Past Events

Department of Sociology

2025 Sociology Undergraduate Convocation

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VKW Ballroom in Memorial Hall
Dr. Wade

Colloquium Speaker - Dr. Lisa Wade / Tulane University

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Miller Learning Center 214
Dr. Liao

Speaker - Dr. Tim Liao / University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

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Pinnacle Room/Baldwin Hall 480
abstract

Book Presentation: Dr. Diana Graizbord

Diana Graizbord (University of Georgia)
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Miller Learning Center 214
Dr. Davis

Speaker - Dr. Jenny Davis / Vanderbilt University

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Miller Learning Center 350
Dr. Rogers

Speaker - Dr. Meghan Rogers / University of Iowa

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Miller Learning Center 350
Dr. Sobering

Dr. Katherine Sobering (Sociology & Women's Studies, University of North Texas)

Dr. Katherine Sobering, Sociology & Women's Studies (University of North Texas)
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Miller Learning Center 214
Chelsey Adams

JOB TALK: “Black-White Differences in Wealth, Health, and Healthcare Access in the Rural South”

Chelsey Adams (University of Georgia)
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Baldwin 264
Krysten Long

JOB TALK: “Color Coded: Caricatures, Myths, Tropes, and Differentiations in Stereotypes of Black Women Based on Skin Tone in the United States.”

Krysten Long (University of Georgia)
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Baldwin 264
Tenshi Kawashima

JOB TALK: "The Role of Work Identity in Distributive Justice Processes."

Tenshi Kawashima (University of Georgia)
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Baldwin 264
Kylie Smith

JOB TALK: “Gaming, Masculinities, and Identity Threat.”

Kylie M. Smith (University of Georgia)
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Baldwin 264
Makeiva Jenkins

JOB TALK: “Creating Counternarratives: Single Stay-at-Home Mothers (SAHMs), Entrepreneurship, and Challenging Cultural Understandings.”

Makeiva Jenkins (University of Georgia)
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Baldwin 264
Dr. CJ Pascoe

“Nice is Not Enough: Youth, Inequality and Schooling”

CJ Pascoe, Sociology (University of Oregon)
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Miller Learning Center, Room 348
Cecilia Ridgeway

“STATUS: Why Is It Everywhere? Why Does It Matter?”

Cecilia Ridgeway, Sociology (Stanford University)
Miller Learning Center, Room 348
Dr. Reuben Miller

Susette M. Talarico Lecture

Dr. Reuben Miller, Sociology (University of Chicago)
Memorial Hall Ballroom
Parthiban Muniandy

"Myths of the Pendatang: Politics of Refugees and Temporariness in the Global South"

Parthiban Muniandy, Sociology (Sarah Lawrence College)
Miller Learning Center, Room 348
Christopher Wildeman

“How Much Does Having a Family Member Incarcerated Cost”

Christopher Wildeman, Sociology (Duke University)
Miller Learning Center, Room 348
Kirsten Vinyeta

“Little Science, Lots of Advertising: How the U.S. Forest Service Suppressed Cultural Burning”

Kirsten Vinyeta, Sociology (Utah State University)
Miller Learning Center, Room 348
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Special Speaker Event!

Alyssa Brown (University of Georgia)
Miller Learning Center, Room 214
Sarah Groh

Job Talk: Health Care Access and Health Behaviors for Lesbian Women

Sarah M. Groh (University of Georgia)
Miller Learning Center, Room 214
Dr. Taura Taylor

Sociology of Entrepreneurship and Cooperative Enterprise: When the Adventure Finds You

Miller Learning Center, Room 214
Amairini Sanchez

Disentangling the Crimmigration Structure: The Role of System Hybridity in Criminal Justice Punishment

Amairini Sanchez (University of Georgia)
MLC 214
Barbara Combs

BOP Theory Lecture and Q&A with Dr. Barbara Combs

MLC 214
Cerenity E Collins

Parallel Identity Processes, Social Networks, and Mixed Emotions Colloquium

Cerenity E Collins (University of Georgia)
MLC 214

Below Baldwin- Film Screening and Discussion

MLC 214
Dr. Jasmin Siri

"The rise of right-wing-populism in Europe: Insights from party research and political sociology"

Dr. Jasmin Siri, PHD, Postdoc (LMU Munich, Germany)
Baldwin Hall- Pinnacle Room- rm 480
Dr. Acosta

Everyone Thinks We Look Alike: Seeking Recognition in LGBTQ-Parented Stepfamilies

Dr. Katie L. Acosta, PhD, Sociology (Georgia State University)
MLC 213
Dr. Malissa Alinor

Just a Race Hire? The Effects of Competency Microaggressions on Workplace Behaviors and Emotion

Malissa Alinor (University of Georgia)
Malissa Alinor (University of Georgia) Dr. Malissa Alinor, Stanford VMware Women’s Leadership and Innovation Lab (Stanford University)
MLC 213
Dr. Huang

Active Learning Workshop for Graduate Students

Dr. Ching-Yu Huang, Center for Teaching and Learning (University of Georgia)
MLC 213
Dr. Veronica Newton

"THE RACIAL AND GENDERED DYNAMICS OF POWER ON CAMPUS: BLACK WOMEN CREATING COUNTER-SPACES AS RESISTANCE"

Dr. Veronica Newton, Sociology (Georgia State University)
MLC 213
Dr. Amit Prasad

What is Anti-Science? Science, Scientists, and COVID-19 Misinformation and Conspiracies

Dr. Amit Prasad, School of History and Sociology (Georgia Institute of Technology)
MLC 214
Dr. Jaclyn Wong

"EQUAL PARTNERS? HOW DUAL PROFESSIONAL COUPLES MAKE CAREER, RELATIONSHIP, AND FAMILY DECISIONS"

Dr. Jaclyn Wong, Sociology (University of South Carolina)
MLC 213
Dr. Dawn Robinson

Grant Writing Workshop

Dawn T Robinson (University of Georgia)
Dawn T Robinson (University of Georgia) Dr. Dawn Robinson, Sociology (University of Georgia)
MLC 213
Dr. Ann Morning

Reckoning with Race: Fluidity, Invention, and 'Reality'

Dr. Ann Morning, Sociology (New York University)
MLC 213
Dr. Lynn Chin

“You Can’t Always Test What You Want: But if you try…you test what you need”

Dr. Lynn Chin, Sociology (Washington and Lee University)
MLC 213
Marcos Perez

“Proletarian Lives: Ideas, Routines, and Activism in a Poor People’s Movement”

Dr. Marcos Pérez, (Washington and Lee University)
MLC 213
Dan Boches

“Vertical Direction and the Social Control of Medical Mistakes”

Daniel J. Boches (University of Georgia)
Daniel J. Boches (University of Georgia) Dan Boches, Sociology (University of Georgia)
MLC 213
Teaching Workshop

"Incorporating Inclusion, Diverse Perspectives, and Advancing Equity in the Classroom"

Dr. Ruth Poproski, UGA Center for Teaching and Learning (University of Georgia)
MLC 213
Dr. Jun Zhao

“Assessing the Spillover Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Intergroup Relations”

Dr. Jun Zhao, Sociology (Georgia State University)
MLC 213
Below Baldwin

"Below Baldwin: Viewing and Discussion"

Imani Scott Blackwell,
MLC 213
Nikki Khanna

"Fair and Lovely: Colorism and Asian American Women"

Nikki Khanna, Assistant Professor of Sociology (University of Vermont)
via Zoom
Hillary

"The Greening Imaginary: Urbanized Nature from Garden Cities to Climate Justice"

Hillary Angelo, Associate Professor of Sociology (University of California, Santa Cruz)
via Zoom
Paul E. Bellair

"Meanings of Employment in the Lives of the Formerly Incarcerated"

Paul E. Bellair, Professor of Sociology and Director of Criminal Justice Research Center (The Ohio State University)
MLC 250
Sabrina Strings

"Fatphobia as Misogynoir: Gender, Race, and Weight Stigma"

Sabrina Strings, Associate Professor of Sociology (University of California, Irvine)
via Zoom
Julian Go

"Militarizing the Police: Empire and the Global Color Line"

Julian Go, Professor of Sociology (University of Chicago)
via Zoom
Craig M. Rawlings

"The Polarization of American Popular Culture: Scope and Mechanisms"

Craig M. Rawlings, Assistant Professor of Sociology (Duke University)
Pinnacle Room, Baldwin Hall
Ashley Crooks-Allen

"Mestizaje Undone: A Qualitative Social Media Analysis of Afro-Latinx Identity & Social Movements"

Ashley Crooks-Allen (University of Georgia)
Ashley Crooks-Allen (University of Georgia) Ashley Crooks-Allen, Sociology (University of Georgia)
Online via Zoom
Dr. Leslie Kay Jones

"Twitter Discourse and the New Digital Newsroom"

Leslie Kay Jones, Sociology (Rutgers University-New Brunswick)
Online via Zoom
Megan Steele

"A Test of Competing Pathways to Young Adulthood Violence"

Megan Steele (University of Georgia)
Online via Zoom
Elisa Bienenstock

"Presentation of Soc in the Wider World"

Elisa Bienenstock, (Arizona State University)
Online via Zoom
Below Baldwin

"Discussion: Below Baldwin - A Student Documentary"

Sarah Shannon and Vanessa Gonlin, Sociology (University of Georgia)
Online via Zoom
Bianca Manago

"Behavioral Experiments in the Online Setting and Studying Gender as a Status Characteristic"

Bianca Manago, Sociology (Vanderbilt University)
Online via Zoom
Derek Silva Photo

“The End of College Football: On Harm and Exploitation in Big-Time College Sports.”

Derek Silva, Assistant Professor of Criminology in Department of Sociology (King’s University College at Western University)
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Patricia A. Banks

“Diversity Capital: Race and Corporate Support for the Arts.”

Patricia A. Banks, Co-Editor-in-Chief of Poetics and Professor of Sociology (Mount Holyoke College)
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David Nugent Photo

“The Encrypted State: Delusion and Displacement in the Peruvian Andes.”

David Nugent, Professor of Anthropology, (Emory University)
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Dawn Paley Photo

“Drug War Capitalism, Disappearance & Community Resistance to Violence in Mexico.”

Dawn Paley, Journalist/Sociology Ph.D. (University of Puebla)
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Mathieu Deflem Photo

“Celebrity Culture During COVID-19: A Sociological Framework for Pandemic Times..”

Mathieu Deflem, Professor of Sociology (University of South Carolina)
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Sarah Brayne Photo

“Predict and Surveil: Data, Discretion, and the Future of Policing.”

Sarah Brayne, Assistant Professor of Sociology (University of Texas at Austin)
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Rayshawn Ray

Bad Apples Come From Rotten Trees in Policing: Pursuing Racial Equity in Policing

Zoom and Facebook live
Lina Britto photo

“Marijuana Boom, The Rise and Fall of Colombia's First Drug Paradise.”

Lina Britto, Department of History (Northwestern University)
via Zoom
Malissa Alinor photo

“How Black and Asian Americans React to and Cope with the Stress of Racial Discrimination.”

Malissa Alinor (University of Georgia)
Malissa Alinor (University of Georgia) Malissa Alinor, Department of Sociology (University of Georgia)
via Zoom
Justin Lavner Photo

“Understanding What Happens After “I Do”: Lessons from Longitudinal Research on Newlywed Marriage.”

Justin Lavner, Department of Psychology (University of Georgia)
via Zoom
Arialle Crabtree photo

“Cooperation Over Cooptation in the Campus Anti-Violence Movement.”

Arialle Crabtree (University of Georgia)
Arialle Crabtree (University of Georgia) Arialle Crabtree, Department of Sociology (University of Georgia)
via Zoom
Bin Xu photo

“The Politics of Compassion: The Sichuan Earthquake and Civic Engagement in China”

Bin Xu , Assistant Professor of Sociology, (Emory University)
MLC 214
Rory McVeigh photo

“The Politics of Losing: Trump, the Klan, and the Mainstreaming of Resentment”

Rory McVeigh , Professor of Sociology (University of Notre Dame )
MLC 214
André Brock photo

“Doubly Conscious: Black Cybercultures”

André Brock , Associate Professor of Media Studies (Georgia Institute of Technology)
MLC 214
James Igoe Walsh photo

“Stress, Growth, and Emotion: The Role of Group Membership”

James Igoe Walsh , Professor of Political Science (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
MLC 214

“Meaningful Discord: Emotion Signals and Relational Identities”

Chelsea Rae Kelly (University of Georgia)
MLC 214
Ashley Harrell photo

Title Forthcoming

Ashley Harrell, Organizational Studies (University of Michigan)
MLC 213
Megan Turnbull photo

When Do Armed Groups Refuse to Carry out Electoral Violence?”

Megan Turnbull, International Affairs (University of Georgia)
MLC 213
Michael Ramirez photo

“Talk About the Passion: The Pathways and Challenges of Crafting Careers in a College Music Town”

Michael Ramirez, Sociology (Texas A&M University)
MLC 213
Timothy Edgeman photo

“Mental Health and Punishment: Exploring How Contact with the Criminal Justice System Impacts Mental Health”

Timothy G. Edgemon (University of Georgia)
MLC 213
Rebecca Hanson photo

“Book Presentation: Harassed: Gender, Bodies, and Ethnographic Research”

Patricia Richards (University of Georgia)
Patricia Richards (University of Georgia) Rebecca Hanson, Sociology (University of Florida)
MLC 213
Caitlyn Collins photo

“Making Motherhood Work: How Women Manage Careers and Caregiving”

Caitlyn Collins, Sociology (Washington State University - St. Louis)
MLC 213
Michael Jeffries photo

“Behind the Laughs: Community and Inequality in Comedy”

Michael Jeffries, American Studies (Wellesley College)
MLC 213
Eric Klopack photo

“Understanding the Health Consequences of Antisocial Lifestyle: Accelerated Aging and Inflammation”

Eric T. Klopack (University of Georgia)
MLC 213
David Avent-Holt photo

“Relational Inequalities: An Organizational Approach”

Dustin Avent-Holt, Sociology (Augusta University)
MLC 213
Trent D. Mize photo

“The Causes and Consequences of Masculinity and Femininity Perceptions in the Hiring Process”

Trent D. Mize, Sociology (Purdue University)
MLC 213
Lori Pompa photo

“Learning — and Making Change — from the Inside-Out”

Lori Pompa, (Director of the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program)
Baldwin Hall Pinnacle Room
Derek Kreagers photo

"Gendered Prisoner Societies: Structure and Status in Male and Female Prison Units”

Derek Kreager, Sociology and Criminology (Pennsylvania State University)
MLC 214
Meei-ying Kao's photo

“Climbing the power ladder of general hospitals: The case of Taiwan”

Meei-ying Kao, Sociology (Taipei Medical University, Taiwan)
MLC 214

“Why are there still headhunters (and what can they tell us about the labor market)?”

James E. Coverdill (University of Georgia), William Finlay (University of Georgia)
MLC 250
Jennifer Carlson's Photo

“The Police Man’s Burden: Racialized Masculinities and the Politics of Legitimate Violence”

Jennifer Carlson, Sociology (The University of Arizona)
MLC 348
Sharyn Potter photo

“The Human Capital Costs Attributed to Campus Sexual Assault”

Sharyn Potter, Sociology and Women’s Studies (University of New Hampshire)
MLC 214
Eduardo Moncada's Photo

“The Politics of Resistance to Criminal Violence in Latin America”

Eduardo Moncada, Political Sciences (Barnard College)
MLC 214
Chyi-in Wu Photo

Title Forthcoming

Chyi-in Wu, Deputy Director and Research Fellow (Academic Sinica, Taipei, Taiwán)
MLC 214
Deena Isom Photo

"Entitlement, Anger, and Discrimination: An Examination of White America"

Deena Isom, Criminology and Criminal Justice (University of South Carolina)
MLC 214

“Journalism After Trump”

Ronald Jacobs, Sociology (University at Albany, SUNY)
MLC 214

“The Inequality of Social Capital for Young Adults of College Graduates: The Impacts of Social Skills in Earlier Period.”

Ray-May Hsung, Distinguished Professor National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan (Visiting Professor, Columbia University, New York)
MLC 214
Susan Ellison photo

“Violence on Loan: Domesticating Conflict in Bolivia”

Susan Ellison, Assistant Professor of Anthropology (Wellesley College)
MLC 214
Dr. Mary Caplan

“Qualitative Inquiry Using Reddit”

Dr. Mary Caplan, School of Social Work (University of Georgia)
MLC 214
Alex Bankert photo

“Let’s Talk About Sex(ism) – The Differential Effects of Gender Discrimination on Liberal and Conservative Women’s Political Engagement”

Alexa Bankert, Assistant Professor of Political Science (University of Georgia)
MLC 214
Sarah Mosseri photo

“The Processes and Politics of Trust at Work”

Sarah Mosseri, PhD Candidate in Sociology (University of Virginia)
MLC 214
Yan Jin photo

“Examining Influences and Message Effects in Social- Mediated Crisis Communication”

Yan Jin, Professor of Public Relations (University of Georgia)
MLC 214
Abby Kinchy photo

“Absence of Evidence, Evidence of Absence: Conceptualizing Ignorance in Environmental Controversies”

Abby Kinchy, Associate Professor of Science and Technology Studies (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
MLC 214
Adia Harvey Wingfield photo

“Professional Work in a ‘Post-Racial’ Era: Black Health Care Workers in the New Economy”

Adia Harvey Wingfield, Professor of Sociology (Washington University in St. Louis)
MLC 214
Dr. Kimberly Kay Hoang

Risky Investments: How Local and Foreign Investors Finesse Corruption-Rife Emerging Markets

Dr. Kimberly Kay Hoang, Department of Sociology (University of Chicago)
MLC 214
Malissa Alinor

“Pull up your Pants’: Testing the Relationship between Attire and Perceived Threat”

Malissa Alinor (University of Georgia)
MLC 214
Weihua An

“A Network Study on Informant Accuracy”

Dr. Weihua An, Sociology & Quantitative Theory and Methods (Emory University )
MLC 214
Mathew Hauer

Title Forthcoming

Mathew Hauer, Carl Vinson Institute of Government (University of Georgia)
MLC 214
Eduardo Herrera

“Masculinity, Violence, and Deindividuation in Argentine Soccer Chants”

Dr. Eduardo Herrera, Musicology/Ethnomusicology (Rutgers University)
MLC 214
Kathrin Zippel

"Women in Global Science: Advancing Careers through International Collaboration"

Kathrin Zippel , Department of Sociology (Northeastern University)
Baldwin Hall Pinnacle Room (4th Floor)

“The Success of Failure: The Planning-Programming-Budgeting System and the Effort to Rationalize Policy Decisions”

Elizabeth Popp Berman, Department of Sociology (University at Albany, SUNY)
214 Miller Learning Center
José Itzigsohn

“Du Boisian Sociology: A road not taken, a road for the future of Sociology”

José Itzigsohn, Department of Sociology (Brown University)
MLC 213

Title Forthcoming

Kristen Clayton (University of Georgia)
MLC 213
Trina Vithayathil

“Counting Caste in an Era of Castelessness in India”

Trina Vithayathil, Department of Sociology and Global Studies (Providence College)
MLC 213
Ashley Mears

“The Value of Girls: Ownership Over Embodied Cultural Capital”

Ashley Mears, Department of Sociology (Boston University)
MLC 213

“It’s All About Race: How State Legislators Respond to Immigrant Constituents”

Micah Gell-Redman, SPIA (University of Georgia)
MLC 213

“Intimate Partner Violence as a Consequence of Childhood. Economic Hardship: The Mediating Role of Family Processes in a Longitudinal Study”

Tara E. Sutton (University of Georgia)
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“Transitions to Adulthood: Identity and Health”

Elizabeth Culatta (University of Georgia)
MLC 213

“Doing Gender Interrupted: Conversational Overlaps, Behavioral Role Taking and Gender”

Bryan Cannon (University of Georgia)
MLC 213

“Creating a Hostile Environment: Studying Aggression in a Laboratory Setting”

Kevin Swartout, Department of Psychology (Georgia State University)
MLC 213

“The Life Course of Crime and Criminalization”

Robert Sampson, Social Sciences (Harvard)
MLC 213

“Modeling Culture in Interaction"

Dawn T Robinson (University of Georgia)
MLC 213

"How Many Racists? How Everyday People Contribute to a System of Social Inequality"

Quincy Thomas Stewart, Sociology (Northwestern)
MLC 213

Title Forthcoming

Abigail Sewell, Sociology (Emory)
MLC 213

“Stories of Survival: Women's Testimonies of State Terrorism in Argentina”

Barbara Sutton, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department (University at Albany (CPH))
MLC 213

“Criminal Records, Spillovers, and the Growing Stickiness of Public Labels”

Chris Uggen, College of Liberal Arts (University of Minnesota)
Location To Be Announced

“Rural Financial Sector Restructuring and Small Business Lending: Lessons from Restricted Federal Data”

Dr. Charles Tolbert, Sociology (Baylor)
MLC 213

“The Indigenous State: Race and Politics in Plurinational Bolivia”

Nancy Postero, Anthropology (University of California at San Diego (CPH))
MLC 213

"Transitions from Prison to Community"

Bruce Western, Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy (Harvard)
MLC 213

"Metamorphosis of the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders: A 30-Year Sociological Perspective."

Paul Roman (University of Georgia)
MLC 213

“Metamorphosis of the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders: A 30-Year Sociological Perspective”

Paul Roman (University of Georgia)
MLC 213

"Making Hispanics: How Activists, Bureaucrats, and Media Constructed a New American"

G. Christina Mora, Sociology (UC-Berkeley)
MLC 213

"‘Come Together?’ Only for Some: Variations in Perceptions of Recovery from Disaster"

Ashleigh McKinzie (University of Georgia)
MLC 213

'"Come Together?' Variations in Perceptions of Recovery from Disaster"

Ashleigh McKinzie (University of Georgia)
MLC 213

"Race, Health and Inequality: Producing an HIV epidemic in the Shadow of the Capitol"

Sanyu Mojola, Department of Sociology (CPH Workshop) (University of Colorado-Boulder)
MLC 213

"The Color of Money: Black Banking and the Racial Wealth Gap"

Mehrsa Baradaran, Law School (University of Georgia)
MLC 213
CJ Day

CJ Day

Student Learning Center on the UGA Griffin Campus

"Black Elephants in the Room: How African American Republicans Manage White Skepticism"

Corey Fields, Department of Sociology (Stanford University)
MLC 213

"From brain to mind: A novel approach to investigating moral boundaries of race"

Rengin Firat, Department of Sociology (Georgia State University)
MLC 213

"Is Police Violence Synonymous with State Violence? Dissecting Police Use of Force in a Violent Democracy"

Rebecca Hanson (University of Georgia)
MLC 213

Practice Job Talk

Jun Zhao (University of Georgia)
MLC 213

Deirdre Oakley

Deirdre Oakley, Department of Sociology (Georgia State University)
MLC 213

Sociology Graduation Event

James E. Coverdill (University of Georgia)
MLC 148

“Rain on the scarecrow, blood on the plow”: The impact of the 1980s farm crisis on suicide in rural America

William Alex Pridemore, Dean and Professor, School of Criminal Justice (University at Albany – State University of New York)
MLC 213

“New Data Collection Strategies and Intervention Possibilities with Homeless Youth and Young Adults”

Kimberly A. Tyler, Professor, Department of Sociology (University of Nebraska – Lincoln)
MLC 213

"Teaching What Students Know (Or Think They Know): Using Student Knowledge as a Foundation for Learning"

William Finlay (University of Georgia)
MLC Reading Room

Food Chains Documentary

MLC 214

"Where are the Great Women Chefs? Gender Inequality in the Professional Kitchen"

Patti Giuffre, Professor, Department of Sociology (Texas State University)
MLC 213

“The spatial solidarity of intentional neighboring”

Katherine Hankins, Associate Professor of Geosciences (Georgia State University)
MLC 213
Ron Simons

“How the social environment becomes biologically embedded and influences aging: Sociology and the fountain of youth”

Ron Simons (University of Georgia)
MLC 213

“New Data Collection Strategies and Intervention Possibilities with Homeless Youth and Young Adults”

Kimberly A. Tyler, Professor, Department of Sociology (University of Nebraska – Lincoln)
MLC 213

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