Thursday, October 21st, 4:30-6:00 PM
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
Living the Drama: Community, Conflict and Culture among Inner-City Boys
David Harding
Associate Professor, University of Michigan
Ives 305
Monday, October 18th, 2:55-4:10 PM
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Inequality
Contagious Capitalism: Recruiting Investors in Unstable Markets and Contested Terrain
Christopher Yenkey
Ph.D. Candidate, Cornell University
302 Uris Hall
Thursday, October 14th, 4:30-6:00 PM
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
"Precarious Work" and Action in Solidarity?
Thomas Goes
PhD student, Friedrich Schiller Universit�t Jena
398 Uris Hall
Wednesday, October 6th, 12:00-1:00 PM
Hosted by the SGSA Brownbag Series
The Libertarian Welfare State
Robert Frank
H.J. Louis Professor of Management and Professor of Economics, Cornell University
302 Uris Hall
Monday, October 4th, 4:30-6:00 PM
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
Societies and Professional Workscapes
Jeremy Schulz
Post-Doc, Cornell University
302 Uris Hall
Thursday, September 30th, 4:30-6:00 PM
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
Serving God and Mammon in the Financial Market
Jared Peifer
Ph.D. Candidate, Cornell University
302 Uris Hall
Monday, September 27th, 4:30-6:00 PM
Hosted by the Sociology Department
Global Economic Justice
Richard Miller
Professor, Cornell University
302 Uris Hall
Thursday, September 23rd, 4:30-6:00 PM
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
Diffusing Human Bombs: The Role of Cultural Resonance in the Spread of Suicide Terrorism
Michael Genkin
Ph.D. Candidate, Cornell University
398 Uris Hall
Wednesday, September 22nd, 12:30-1:30 PM
Hosted by the SGSA Brownbag Series
Capitalism from Below: Theory of Endogenous Institutional Change
Victor Nee
Goldwin Smith Professor of Sociology, Cornell University
302 Uris Hall
Thursday, September 9th, 4:30-6:00 PM
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
Sociology Department Commencement Ceremony and Reception
Sunday, May 30
Uris Hall, East Side Mezzanine, 12:30pm
End-of-the-Year Department Picnic
Friday, May 21
Cass Park, 12-5pm
"Broken Laws, Unprotected Workers: Violations of Employment and Labor Laws in America's Cities"
Ruth Milkman
Professor of Sociology, UCLA and CUNY Graduate Center
April 23, 2010, 3:30pm
302 Uris Hall
"Sociological Innovation through Subfield Integration"
Erin Leahey
Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Arizona
Friday, April 9, 3:00pm
302 Uris Hall
"Institutional and Individual Selection: The Case of High-Skilled Immigrants in the United States"
Lingxin Hao
Professor of Sociology, Johns Hopkins University
340 Uris Hall
Friday, April 9, 4:30pm
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
"Using the Web to do Social Science"
Duncan Watts
Principal Research Scientist, Yahoo! Research
302 Uris Hall
Thursday, April 8, 4pm
"Unemployment and Influenza"
Ben Cornwell
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Cornell
302 Uris Hall
Thursday, April 1, 4:30pm
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
"Regionalization and Retrenchment: The Impact of European Integration on the Welfare State"
Jason Beckfield
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Harvard University
Wednesday, March 31, 4:30pm
302 Uris Hall
"Women, War, and the Micro-level Processes of Mobilization"
Jocelyn Viterna
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Harvard University
Monday, March 29, 4:30pm
302 Uris Hall
"More Than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City"
William Julius Wilson
Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor, Harvard
4:30pm, March 17, 2010
Call Auditorium, 116 Kennedy Hall
Hosted by the Institute for Social Sciences, the Center for the Study of Inequality, BLLC, and the University Lectures Program
"Symbolic Capital and the Transformation of the Philadelphia Barrio"
Frederick Wherry
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan
March 11, 2010
Department Happy Hour
Friday, March 12
398 Uris Hall, 4pm
"Networks of Consumption: Towards a Social Physiology of Taste"
Mark Pachucki
Department of Sociology, Harvard University
302 Uris Hall
Friday, February 19, 3:30pm
"Re-Making the Market: How the US Pharmaceutical Industry Transformed During the 1940s"
Peter Younkin
Department of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley
302 Uris Hall
Monday, February 15, 3:30pm
"The Network Structure of Corrupt Innovation: The Case of Enron"
Brandy Aven
Department of Sociology, Stanford University
302 Uris Hall
Friday, February 12, 3:30pm
Department Happy Hour
Friday, February 12
398 Uris Hall, 5pm
"When More is Less: Parental Financial Investments and College Achievement"
Laura Hamilton
Department of Sociology, Indiana University
302 Uris Hall
Tuesday, February 9, 3:30pm
"Learning by Example: Immitation and Innovation at a Global Bank"
David Strang
Professor of Sociology, Cornell
302 Uris Hall
Thursday, February 4, 4:30pm
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
"Under pressure: Teacher Expectations and Student Achievement in the Era of School Accountability"
Jennifer Todd
Department of Sociology, Cornell
302 Uris Hall
Monday, January 18, 3pm
Department Holiday Party
Monday, December 21
320 Uris Hall, 2pm
Department Happy Hour
Friday, December 11
398 Uris Hall, 4pm
"Minorities, Status, and Biological Stress Response: Does Gender Matter?"
Cate Taylor
Department of Sociology, Cornell
302 Uris Hall
Friday, November 20, 3:30pm
"The Structure of Confidence and the Collapse of Lehman Brothers"
RICHARD SWEDBERG
Professor of Sociology, Cornell
302 Uris Hall
Thursday, November 19, 4:30pm
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society
"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