DATE & LOCATION

GUEST SPEAKER

SEMINAR TITLE

Fri. Feb 6, 2004
12 noon
1101 Art-Sociology Bldg

Katherine Abraham

Professor of Survey Methodology and Economics, University of Maryland , College Park

"Financial Aid and Students' College Decisions: Evidence from the District of Columbia's Tuition Assistance Grant Program"*

Friday Feb. 20, 2004
12 noon
1101 Art-Sociology Bldg

John Laub

Professor Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland, College Park

"Shared Beginnings, Divergent Lives: Delinquent Boys to Age 70"**

Friday Feb. 27, 2004
*3:30pm*
Please Note Special Time
1101 Art-Sociology Bldg

Nicholas Christakis

M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School

"'Cascade' Effects with Respect to Health and Health Care in Social Networks"

Friday Mar 5, 2004
12 noon
1101 Art-Sociology Bldg

David Cutler

Professor of Economics, Academic Dean, FAS, Harvard University

"Your Money or Your Life: The Role of Medical Care in Improved Health"

Friday Mar 19, 2004
12 noon
1101 Art-Sociology Bldg

Arland Thornton

Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan. Director/Sr. Research Scientist, Institute for Social Research - PSC

"Developmental Idealism and Family Change"

Thursday April 8, 2004
12 noon
1101 Art-Sociology Bldg

Daniel S. Nagin

The H. J. Heinz III School of Public Policy Carnegie Mellon University

"Life Course Trajectory Groups: Fact or Fiction"**

Friday April 9, 2004
12 noon
1101 Art-Sociology Bldg

Jerald Hage

Professor Emeritus and Co-Director of Center for Innovation, Dept of Sociology-University of Maryland, College Park

"A Strategy for Changing the Health Behavior of People in Developing Countries: Inter-organizational Networks and Organizational Learning"

Thursday April 15, 2004
* 2:00 PM *
Please Note Special Time
1101 Art-Sociology Bldg

Peggy C. Giordano

Professor of Sociology, Bowling Green State University

"Emotion, Cognition, & Desistance from Crime" **

Friday April 16, 2004
12 noon
1101 Art-Sociology Bldg

Carole Popoff

Branch Chief, Modeling and Outreach Branch, HHES, US Census Bureau

"Measuring the Number of People without Health Insurance: A Test of a Synthetic Estimates Approach for Small Areas Using SIPP Microdata."

Friday April 23, 2004
12 noon
1101 Art-Sociology Bldg

Dan Lichter

Professor of Sociology and Research Associate, Center for Human Resources Research. Robert F. Lazarus Professor in Population Studies. Director, Initiative on Population Research Ohio State University

"Welfare Reform and Child Poverty: Effects of Maternal Employment, Marriage, and Cohabitation"

Tuesday April 27, 2004
12 noon
1101 Art-Sociology Bldg

Alexander Spermann

Head of Department Labour Markets, Human Resources, and Social Policy Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW)

"Labour Market Policy Reform in Germany: Evaluation as a drug for the sick man of Europe"***

Friday May 7, 2004
12 noon
1101 Art-Sociology Bldg

Bruce Western

Professor of Sociology, Princeton University

"Economic Inequality and the American Prison Boom"**

**Co-Sponsored with the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice

***Co-Sponsored with the Department of Economics