Four Penn Sociology Graduate Students to Participate in 2019 Grad Ben Talks

Four Penn Sociology graduate students were selected as a finalist in the Social Sciences division for the 2019 Grad Ben Talks. The following students will be presenting next Friday, February 22, 2019 at Amado Recital Hall, Irvine Auditorium (3401 Spruce Street) from 1:30PM - 2:15PM:

Yun Cha, talk title: Who Do Graduate Degree Holders Marry? How the Separation of Advanced Degrees Affects Our Understanding of Trends in Educational Homogamy

João Victor Nery Fiocchi Rodrigues, talk title: Slavery, State Formation, and Citizenship: A Comparative Historical Analysis of the United States and Brazil

Angela Simms, talk title: The Continuing Significance of Race: Suburban Black Middle Class Disadvantage in Metropolitan-Area Political Economies

Haley Pilgrim, who won the Audience Choice and Social Science Award at the 2017 Grad Ben Talks, will be a judge for this year's Humanities Panel.