Fall 2015

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.

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