Population, Society and Inequality Talk Series

PSI Talks during 2007-2008

Summer Quarter, 2007

July 10, 2007, 12:00-1:00, SSPB 4206
Tanja van der Lippe ( Professor of Sociology and ICS, Utrecht University )
Folks Like Us: How Highly Educated Men and Women Use Their Time?

Fall Quarter, 2007

Tuesday, October 2, 2007, 12:00-1:00, SSPB 4206
The Center for Research on Immigration, Population and Public Policy presents
Susan Coutin ( Associate Professor of Criminology, Law and Society )
Nations of Emigrants: Shifting Boundaries of Citizenship in El Salvador and the United States
Tuesday, October 9, 2007, 12:00-1:00, SSPB 4206
The Center for Demographic and Social Analysis presents
Wang Feng ( Professor of Sociology )
Globalizing Production, Shrinking Reproduction: How Does China Fit into the Picture?
Tuesday, October 16, 2007, 12:00-1:00, SSPB 4206
The Gender, Work and Family Research Group presents
Matt Huffman ( Associate Professor of Sociology )
Management Matters? Female Managers and Workplace Gender Segregation, 1975-2005
Tuesday, October 23, 2007, 5:00-6:00, SSPA 2112
The Graduate Program in Demographic and Social Analysis presents
David Swanson ( University of California, Riverside )
Counting the Gulf Coast: A Demographer Gauges Katrina's Impact in Mississippi
Tuesday, November 6, 2007, 12:00-1:00, SSPB 4206
The Gender, Work and Family Research Group presents
Maria Estela Zarate ( Assistant Professor of Education )
When Do Grades Matter? Gender Differences in Trajectories to College
Tuesday, November 13, 2007, 12:00-1:00, SSPB 4206
The Center for Demographic and Social Analysis presents
James Swanson ( Professor of Pediatrics )
The National Children's Health Study
Tuesday, November 27, 2007, 12:00-1:00, SSPB 4206
The Center for Demographic and Social Analysis presents
Ping Ren ( Ph.D. student in Sociology )
Do Sub-Cultural Norms Survive Immigration? Cantonese and Mandarin Fertility in the United States

Tuesday, December 4, 2007, 12:00-1:00, SSPB 4206
The Center for Research on Immigration, Population and Public Policy presents
Dowell Meyers ( Professor of Policy, Planning, and Development, USC )
Immigrants and Boomers: New Understanding for a New Civic Integration

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Winter Quarter, 2008

Tuesday, January 8, 2008, 12:00-1:00, SSPB 4206
The Gender, Work and Family Research Group presents
Berna Torr ( RAND Labor and Population Group )
Black-White Differences in the Co-residential Experience of Mothers of Young Children, 1880 to 2000
Tuesday, January 15, 2008, 12:00-1:00, SSPB 4206
The Center for Demographic and Social Analysis presents
Fernando Torres-Gil ( Acting Dean of the UCLA School of Public Affairs )
The New Aging: the coming nexus of demographics, race and immigration
Tuesday, January 22, 2008, 12:00-1:00, SSPB 4206
The Center for Research on Immigration, Population and Public Policy presents
James Bachmeier ( Ph.D. student in Sociology )
School or Work, or School and Work? Enrollment and Intergenerational Variation in Work Activity among Mexican-Origin Adolescents
Tuesday, January 29, 2008, 12:00-1:30pm, SSPB 4206
The Center for Demographic and Social Analysis presents
Andrew Noymer (Assistant Professor of Sociology)
The Twentieth Century Evolution of American Mortality
Tuesday, February 5, 2008, 12:00-1:00, SSPB 4206
The Gender, Work and Family Research Group presents
Marigee Bacolod ( Assistant Professor of Economics )
Two Sides of the Same Coin: U.S. "Residual Inequality" and the Gender Gap
Tuesday, February 19, 2008, 12:00-1:00, SSPB 4206
The Center for Research on Immigration, Population and Public Policy presents
Frank D. Bean ( Professor of Sociology )
Cultural Repertoires and Public Assistance Receipt: Explaining the Distinctiveness of Mexican Immigrant Welfare Behaviors
Tuesday, February 26, 2008, 12:00-1:00, SSPB 4206
The Center for Demographic and Social Analysis presents
David Neumark ( Professor of Economics )
Is Marriage Always Good for Children? Evidence from Families Affected by Incarceration
Tuesday, March 4, 2008, 12:00-1:00, SSPB 4206
The Gender, Work and Family Research Group presents
Sara Wakefield ( Assistant Professor of Criminology, Law, and Society )
The Transition to Parenthood for Criminal Offenders
Tuesday, March 11, 2008, 11:30-1:30, SSPA 2112
The Center for Research on Immigration, Population and Public Policy presents
Hiroshi Motomura ( Professor of Law, University of North Carolina )
Immigration Outside the Law: A Conceptual Roadmap

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Spring Quarter, 2008

Tuesday, April 1, 2008, 12:00-1:30, SSPB 4206
The Center for Research on Immigration, Population and Public Policy presents
Gillian Stevens ( Professor of Sociology, University of Illinois )
Is Younger Quicker? Age at Arrival and the Rapidity of English Acquisition among Immigrant Children in the U.S.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008, 12:00-1:30pm, SSPB 4206
The Center for Demographic and Social Analysis presents
Hal Stern ( Professor of Statistics )
The American Community Survey (ACS) and its Impact on Demographic Research
Tuesday, April 15, 2008, 12:00-1:00, SSPB 4206
The Gender, Work and Family Research Group presents
Catherine Bolzendahl ( Assistant Professor of Sociology )
Beyond Symbols: Support of Marital Right and Benefits for Non-Traditional Couples
Tuesday, April 22, 2008, 12:00-1:00, SSPB 4206
The Center for Research on Immigration, Population and Public Policy presents
Maurice Crul ( Researcher, University of Amsterdam )
The Integration of the Second Generation in Europe. The Importance of the National and Local Integration Context
Tuesday, April 29, 2008, 12:15-1:15, SSPB 4206
The Center for Research on Immigration, Population and Public Policy presents
Thomas Jimenez & April Linton ( Assistant Professors, University of California, San Diego )
Contexts for Bilingualism among US-Born Latinos
Tuesday, May 6, 2008, 12:00-1:00, SSPB 4206
The Center for Demographic and Social Analysis presents
Anne Roeters ( Doctoral Fellow, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands )
Parents' work demands and activities with children
Wednesday, May 14, 2008, 12:00-1:30, SSPB 4206
The Sociology Department presents
Elizabeth Fussell ( Assistant Professor of Sociology, Tulane and Washington State )
Post-Katrina New Orleans as a New Migrant Destination
Tuesday, May 20, 2008, 12:00-1:00, SSPB 4206
Miruna Petrescu-Prahova ( Ph.D. student in Sociology )
Bridging Simulation and Inference in the Study of Residential Segregation: A Case Study
Tuesday, June 3, 2008, 12:00-1:30, SSPB 4206
The Center for Demographic and Social Analysis presents
Thurston Domina ( Assistant Professor of Education )
Students Left Behind: Developing a Valid Measure of High School Completion

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