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2009 FALL SOCIOLOGY COLLOQUIA SERIES

November 20th
12:00–1:00pm, BOL 778B
Cary Gabriel Costello
Associate Prof of Sociology, UWM
"The Authentic Self: Avatars and Identity"

October 29th
12:00-1:15pm, END 115
Timothy Black
Professor of Sociology, University of Hartford
Presentation on his new book, When a Heart Turns Rock Solid: The Lives of Three Puerto Rican Brothers

October 16th
12:00–1:00pm, BOL 778B
Kuang Chi Chang
Assistant Prof of Sociology, UWM
"Friends on the Road: The Relocation of Taiwanese Factories and Production Networks to China"

Fall Distinguished Lecture
September 30th
3:30-5:00pm, LUB N110
JOHN LEVI MARTIN
Professor, Univ. of California–Berkeley
"From Race to Riches—Fault Lines in the American Political Field"

John Levi Martin received a PhD in Sociology from the University of California–Berkeley and was recently Associate Chair of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His work concentrates on the formal properties of belief systems and social structures; other recent publications deal with field theory, the rationalization of infantry war, the use of race as a conceptual category in American sociology, and the gendering of power dynamics. His current projects include the development of local social structures and pseudo-spatial models for response data.

September 18th
12:00–1:00pm, BOL 778B
Pat Goldsmith
Associate Prof of Sociology, UWM
"Perpetuation Theory and the Residential Segregation of Young Adults"

The Colloquia will be held in Bolton 778B (sociology conference room), noon to 1p.m. on the third Friday of the month, unless otherwise indicated. Bring your lunch and your friends! Cookies provided.

Faculty Highlights

JENNIFER JORDAN
Interviewed in: Black, Jane. "Snob Appeal: Won't Someone Knock Heirloom Tomatoes off Their Pedestal?" Washington Post, August 12, 2009

NANCY MATHIOWETZ
Editor, Public Opinion Quarterly
Past-President, American Association for Public Opinion