Events
Recent Events
November 14, 2008
Brown Bag Seminar
Applying Multilevel Discrete-time Hazard Analysis to Extended Program Evaluations: the Impact of an Afterschool Program on Juvinile Crime
Pete Goldschmidt
UCLA National Center for Research
November 7, 2008
Brown Bag Seminar
What do we know about the Health of Black Immigrants in the U.S.? Comparisons with Native-born Blacks
Irma T. Elo
Department of Sociology and Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania
November 5, 2008
Special Lecture
Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo Dual Cities? Comparison with Paris
Edmond Préteceille
Sciences Po, Observatoire Sociologique du Changement, Sciences Po-CNRS
Sociologist Edmond Préteceille is Professor at Sciences Po, Director of Research at the Observatoire Sociologique du Changement, Sciences Po-CNRS, and Director of research of CNRS. His principal areas of interest have been urban planning, urban policies and politics, and urban inequalities, social structures, and segregation.
He has investigated these interests through comparative research: between the Paris metropolis and US cities (New York particularly), between large European cities, and between Paris and the two main Brazilian cities, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. He is the author of numerous books and articles on these topics, and is currently in residence at Harvard University’s Center for European Studies. focus on the poor, which characterize many Brazilian studies of segregation. The first part of the presentation will present the results for socioeconomic segregation, comparing Rio and São Paulo with Paris. The second part will discuss ethno-racial segregation and its interaction with socioeconomic segregation in Rio and São Paulo.
October 24, 2008
Brown Bag Seminar
"New Hope: Long-term Effects of a Family Poverty Intervention on Children and Adolescents"
Aletha Huston
UT Department of Human Ecology and PRC Faculty Research Associate
October 17, 2008
Brown Bag Seminar
"Why is congregational participation associated with fertility?"
Conrad Hackett
PRC NICHD Postdoctoral Fellow
October 10, 2008
Computing Workshop
Introduction to Stata #2
Sarah McKinnon
Population Research Center
Open to graduate students, staff, and faculty affiliated with the PRC or the Department of Sociology
Session #2: Common Stata commands (e.g., list, sum, tabulate)
October 10, 2008
Dept. of Sociology Talk
"Education and the Transitions to Adulthood: Lessons from Brazil and South Africa"
Leticia Marteleto
University of Michigan
October 10, 2008
Brown Bag Seminar
"Parents’ Involvement in Children’s Schooling: A Comparison of the United States and China"
Eva M. Pomerantz
Department of Psychology, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
October 3, 2008
Computing Workshop
Introduction to Stata #1
Sarah McKinnon
Population Research Center
Open to graduate students, staff, and faculty affiliated with the PRC or the Department of Sociology
Topics to be covered:
Session #1: Do files; Log files; Inputting data;
Session #2: Common Stata commands (e.g., list, sum, tabulate);
Session #3: Labeling and formatting variables; Recoding variables; Modifying data sets
October 3, 2008
Brown Bag Seminar
"Toward a New Paradigm for Prevention among Emerging Adults"
Kim Fromme
Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin
October 3, 2008
Geography and the Environment Colloquium
"Globalization, Sexuality, and HIV/AIDS in Cuba: A Health Geography Perspective"
Cynthia Pope
Central Connecticut State University
September 26, 2008
Brown Bag Seminar
"Experiencing Racism, Experiencing Illness: How Racial Bias Is Related"
Gilbert Gee
Department of Community Health Sciences, UCLA School of Public Health
September 19, 2008
Brown Bag Seminar
"Early Inequality"
George Farkas
College of Education, University of California, Irvine
September 12, 2008
Brown Bag Seminar
"Military Service, Race, and Life Chances"
Jay Teachman
Department of Sociology, Western Washington University
September 5, 2008
Brown Bag Seminar
"Understanding Adolescent Development: Peers, Schools, and the Big Picture"
Robert Crosnoe
PRC and Department of Sociology
August 29, 2008
Brown Bag Seminar
"Fall 2008 Brown Bag Kickoff"
Mark Hayward
Director, Population Research Center
*Pizza and drinks will be served starting at 11:45 am*