Past Events



Penn Sociology Colloquium Series: Chris Bail, Professor of Sociology, Duke University

Colloquium
"How Status Seeking and Identity Maintenance Shape Political Polarization on Social Media: Evidence from a Mixed-Method Field Experiment on Twitter."
Oct 6, 2021 at -



Education and Inequality Works in Progress: Richard Patti, Ph.D. Student in Sociology, University of Pennsylvania

"Educational Expectations of Parents and Students in 2.5 Generation Households."
Oct 4, 2021 at



Ethnography, Culture & Interaction: Doron Shiffer-Sebba, Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, University of Pennsylvania

Workshop
"Trust Fund Families: an Ethnographic Study of Elite Family Bureaucratization"
Oct 1, 2021 at -

As this is a practice job talk, we will enable participation over Zoom:…



Education and Inequality: Ziyao Tian, Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, Princeton University

"Intergenerational Education Mobility of Asian Americans in the Pre-Civil Rights Era" (co-convened with Asia and Asian America Working Group)
Sep 30, 2021 at -



Penn Sociology Colloquium Series: Joanne W. Golann, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Education at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University

Colloquium
Scripting the Moves: Culture and Control in a No-Excuses Charter School
Sep 29, 2021 at -



PSC Colloquium Series: Onome H. Osokpo, Postdoctoral Fellow, Biobehavioral Health Sciences - University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

"An inside look: Self-care behaviors of African immigrants with chronic diseases"
Sep 27, 2021 at -



Family & Gender: Lauren Harris, Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, University of Pennsylvania

Workshop
"Family Matters: How Family and Carework Impact the Dating Lives of Older Adults.”
Sep 24, 2021 at -



Education and Inequality: Phoebe Ho, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of North Texas

"Profiles of Asian American Adulthood" (co-convened with the Asia and Asian American Working Group)
Sep 23, 2021 at -



Wolf Humanities Center Forum on Migration: Roberto Gonzales, Richard Perry University Professor of Sociology and Education, University of Pennsylvania

"DACA and the Limits of Citizenship"
Sep 22, 2021 - Sep 16, 2021 at -

On July 16, 2021, a federal judge blocked the Biden administration from approving new applications for the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, putting the program’…



Penn Sociology Colloquium Series: Florencia Torche, Professor of Sociology, Stanford University

Colloquium
The COVID-19 Pandemic and Inequalities in Infant Health
Sep 22, 2021 at -