Fall 2015 Workshop Schedule
Mondays, 12 to 2 p.m.
Department of Sociology
Knox Hall 509 (see map for location)
Download workshop papers (workshop participants only*): here.
Monday, September 14
Presenter: Anthony Ureña (Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, Columbia University)
Paper: From Risk to Reality: HIV/AIDS Illness Management Among the Urban Poor
Discussant: Bailey Brown (Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, Columbia University)
Monday, September 28
Presenter: Carla Shedd (Assistant Professor of Sociology and African American Studies, Columbia University)
Paper: Tracking the Carceral Continuum
Discussant: Jane M. Spinak (Edward Ross Aranow Clinical Professor of Law, Columbia Law School)
Monday, October 12
Presenter: Rene Flores (RWJ Scholar in Health Policy, University of Michigan & Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Washington)
Paper: The End of a Taboo?: The Effect of Interracial Dating on Men’s Perceptions of White and Black Women in the U.S.
Discussant: Warren McKinney (Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, Columbia University)
Monday, November 16 (Please note special location for this meeting – Knox Hall 501D)
Presenter 1: Warren McKinney (Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, Columbia University)
Paper 1: Introduction: African-Americans in Ghana and the “Roots” Moment
Discussant 1: Angela Aifah (Ph.D. Candidate in Social Work, Columbia University)
Presenter 2: Dialika Sall (Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, Columbia University)
Paper 2: The Other African Americans: Race, Ethnicity and the Children of West Africans in NYC
Discussant 2: Kathleen Griesbach (Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, Columbia University)
Monday, November 30
Presenter: Bailey Brown (Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, Columbia University)
Paper: Home Field Disadvantage: How Low-Income Families Choose
Neighborhoods and Schools
Discussant: Brittany Fox (Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, Columbia University)
*Papers are only circulated to participants of this workshop. If you are not a participant and you would like to request a paper, please contact the presenter directly.