The Center for the Study of Wealth and Inequality (CWI) Seminar Series is sponsored by Columbia University’s Institute for Social and Economic Research Policy (ISERP) and is devoted to the investigation of social and economic inequality. The Seminar invites speakers from both within and outside of Columbia to present recent papers covering a wide range of topics pertaining to inequality, such as poverty, labor market behavior, education, and the family. The research topics and methodologies are at the cutting edge of the interdisciplinary study of wealth and inequality, as the CWI Seminar invites speakers from multiple social science disciplines and fields. Past speakers include Annette Lareau, Adam Gamoran, Timothy Smeeding, Lisa Kahn, Mario Small, Rob Warren and Florencia Torche, among numerous others.
Spring 2024 Seminar Schedule
Talks will be held in person in Knox Hall, room 509, from 2-3:30 P.M.
January 23: Liza Steele, Associate Professor of Sociology, City University of New York (CUNY), John Jay College of Criminal Justice and The Graduate Center, Do COVID-19 experiences break the American consensus on the ideal immigrant? Attitudes toward immigrants and refugees during the pandemic
January 30: Joanne Golann, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Education and Associate Professor of Sociology, Vanderbilt University, Catering to the Child: A Video-Ethnographic Study of Parenting Practices
February 20: Ethan Raker, Assistant Professor of Sociology, The University of British Columbia, Flooding, Sociospatial Risk, and Population Health
February 27: Jeremy Fiel, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Rice University, Slow Progress: School Finance Reforms and Racial Disparities in Funding
March 19: Dafna Gelbgiser, Assistant Professor of Labor Studies, Tel Aviv University, Trends in Socioeconomic Segregation Across Social Contexts in US Higher Education: Evidence from Two Nationally Representative Cohorts of Students
April 9: Stephen Vaisey, Professor of Sociology and Political Science, Duke University, Advancing Theories and Methods for Understanding Cultural Change
April 23: Barbara Kiviat, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Stanford University, Going Against the Record: How Algorithms Shape the Way Landlords Make Exceptions for Bad Background Checks