Theory Workshop
Having begun in 1990, 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 Madison Bell, Graduate Project Assistant, W140 Seashore Hall, (319) 335-2502, e-mail madison-bell@uiowa.edu.
Workshop Presenters (2011-2012)
Date |
Presenter |
Title |
| Feb. 17, 2012 |
Ken Sanchagrin (and Tony Paik)
Sociology University of Iowa |
“Social Isolation: An Artifact” |
Feb. 10, |
stef shuster
Sociology University of Iowa |
"Bifurcating Narratives, Contested Meaning: A Historiography of Psychological Research on Transgender People" |
| Feb. 3, 2012 | Xavier Escandell University of Northern Iowa & Pau Marí-Klose Spanish National Research Council and University of Chicago |
“Is working-class solidarity declining in multi-ethnic contexts? Welfare policy orientations and the interplay of employment security and the ethnic composition of the workforce" |
| Nov. 4, 2011 | Tony Paik University of Iowa |
“Broken Promises: Virginity Pledges, Pledge Breach, and Health” |
| Oct. 26, 2011 WED @ 3:30 p.m. |
Jeylan Mortimer Sociology University of Minnesota |
"Agentic Pathways toward Fulfillment in Work" |
| Oct. 19, 2011 WED @ 4 p.m. PBB C107 |
Christian Smith Sociology Notre Dame |
“What is a Person? Rethinking Humanity, Social Life,
and the Moral Good from the Person Up”
|
| Oct. 14, 2011 | Celeste Campos Sociology University of Iowa |
"Relative Status, Roles, and Trust in Task Groups Focused on a Single Group Member: The Case of the Medical Encounter" |
| Oct. 7 , 2011 | Paul Sturgis Sociology University of Iowa |
“Religiosity and Deviance: An Examination of the Moral Community and Antiasceticism Hypotheses among U.S. Adults” |
| Sept. 30, 2011 | Jennifer Glanville Sociology University of Iowa |
“Trust and Generosity: A Person-by-Situation Experiment.” |
| Sept. 23, 2011 | Indira Ramarao Sociology/Women's Studies University of Mysore, India |
"Engendering Indian Democracy: Experiences of Bringing Women into Politics" |
Workshop Presenters (2010-2011)
|
Date
|
Presenter |
Title |
| May 6, 2011 | Robert & Clarissa Rees Alumni Lecture: Robb Willer Sociology University of California-Berkeley
|
"Overdoing Gender: A Test of the Masculine Overcompensation Thesis" |
| Apr. 29, 2011 | Celeste Campos-Castillo
Sociology University of Iowa | "Trust in Patient-Provider Dyads Discordant on Gender and Race: A Test of Two Social Psychological Theories" |
| Apr. 15, 2011 | Wendy Roth
Sociology University of British Columbia | "'Not Everybody Knows that I'm Actually Black': The Effects of DNA Ancestry Testing on Racial and Ethnic Boundaries" |
| Apr. 8, 2011 | David Harding Sociology University of Michigan |
"Rethinking the Cultural Context of Disadvantaged Neighborhoods" |
| Mar. 25, 2011 | Vernon Woodley
Sociology University of Iowa | "The Structure of Religious Environmentalism: Movement Organizations, Interorganizational Networks, and Collective Action" |
| Mar. 4 , 2011 | Tom Diprete
Sociology University of Wisconsin |
"Do Family and School Resources Affect the Gender Gap in Educational Achievement?" |
| Feb. 25, 2011 | Margaret Gough Sociology University of Michigan |
"Re-imagining the Motherhood Penalty: The Role of Birth Spacing" |
| Feb. 18, 2011 | Lioness Ayres College of Nursing University of Iowa |
"You may say to yourself, 'How did I get here?' Transition to Adulthood and Physical Disability" |
| Feb. 11, 2011 | Keli Steuber Communications University of Iowa |
"The Impact of Dyadic and Social Network Communication on Relational Quality: Examining the Cohabitation Effect." |
| Feb. 4, 2011 | Parang Kim and Mary Campbell Sociology University of Iowa |
"Are South Asians 'Asian American'? Rethinking Analytical Racial Categories for South Asians" |
| Jan. 28, 2011 | Mary Noonan Sociology University of Iowa |
"Is There a Motherhood Penalty Among Women Lawyers?" |
| Jan. 21, 2011 | Chad McPherson Sociology University of Iowa |
"Tools of the Institutional Trade: Micro-Negotiation of Logics in Drug Court" |
| Nov. 12, 2010 | Kevin Pinkston Sociology University of Iowa |
"How to Increase Social Capital: Examining Trust and Cohesion in Black Americans" |
| Nov. 5, 2010 | Emily Wentzell |
"Viagra, HPV Surveillance, and Gendered Selfhood in Mexico" |
| Oct. 29, 2010 | Rengin Firat University of Iowa |
"Moral Boundaries and Racial Prejudice: Exploring the neural correlates of affective racial prejudice" |
| Oct. 15, 2010 | Meenakshi Gigi Durham Journalism/Mass Communication University of Iowa |
"Frankenbabes in Gagaland: How sex and desire are written on the body" |
| Oct. 8, 2010 | Brian An College of Education University of Iowa |
"Effects of School Segregation and School Resources in an Era of Unitary Status" |
| Oct. 1, 2010 | Robert Baller Sociology University of Iowa |
“Resource Deprivation, Externalization of Blame, and Violence” |
| Sept. 24, 2010 | Matt Andersson Sociology University of Iowa |
"The Culture of Significant Others" |
| Sept. 17, 2010 | Erika Townsend-Bell University of Iowa |
"Range and Moments: Towards a Specification of Intersectional Praxis" |
| Sept. 10, 2010 | Freda Lynn Sociology University of Iowa |
"Audience Matters: Preferential Attachment and Citation Accumulation in Six Disciplines" |
Workshop Presenters (2009-2010)
| Date |
Presenter | Title |
|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2010 | David Biagas Sociology University of Iowa |
"Educational Commitment: The Immigrant Advantage" |
| Apr. 30, 2010 | Vicki Hunter Minnesota State University- Mankato |
"Identity Work in Women's Reentry Experiences" |
| Apr. 16, 2010 | Paul Croll Augustana College |
"Rethinking the Nature of Whiteness: How do Americans Explain Racial Inequality?" |
| Apr. 9, 2010 | Amy Butler School of Social Work University of Iowa |
"Poverty and Adolescent Depression" |
| Mar. 26, 2010 | Jason Clark Psychology University of Iowa |
"The Validating Role of Stereotypes" |
| Mar. 12, 2010 | Brandon Kramer Political Science/Sociology University of Iowa Khirin Carter Sociology, University of Iowa
Matt Boswell Sociology, University of Iowa |
"Polychronic Technology Use: Inter- and Intra-generational Multitasking in Diverse Groups" "The Black/White Gap in the Influence of Parental Education on Academic Achievement: Evaluating the Roles of Neighborhood Disadvantage and Social Capital" "Democracy and Punishment in the American States: A Time-Series Cross-Sectional Analysis of Voting and Imprisonment" |
| Mar. 5, 2010 | Vershawn Young Rhetoric University of Iowa |
"Citizenship, The New Equality, and the Black Middle Class" |
| Feb. 26, 2010 | Michael Sauder Sociology University of Iowa |
"Football: Field Formation and Status Production in U.S. Higher Education" |
Feb. 19, 2010 4:00 p.m. |
Tim Kasser Knox College |
"Capitalism, Values, and Quality of Life: An Empirical Psychological Approach" |
| Feb. 5, 2010 | Michael Haedicke Drake University |
"Justifying the Market: Moral Boundary Work in the Organic Foods Industry" |
| Dec. 4, 2009 | Fabio Rojas Indiana University and Robert Wood Johnson Scholar |
"How to Use Graph Theory to Study Your Social Science Sequence Data" |
| Nov. 13, 2009 | Tom Rice Political Science University of Iowa |
"Looking for Rational Voting in all the Wrong Places" |
| Nov. 6, 2009 | Vernon Woodley Sociology University of Iowa |
"A Culture of Consensus: Women and Men of Investment Operations" |
| Oct. 30, 2009 | Maria Kraimer College of Business University of Iowa |
"No Place Like Home? An Identity Distress Perspective on Repatriate Turnover" |
| Oct. 9, 2009 | Fredric D. Wolinsky College of Public Health University of Iowa |
"The Iowa Healthy and Active Minds Study" |
| Sept. 25, 2009 | David Bills College of Education University of Iowa |
"Varieties of Credentials: Educational Credentials and Occupational Assignment Across Time and Space" |
Workshop Presenters (2008-2009)
| Date |
Presenter |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 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)
|
Date
|
Presenter
|
Title
|
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|
| 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? |
