Colloquium Series
The Sociology Department's weekly colloquium brings in leading scholars from other colleges and universities, as well as from Penn, to present their current research and engage in discussion with faculty and graduate students. These lively exchanges are the main forum in which the department as a whole gathers. Each semester's colloquium schedule includes scholars doing research in a range of subfields and using varied methods. Regular attendance is an excellent way to learn about the latest research in the field and to stay in touch with colleagues. For past colloquiums visit here.
Time: Noon
Location: 103 McNeil Building
Organizers: David Gibson and Tukufu Zuberi
Spring 2012
January 18, 2012
Charles Bosk
Professor of Sociology
University of Pennsylvania
“Leaving Ex Post Theories of Quality Improvement, Arriving at Systemic Theories of QI"
January 25, 2012
Jerald Hage
Professor Emeritus and Director, Center for Innovation
University of Maryland
"A new socio-economic paradigm of social change: What is new, what is borrowed, what is old, and what is blue"
February 1, 2012
Van Tran
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health and Society Scholar
Univeristy of Pennsylvania
"Neighborhood Mobility and Inequality in Multi-Ethnic America"
February 15, 2012
Alondra Nelson
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
Columbia University
"Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination"
February 22, 2012
ESS this Week
February 29, 2012
James A. Kitts
Assistant Professor
Graduate School of Business
Graduate School of Business
Columbia University
"Group Processes, Social Norms, and Local Network Dynamics"
March 21, 2012
Charles A. Gallagher
Professor of Sociology
Chair, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice
La Salle University
"Colorblind Egalitarianism as the New Racial Norm: Social, Political and Igeological Implications"
March 28, 2012
Sandra Smith
Assistatnt Professor
Department of Sociology
University of California, Berkeley
"Logics of Assistance: When Weak Ties Help and Strong Ties Don’t"
April 4, 2012
Julia Lynch
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
University of Pennslyvania
“Who Cares if the Bucket Leaks:Sensitivity to Efficiency Among Supporters and Opponents of
Redistribution”
Redistribution”
April 18, 2012
Delia Baldassarri
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology
Princeton University
"Cooperative Networks: Altruism, Group Slidarity, and Reciprocty among Ugandan farmers"
