Events
Recent Events
April 4, 2008
Department of Sociology Job Talk
"Black Mexicans and Assimilation Theory: What Strivers, Thugs and Good Girls Can Teach Us About Immigration, Race and Upward Mobility"
Robert Smith
Baruch College and CUNY
December 7, 2007
Brown Bag Seminar
"Political Ecologies of Health: Linking Livelihoods and Environments in the New South Africa"
Brian King
Dept. of Geography and the Environment, UT-Austin
November 23, 2007
Brown Bag Seminar
Thanksgiving holiday - No Brown Bag
October 12, 2007
Brown Bag Seminar
Southern Demographic Association Annual Meeting in Birmingham, AL - No Brown Bag
September 22, 2007
Dessert Reception
"Love, Labor, and Loss: Raising Awareness about Obstetric Fistula"
Kristine Hopkins; Morgan Stephans
Population Research Center; Every Nation Campus Ministries
This dessert reception, co-sponsored by the student group Give Back and the Population Research Center seeks to raise awareness about women's devastating experiences with obstetric fistula, a childbirth injury which leaves women incontinent, isolated and ashamed.
Featuring a short video, and two brief talks by Kristine Hopkins, Ph.D., of the Population Research Center and Morgan Stephans, Regional Director, Every Nation Campus Ministries. Event is free and open to the public.
September 7, 2007
Brown Bag Seminar
"Schools and Stigma: The Well Being and Academic Success of Sexual Minority Youth"
Jennifer D. Pearson
Dept. of Sociology and PRC Trainee, UT-Austin