Theory Workshop
Now in its 20th 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 from 11:30-12:45 W113 SSH (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 (2009-2010)
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Presenter |
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| Sept. 25, 2009 | David Bills College of Education University of Iowa |
"Varieties of Credentialism: Educational Credentials and Occupational Assignment across Time and Space" |
| Oct. 9, 2009 | Fredric D. Wolinsky College of Public Health University of Iowa |
"The Iowa Healthy and Active Minds Study" |
| Oct. 16, 2009 |
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| Oct. 30, 2009 | Maria Kraimer College of Business University of Iowa |
"No Place Like Home? An Identity Distress Perspective on Repatriate Turnover" |
| Nov. 6, 2009 | Vernon Woodley Sociology University of Iowa |
"A Culture of Consensus: Women and Men of Investment Operations" |
| Nov. 13, 2009 | Tom Rice Political Science University of Iowa |
"Looking for Rational Voting in all the Wrong Places" |
| Nov. 20, 2009 | ||
| Dec. 4, 2009 | Fabio Rojas Indiana Univeristy and Robert Wood Johnson Scholar |
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| Dec. 11, 2009 | Kevin Leicht, Michael Lovaglia, Shane Soboroff Sociology University of Iowa |
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| Feb. 5, 2010 | Michael Haedicke Drake University |
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Feb. 19, 2010 4:00 p.m. |
Tim Kasser Knox College |
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| Mar. 5, 2010 | Vershawn Young Rhetoric University of Iowa |
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| Mar. 26, 2010 | Jason Clark Psychology University of Iowa |
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| Apr. 9, 2010 | Amy Butler School of Social Work University of Iowa |
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| Apr. 16, 2010 | Paul Croll Augustana College |
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| Apr. 30, 2010 | Vicki Hunter Minnesota State Universty - Mankato |
Workshop Presenters (2008-2009)
| Date |
Presenter |
Title |
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| May 1 , 2009 | Celesta Albonetti University of Iowa |
"Departures from the Federal Sentencing Guidelines: Post-Koon v. U.S. Appellate Decisions as Legal Environment" |
| April 24 , 2009 | Jenifer Bratter Rice University |
"Is Racial Discrimination an Equal Opportunity Health Risk? Health Status amoung Black and White Adults" |
| April 17 , 2009 | Brayden King Northwestern University |
"Creating Content for Organizational Form: Differentiation and Consolidation of Identities among Arizona's Charter Schools" |
| April 10 , 2009 | Scott Fitzgerald, Robert & Clarissa Rees 2009 Alumni Lecturer University of North Carolina, Charlotte |
"Evangelicals, Frame Alignment, and Public Opinion: President Bush's 'Faith-Based Initiatives'" |
| Mar. 27, 2009 | Anthony Paik University of Iowa |
"The Contexts of Sexual Involvement: Implications for Concurrency and Relationship Quality" |
| Feb. 27, 2009 | Grace Kao University of Pennsylvania |
"Assessing the Private Safety Net: Social Support among Minority Immigrant Parents" |
| Feb. 13, 2009 | Steve Hitlin Mark Salisbury University of Iowa |
"The Social Dewvelopment of Moral Reasoning" |
| Feb. 6, 2009 | Vernon Woodley University of Iowa |
"Correlates and Consequences of Adolescent Sexual Motives" |
| Jan. 30, 2009 | stef shuster University of Iowa |
"Cultivating Competency in Cultural Diversity Workshops" |
| Jan. 23, 2009 | Barry Markovsky University of South Carolina |
"Bridging Disciplines and Solving Problems with Modular Theories" |
| Nov. 13, 2008 | Molly Martin Pennsylvania State University |
"Seeing the Social Dimensions of Family Background by Incorporating Genetic Ties: An Examination of the Intergenerational Correlation in Weight" |
| Oct. 23, 2008 | Donna Lancianese University of Iowa |
"Influences on Adolescent Sexual Responsibility: Parents, Peers and the Self" |
| Oct. 16, 2008 | Anthony Paik University of Iowa |
"Dating, Mating, and Union Information: The Importance of Sexual Involvement for Sexual Unions" |
| Oct. 9, 2008 | Freda Lynn University of Iowa |
"A Sociological (de) Construction of Status" |
| Sept. 25, 2008 | Paul Sturgis University of Iowa |
"Faith Behind Bars: The Social Ecology of Religion and Deviance in the Penitentiary" |
| Sept. 18, 2008 | Jennifer Glanville University of Iowa |
"Understanding Community Response to a Natural Disaster" |
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? |
