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Spring 2005 Seminar Series

DATE & LOCATION

GUEST SPEAKER

SEMINAR TITLE

Friday, Feb. 4, 2005
12 noon
Art/Sociology Bldg
Room 1101

Kenneth Leonard

Assistant Professor of Agricultural & Resource Economics and
Faculty Associate, MPRC

Healers as Revealers: What Traditional Healers Reveal About Health and Health Care in Africa

Friday Feb. 18, 2005
12 noon
Art/Sociology Bldg
Room 1101

Wendy Manning

Professor of Sociology
and Director, Center for Family and Demographic Research
Bowling Green State University

Childbearing, Childrearing, and Cohabitation: Lessons from Focus Groups and In-Depth Interviews

Friday March 4, 2005
12 noon
Art/Sociology Bldg
Room 1101

Emily Agree

Associate Professor
Dept. of Population and Family Health Sciences
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Family Support Networks of the Elderly in Taiwan and the Philippines

Friday April 8, 2005
12 noon
Art/Sociology Bldg
Room 1101

Devah Pager

Assistant Professor of Sociology and
Faculty Associate, Office of Population Research
Princeton University

Discrimination in Low Wage Labor Markets**

Friday April 22, 2005
12 noon
Art/Sociology Bldg
Room 1101
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Ross Matsueda

Professor of Sociology
and Associate Director of the Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences
University of Washington

Deterrence, Rational Choice, and Delinquency**

Friday April 29, 2005
12 noon
Art/Sociology Bldg
Room 1101

Cancelled

Phyllis Moen

Professor and McKnight Presidential Chair in Sociology
University of Minnesota

Beyond the Career Mystique:  Changing Attitudes and Latitudes

This seminar has been postponed until the Fall 2005 semester.

Wednesday, May 4, 2005
12 noon
Art/Sociology Bldg
Room 1101

Louise Grogan

Assistant Professor of Economics
University of Guelph

Infrastructure and Human Capital: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

This seminar was rescheduled from March 18, 2005.

Friday May 6, 2005
12 noon
Art/Sociology Bldg
Room 1101

Jane Waldfogel

Professor of Social Work and Public Affairs
Columbia University School of Social Work

Maternal Employment, Income, and Parenting

**Co-Sponsored with the Program on the Economics of Crime and Justice Policy