*All presentations held in the Sociology Commons (SSCI 1061) at 3:00 pm.

Fall 2009

12/11: Danielle Albright:

11/13: Dr. John Roberts:

10/23: Erin Kleymann "Motherhood and Offending: A Test of Two Theoretical
Explanations." and Jeff Nowacki, "Sugar, Spice, and Street Codes: The Influence of Gender,
Race, and Cultural Capital on Attitudes Toward Violence."

10/09: Dr. Howard Waitzkin, Sonia Bettez, and Tennille Marley: "The County as a Fundamental Unit of Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: Uneven Development, Ideology, and the Sociology of Place." NOTE: this presentation will begin at 3pm.

09/08: Dr. P. Rafeal Hernandez-Arias: "Is there a healthy immigrant paradox? Community Health Assets and Needs Assessment of four ChicagoCommunities."

Spring 2009

2/27: Dr. Jane Hood, Dr. Nancy Lopez, and Rebecca Erickson. “Disentangling the School-Prison-Pipeline: A Multivariate Analysis"

3/27: Dr. Wayne A. Santoro and Stacy Keogh. "Cross Cutting Solidarity Ties and Mobilization: The Impact of Anglo Social Ties on Mexican American Protest-Participation."

4/10: Dr. Howard Waitzkin and Darrin Kowitz. "Civilian-Sector Services for Active-Duty Military Personnel and Veterans Suffering from Trauma."

4/24: Colin Olson. "Who Rules the City? How Growth Coalition Elites Believe they Influence Decision-Making"

Fall 2008

9/12: Ben Edwards. "Introduction to Artificial Neural Networks for the Social Sciences."

9/26: Stacy Keogh and Dr. Rich Wood. "The Rebirth of Catholic Collective Action in Central America: A New Model of Church-Based Political Participation."

10/10: Criminology Student Panel: Danielle Albright, Erin Kleymann, Jeff Nowacki, and Dale Willits.

10/24: Sophie Hammett. "Voluntourism: Toward an Empirical Test."

11/14: Darrin Kowitz. "Veterans and Higher Education in the US: Applied Sociology and the Conversion of Military Expenditures into Social Investment."

12/12: Dr. Felipe Gonzales. "Liberal Integration, Hegemonic Colonialism, Ethnic Federalism and Other Sexy Concepts in the Conquest and Annexation of the Nuevomexicanos, 1836-1912."