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Kate Pride Brown, PhDVanderbilt Department of Sociology Colloquium Wednesday, September 23, 2015 -3:30pm

Sep. 24, 2015—Speaker: Kate Pride Brown, PhD Talk Title: “A Tale of Two Lakes: Transnational Activism and Perceived Possibility” Talk Date: September 23, 2015 Talk Location: Garland Hall 209  

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Arne L. Kalleberg, Kenan Distinguished Professor of Sociology University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ColloquiumFriday, September 18th, 2015- 12:00 pm Garland Hall 209

Sep. 18, 2015—Speaker: Arne L. Kalleberg, Kenan Distinguished Professor of Sociology University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Talk date: Friday, September 18th, 2015-12:00 pm Talk title: “Precarious Lives: Insecurity, Exclusion and Well-Being in Post-Industrial Societies” Talk location: Garland Hall 209

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Sociology Celebrates Professor Jay Turner’s Retirement, April 2015.

May. 15, 2015—Over a career spanning five decades, Professor Jay Turner investigated the relationship between stress and health status, and contingencies in that relationship related to psychological and social resources. He is well-known for his pioneering work in developing social stress inventories and in leading epidemiological studies of mental health and illness, and alcohol and drug-related problems....

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Joseph B. Richardson, Jr., Associate Professor of African-American Studies, University of Maryland Colloquium Friday, April 3, 2015- 3:15 pm Garland Hall 301F

Apr. 3, 2015—Speaker: Joseph B. Richardson, Jr. Associate Professor of African-American Studies at University of Maryland Talk Title: I’m on Papers: Analyzing the Intersection of Criminal Justice Supervision and Synthetic Cannabinoid Use among Violently Injured Young Black Men Talk Date: Friday, April 3, 2015, 3:15 pm Talk Location: Garland Hall 301F        

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G. William Domhoff, Research Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz Colloquium Wednesday, February 25, 2015 -12:00pm

Feb. 25, 2015—Speaker: G. William Domhoff, Research Professor University of California, Santa Cruz Talk date: February 25th, 2015, 12:00 pm Talk title:”The Social Security Act vs. The National Labor Relations Act: Class, Power, and the Nature of Corporate Elite Influence in Policy-making” Talk location: Sarratt 189.

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Professor Nikolas Rose of the Department of Social Science, Health and Medicine, King's College London Colloquium Wednesday, February 18, 2015-4 pm, Stevenson Hall 4309

Feb. 19, 2015—Contested Global Biopsychiatry: Establishing an International Partnership For Critical and Constructive Global Mental Health. Lectures and a workshop featuring Professor Nikolas Rose and other scholars from February 18-20, 2015. Funded with support from the Vanderbilt International Office and aResearch Scholars Lecture Series grant. Participants include Aimi Hamraie,  Alex Cohen,  Bahr Weiss,  Caroline Audet,  Dominique Behague,  Emily Nacol,  Eugene...

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