Past Events



PSC Colloquium Series: Ellis Monk, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Princeton University

Rethinking Ethnoracial Inequality in the U.S. & Brazil: The Consequences of Bodily Capital
Mar 19, 2018 at -



Education & Inequality: Rebecca Clothey, Drexel University School of Education

Education Policy Appropriation, Ethnic Segregation and Cultural Transmission in Urumqi, China
Mar 16, 2018 at -

Rebecca Clothey is a faculty member at Drexel University’s School of Education. Her research interests include international higher education policy, issues of ethnicity, and community driven…



Faculty Meeting (Standing Faculty Only)

Mar 14, 2018 at -



Penn Alumni Reading Club: Tukufu Zuberi, Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania

We Were Eight Years In Power: An American Tragedy
Mar 13, 2018 at -

Join Penn Professor Tukufu Zuberi for an interactive discussion of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy. This program, free and open to all Penn alumni, is co-hosted by the…



Penn Science Cafe; Regina Baker, Assistant Professor, Penn Sociology

Poverty in the American South
Mar 13, 2018 at -

As a sociologist, Regina Baker studies inequality, social stratification, and families, particularly in the U.S. South. Although poverty and uneven development exist everywhere, this part of the…



Education & Inequality Works-in-Progress Meeting

Natalie Young; CIES practice talk: "Getting the Teacher’s Attention: Socioeconomic Differences in Parent-Teacher Contact in China and Implications for Students’ Experiences in the Classroom"
Mar 13, 2018 at -



PSC Colloquium Series: Kelly Musick, Professor, Cornell University

TBA
Mar 12, 2018 at -



Penn Sociology Colloquium Series: Xi Song, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago

Colloquium
Intergenerational Mobility of Life Course Income Trajectories
Feb 28, 2018 at -



PSC Colloquium Series: Luca Pesando,van de Walle Prize Winner, University of Pennsylvania

Beyond Attendance: Gendered Impacts of a Cash Transfer for Education and the Unpaid Care Burden in Rural Morocco
Feb 26, 2018 at -



Issues in Contemporary East Asia Colloquium Series: Bin Xu, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Emory University

The Politics of Compassion: The Sichuan Earthquake and Civic Engagement in China
Feb 22, 2018 at -

Bin Xu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Emory University. Bin Xu’s research interests lie at the intersection of politics and culture. His book The Politics of Compassion:…