Theory Workshop
Now in its 18th year, the Theory Workshop provides a forum for discussing theoretical aspects of cutting-edge research in the social sciences. The workshop, which is designed to promote wide-ranging, engaging, and enjoyable discussions between authors and participants, features invited speakers from universities around the world intermixed with presentations of work in progress by Iowa’s own faculty and graduate students. It meets on Fridays at 11:45 (unless noted otherwise). If you would like to receive announcements concerning upcoming events, please contact Joyce Craig, Secretary, W140 Seashore Hall, telephone (319) 335-2502, e-mail joyce-e-craig@uiowa.edu, and she will add you to the workshop’s e-mail list.
Workshop Presenters (2007-2008)
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Date
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Presenter
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Title
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|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2008 | Christine Whelan & Christie Boxer University of Iowa |
"Mate Preferences Surveys: Does Outdated Language Skew our Results?" |
May 2, 2008 2:00-3:00 PM |
Allen C. Bluedorn University of Missouri |
"Time, Sociology, and the Temporal Imagination" |
| April 25, 2008 | Noga Admon University of Iowa |
"Gender, Race and Labor Market Returns to Education" |
| April 18, 2008 | Annette Lareau University of Maryland |
"Social Class, Schools, and Parents' Efforts to Transmit Advantage: A Paradoxical Picture (Preliminary Notes from the Field)" |
| April 11, 2008 | Glen Elder University of North Carolina |
"The Greatest Generation: Perspectives on History and Lives" (CANCELED) |
| Feb. 29, 2008 | Gary Alan Fine Northwestern University |
"Memory and Sacrifice: An Embodied Theory of Martyrdom" |
| Feb. 15, 2008 | Ryon Lancaster University of Chicago |
"From Custom to Rule: The Mechanisms of Authority in the Medieval English Church" |
| Jan. 25, 2008 | Jerry Jacobs University of Pennsylvania |
"Gender Segregation, Careers and Marriage: New Evidence and New Insights" |
| Dec. 14, 2007 | Melissa Hermann Dartmouth College |
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| Nov. 9, 2007 | Mark Schultz University of Iowa |
"The Collateral Consequences of High Arrest Rates on Informal Social Control: An Analysis of Baltimore Communities" |
| Oct. 26, 2007 | Tina Wildhagen University of Iowa |
"Assessing the 'Acting White' Explanation for Academic Achievement Gaps between African American and White High School Students" |
| Oct. 12, 2007 | Kevin Leicht University of Iowa |
"Broken Down by Race and Gender: Sociological Explanations of New Sources of Earnings Inequality" |
| Oct. 8, 2007 | Randall Collins University of Pennsylvania |
"Violence: A Micro-sociological Theory" |
| Sept. 28, 2007 | Tony Paik University of Iowa |
"Symbols as Signals: Courtship Rituals and Adolescent Dating" |
| Sept. 7, 2007 | Christine Whelan University of Iowa |
"Assortative Mating: Do Smart Men Marry Smart Women? |
