Events Category
David A. Snow, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, University of California, Irvine Distinguished Social Change & Social Movement Scholar Lecture Series Friday, November 6, 2015 – 3:30 P.M. Kissam Center – Kissam Multipurpose Room (C210)
Nov. 6, 2015—Talk Title: “Bringing the Study of Religion and Social Movements Together: Toward an Analytically Productive Intersection”
Sandra L. Barnes, Professor, Department of Human and Organizational Development and the Divinity School Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology Colloquium Series Friday, October 30, 2015 – 12:00 p.m. Garland Hall 209
Oct. 31, 2015—Talk Title: “Growing Away from God: Youth Education, Socialization, and Maturation in the Contemporary Black Church”
Jennifer Heerwig, Assistant Professor of Sociology, State University of New York at Stony and Josh Murray, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Vanderbilt University Colloquium Series Friday, October 23, 2015 – 3:30 P.M. Garland Hall 209
Oct. 24, 2015—Talk Title: “The Partisanship and Ideology of the American Corporate Inner Circle: Evidence from Political Donations 1982-2000”
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
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
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....
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
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.
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...