Past Events



Population Studies Center Colloquium: Arun Hendi, Ph.D Candidate, University of Pennsylvania Graduate Group in Demography

Globalization and Contemporary Fertility Transitions
Mar 31, 2014 at -

Arun Hendi is a graduate student in the University of Pennsylvania’s Demography Program and the winner of the 2014 Etienne Van De…



Education & Inequality: Dana Burde, Assistant Professor, NYU Steinhardt School of Education

Workshop
"Schools Without Stones: Closing the Gender Gap through Community-Based Education in Afghanistan"
Mar 28, 2014 at -

Abstract:



Charles Bosk, Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania

Colloquium
"Medicine in the Radiant City: Co-Morbidity and its Discontents"
Mar 26, 2014 at -

 



PSC Colloquium: Sarah Brauner-Otto, Assistant Professor - McGill University

"Intergenerational Religious Influences and the Timing of First Marriage"
Mar 24, 2014 at -

Dr. Brauner-Otto(link is external) is a demographer whose research interests fall in the areas of fertility and family demography. Her…



Family and Gender: Lee Badgett, Director, Center for Public Policy & Administration; Professor of Economics, UMass Amherst

Workshop
"When Gay People Get Married"
Mar 21, 2014 at -

Lee Badgett is a Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Public Policy and Administration at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She also serves as research director of the…



Mark S. Mizruchi, Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan

Colloquium
"The Fracturing of the American Corporate Elite"
Mar 19, 2014 at -

Mark S. Mizruchi(link is external), Barger Family Professor of Organizational Studies, Professor of Sociology, and Professor of Business Administration at the University of…



PSC Colloquium: Shripad Tuljapurkar, Professor of Biology and Population Studies, Stanford University

"Beyond Age: How Phenotypic Variation Affects Demography and Evolution"
Mar 17, 2014 at -

Shripad Tuljapurkar (link is external)is Professor of Biology and the Dean & Virginia Morrison Professor of Population Studies at Stanford…



Department of Religious Studies Colloquium - Darren Sherkat, Professor of Sociology, SIU Carbondale

“Getting Beyond Believing but not Belonging"
Mar 5, 2014 at -

Professor Sherkat will discuss excerpts from his new book  “Changing Faith: The Dynamics and Consequences of American’s Shifting Religious Identities



Natasha Warikoo, Assistant Professor of Education, Harvard University

Colloquium
"What Merit Means: Admissions, Diversity, and Inequality at Elite Universities in the United States and Britain"
Mar 5, 2014 at -

Natasha Warikoo(link is external), Assistant Professor of Education, Harvard University



**Cancelled due to weather** Population Studies Center Colloquium: Norbert Schady, Pricipal Economic Advisor for the Social Sector at the Inter-American Development Bank

"Can Better Teachers Compensate for Deficits in Early Childhood?" Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
Mar 3, 2014 at -

Norbert Schady is the Principal Economic Advisor for the Social Sector at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). He holds a bachelor’s degree from Yale University and a Ph.D. from Princeton University. In…