Past Events



Urban Ethnography: Jeffrey F. Lane, Assistant Professor of Communication, Rutgers University

Workshop
"The Digital Street"
Oct 3, 2014 at -

This talk introduces the digital street, the mediated communication that structures street life. Based on the networked lives of teenagers and adults in Harlem, I describe some of the features and conditions of…



PSC Instructional Technology Workshop Series: Communications and Branding

"Promoting Yourself Online as an Academic"
Oct 2, 2014 at -

Fall 2014 PSC Instructional Technology Workshop Series
(Organized for Graduate Students, Faculty, Staff, and Visitors in Sociology, Demography & the Population Studies Center…



Keith Robinson, Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin

Colloquium
“Parental Involvement in Children’s Schooling: What Works and What Doesn’t”
Oct 1, 2014 at -



Practice Job Talk: Valerio Bacak

"Is There Ever a Victimless Crime? Exploring the Effects of Delinquency and Offending on Health"
Oct 1, 2014 at -



PSC Colloquium: Prakarsh Singh, Assistant Professor of Economics, Amherst College

"Absolute vs. Relative Performance Pay: Evidence from an Experiment Targeting Child Malnutrition in West Bengal"
Sep 29, 2014 at -



Social Science Research Council Symposium

"Symbolic Dimensions of Mediated Activism in Inter-Asia
Sep 26, 2014 at -

Penn Sociology's Guobin Yang is directing this workshop presented by the Social Science Research Council and co-sponsored by Sociology and the PARGC of the…



IEDP Invited Lecture Series: Wadi Haddad, Director & Deputy Corporate Secretary (Retired), World Bank

"International Educational Development: Challenging Times and Shifting Paradigms"
Sep 25, 2014 at -

Wadi D. Haddad spent 17 years at the World Bank and served as director and deputy corporate secretary, senior manager in education sector, and senior advisor for human development. He also served as special adviser…



Project for Advanced Research in Global Communication Master Class - Mimi Sheller, Professor of Sociology, Drexel University

“Mobilizing Hybrid Cities: Urban Mobilities and Mobile Locative Media"
Sep 25, 2014 at -

“Mobilizing Hybrid Cities: Urban Mobilities and Mobile Locative Media"
10am – 12pm: Class
12 – 1pm: Lunch & Discussion



Shannon Gleeson, Associate Professor, Dept. of Labor Relations, Law & History, Cornell University

Colloquium
"Precarious Labor, Tenuous Rights: Lay v. Legal Conceptions of Justice at the Workplace"
Sep 24, 2014 at -



Practice Job Talk: Heeju Sohn

"Health Insurance and Risk of Divorce: Does Having Your Own Insurance Matter?"
Sep 24, 2014 at -