Fall 2014

Fall 2014 Workshop Schedule
Mondays, 12:10 to 1:30 p.m.
Center for the Study of Ethnicity & Race
Hamilton Hall 420 (see map for location)

Monday, September 8
Presenter:      Robert C. Smith (Professor of Sociology, CUNY-Baruch College & Graduate Center)
Topic:             Horatio Alger Lives in Brooklyn… But Check His Papers
Discussant:    Nicol M. Valdez (Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, Columbia University)

Monday, September 22
Presenter:      Nicolas Legewie (Ph.D. Candidate in Social Science, Humboldt University of Berlin)
Topic:            Promotive Narratives: How Stories Can Foster Educational Upward Mobility among Disadvantaged Students
Discussant:    Christina Ciocca (Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, Columbia University)

Monday, October 6 (Please note special location for this meeting – Knox Hall 509)
Presenter:      Warren McKinney (Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, Columbia University)
Topic:             The Legendary Topography of Race: Slavery and Tourism in West Africa
Discussant:   Abosede George (Assistant Professor of History and Africana Studies, Barnard College/Columbia University)

Monday, October 20
Presenter:      James R. Jones (Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, Columbia University)
Topic:             The Raced Identities in White Spaces: The Racialized Professionalized Identity of African American Legislative Staff
Discussant:    Kimberley Johnson (Associate Professor of Political Science, Barnard College/Columbia University)

Monday, November 10
Presenter:      Melissa M. Valle (Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, Columbia University)
Topic:             If These Walls Could Talk: Community, Conflict and Urban Change in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
Discussant:    Anthony Ureña (Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, Columbia University)

Monday, November 17
Presenter:       Luciana de Souza Leão (Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, Columbia University)
Topic:              Neither Black nor White? Pardos and the Brazilian Racial Puzzle
Discussant:     Brittany N. Fox (Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, Columbia University)

Monday, December 1
Presenter:      Dan J. Wang (Assistant Professor of Management, Columbia University)
Topic:             To Stay, Go, or Circulate?: How Cross-border Networks Affect Returnees’ Migration Intentions
Discussant:    Christel Kesler (Assistant Professor of Sociology, Barnard College/Columbia University)

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