Past Events



Medical Sociology Workshop: Rebecca Kaufman, PhD candidate in Sociology, UCLA

Workshop
“Gatekeeping Behind Bars: Assessing Mental Illness in Prison”
Mar 15, 2024 at -



Quantitative Methodology Working Group: Kai Feng, PhD Candidate in Demography and Sociology, Penn

Climate Data Introduction: A Guide to Access, Process, and Link with Demographic Data
Mar 15, 2024 at -



Standing Faculty Meeting

Other Events
Mar 13, 2024 at -



Joint Colloquium by the James Joo-Jin Kim Center & the Philip Jaisohn Memorial Foundation:

Nydia Han, 6abc's Consumer Investigative Report, Co-anchor of Action News Sunday Mornings, & Emmy award-winning Journalist | Hosted by: Hyunjoon Park, Professor of Sociology, Penn
Feb 28, 2024 at -

A Conversation with 6abc anchor Nydia Han: Lessons learned about identity and anti-Asian hate through the lens of television news

The James Joo-Jin Kim Center for Korean Studies…



Penn Sociology Colloquium Series: Hajar Yazdiha, Assistant Professor of Sociology, The University of Southern California

Colloquium
"The Struggle for the People's King: How Politics Transforms the Memory of the Civil Rights Movement"
Feb 28, 2024 at -

Talk AbstractIn the post–civil rights era,…



2nd Annual W.E.B. DU Bois Lecture in Public Social Science

Other Events
Guest speaker: Dr. Aldon Morris, Leon Forrest Professor of Sociology & Africana Studies / Moderated by Dr. Tukufu Zuberi, Lasry Family Professor of Race Relations, Penn
Feb 23, 2024 at -

Join us for the 2nd Annual W.E.B. DU Bois Lecture in Public Social Science: A conversation with Dr. Aldon Morris,  Leon Forrest Professor of Sociology &…



Penn Sociology Alumni Virtual Panel

Feb 23, 2024 at -

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Penn Sociology Colloquium Series: Clayton Childress, Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, University of British Columbia

Colloquium
"Tokenism and its Long-term Consequences: Evidence from the Literary Field"
Feb 21, 2024 at -

Abstract: Research on tokenism has mostly focused on negative experiences and career outcomes for individuals who are tokenized. Comparatively understudied are tokenism as a structural system…



Education and Inequality Works in Progress: Estela B. Diaz, Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow in Sociology, Princeton

Workshop
"Children as speculative projects in early childhood admissions"
Feb 19, 2024 at -



Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration Workshop: Masoud Movahed, Postdoctoral Fellow, Penn

"Structural Power, Associational Power, and Income Inequality"
Feb 16, 2024 at -

Under capitalism, workers have two sources of power: associational and structural. A vast body of social science research shows that workers’ power—most often measured by union density—is associated with lower levels…