Event Archives


August 1, 2008

American Sociological Association 2008 Annual Meeting


May 19, 2008

Department Move


May 6, 2008

Sociology Honors Colloquium


May 6, 2008

The Sociology Department End-of-Semester Reception


May 2, 2008

Fall TA Application due to Evelyn Porter


May 2, 2008

Graduate Student Annual Self-Evaluation due to Evelyn Porter


May 1, 2008

AI Course Proposals Due to Dr Michael Young


May 1, 2008

Professional Development Fellowship application due to Evelyn Porter


April 25, 2008

"Beyond the Digital Access Divide: Technology Access and Development in the Appalachian Region," Michael Oden


April 21, 2008

Sociology Brown Bag
"No Time like the Present - Getting Ready for the Fall Job Market," Dr Sheldon Ekland-Olson and Dr Chris Ellison


April 18, 2008

"Migration Trends and Migratory Policies on the Southern Border of Mexico," Manuel Angel Castillo


April 11, 2008

Latinos and Public Policy in Texas Conference


April 10, 2008

Conference: Making Europe/Making Europeans: The Ethnographic and the Everyday


April 9, 2008

Conference: Mexico-U.S. Migration: Rural Transformation and Development


April 8, 2008

Sociology Job Talk
"Metropolitan Migrants: The Migration of Urban Mexicans to the United States," Ruben Hernandez-Leon


April 7, 2008

The Meaning of Cancer Survivorship for Hispanic/Latino Adolescents: The Importance of Family, Community and Faith


April 3, 2008

Asian Americans in Texas: Panel Discussion


March 31, 2008

"Indians or Terrorists: How Chilean Elites define Indigenous People in the Global Economy," Patricia Richards


March 25, 2008

Heman Sweatt Symposium on Civil Rights


March 24, 2008

Sociology Job Talk
" 'Endgame': Exploring Impacts of the U.S. Policy of Massive Migrant Removal,"


March 24, 2008

Presentation for Students Going on the Job Market


March 19, 2008

Sociology Brown Bag
Uploading Your CV to the Web


March 5, 2008

Sociology Graduate Recruiting Event


February 25, 2008

Sociology Brown Bag
Making Effective Presentations: Do's and Don'ts of Presenting Yourself and Your Work


February 22, 2008

George H Mitchell Award for Excellence in Graduate Research application due


February 22, 2008

Symposium on Power, History, and Society
What Are the Big Questions?


February 18, 2008

Dwight Eisenhower Fellowship application due to Evelyn Porter


February 15, 2008

Professional Development Award application due for PAA


January 25, 2008

PRC Brownbag
"Heterosexual Relationships among American Young Adults," Mark Regnerus


December 12, 2007

'Just Stories? Culture, Power, and Powerlessness', Francesca Polletta


December 10, 2007

'Crossing and Dwelling: Reframing the Study of Religion in the Americas', Thomas Tweed


December 10, 2007

Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowship application due


November 29, 2007

'The Social Production of Toxic Uncertainty', Javier Auyero


November 19, 2007

'The Impact of China on the Global Economy - and the Challenges and Opportunities It Poses', Robert Hormats


November 19, 2007

Sociology Brownbag Panel
Master's Thesis Panel Discussion


November 14, 2007

'Ethnic Cleansing and Racism: How often are the victims considered non- or sub-human?' Michael Mann


November 13, 2007

'Timing, Accumulation, and the Black/White Disability Gap in Later Life: A Test of Weathering', Miles Taylor


November 12, 2007

Sociology Brownbag Panel
Back from the Field: Recent Experiences with Overseas Fieldwork


November 9, 2007

Lessons from the Field: Sociological Research on Sexuality
A workshop with Dr Arlene Stein on doing research on sexuality and LGBTQ issues


November 9, 2007

'The Role That Never Ends: Psychological Implications of Parenthood at Midlife', Tetyana Pudrovska


November 5, 2007

Spring 2008 TA Applications due to Evelyn Porter


November 2, 2007

'Stability and Change in Family Structure and Maternal Health Trajectories', Sara Meadows


November 1, 2007

Sociology Mentoring Happy Hour


November 1, 2007

Liberal Arts Graduate Research Fellowship application due to Evelyn Porter by Noon


October 22, 2007

Mentoring Conversations
For Graduate Students


October 17, 2007

Book Publishing: Everything you always wanted to know about publishing with a university press


October 9, 2007

Cesar Chavez Panel
'Sociological Reflections on Mexican Americans in the United States'


May 18, 2007

Commencement 2007


April 27, 2007

Sociology Speakers Series
Lynn Smith-Lovin: "Social Distance in America: Homophily and Heterogeneity Among Confidants, 1985-2004"


April 19, 2007

Sociology Speakers Series
Edwin Amenta: "When Movements Matter: The Townsend Plan and the Rise of Social Security"


April 12, 2007

Conference on Gender, Globalization, and Governance


April 5, 2007

Sociology Brown Bag
Ben Carrington: "Public Sociology, or, What is the (political) point of our work?"


April 2, 2007

Sociology Brown Bag
"Comparative and historical scholarship as one of the oldest, most varied and distinguished traditions in sociology"


March 23, 2007

Sociology Speakers Series
Paul Lichterman: "After Virtue: What sociologists should investigate in civic engagement"


March 23, 2007

Challenges, Choices and Context: Health Behaviors in Eastern Europe and Eurasia


March 22, 2007

Sociology Speakers Series
Abigail Saguy: "Does this BMI make me look fat? Defining the limits of 'normal' body weight"


March 20, 2007

Graduate Recruitment


March 9, 2007

PRC Brown Bag
"Segmented Assimilation in the Long Run? The Socioeconomic Attainments of Native Americans"


March 5, 2007

Sociology Brown Bag
Has sociology entered its twilight? A graduate student led discussion of sociology's present and future


March 2, 2007

PRC Brown Bag
Kelly Raley: "Do Kin Networks Contribute to Black-White Differences in Marriage and Cohabitation?"


February 14, 2007

Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Reproductive Health


February 9, 2007

Sociology Speakers Series
Patricia Fernandez-Kelly: "Religion and Second-Generation Immigrants in the US"


February 8, 2007

Sociology Speakers Series
Alex Portes: "Institutions and Development in Latin America: A Comparartive Study"