DATE & LOCATION

GUEST SPEAKER

SEMINAR TITLE

Friday, Sept. 22, 2006
12 pm
Art/Sociology Bldg
Room 1101

Carolyn Voorhees

Associate Research Professor in the Department of Community & Public Health and MPRC Faculty Associate
University of Maryland

Measurement of Socioeconomic Status in Adolescents and the Relationship to Obesity Outcomes: Do Neighborhood, School and Friends Matter?

Friday, Oct. 6, 2006
2:30 pm
Art/Sociology Bldg
Room 2309
Please note special
time & Location

Troy Duster*

Former ASA President
Department of Sociology, New York University
**UMD Morris Rosenberg Lecturer**

A Post-Genomic Surprise: The Molecular Reinscription of Race

Friday, Oct. 20, 2006
12 pm
Art/Sociology Bldg
Room 1101

David Segal

Professor of Sociology/ MPRC Faculty Associate
University of Maryland

If You Don't Ask the Right Questions of the Right People:
Why We Don't Know As Much As We Should About the Military

Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2006
3:30 pm
Tydings Hall
Room 4105 Tydings
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time, day and location.

Melissa Kearney**

Assistant Professor of Economics/ MPRC Faculty Associate,
University of Maryland

The Impact of Expanding Access to Contraception on Pregnancies, Births and Abortions

Friday, Nov. 17, 2006
12 pm
Art/Sociology Bldg
Room 1101

Jean McGloin

Assistant Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice/ MPRC Faculty Associate
University of Maryland

Remembering Yesterday's Lessons Today:
The Structure of Deviant Peer Groups and Self-Control

Friday, Dec. 8, 2006
12 pm
Art/Sociology Bldg
Room 1101

Natasha Cabrera

Assistant Professor of Human Development/ MPRC Faculty Associate
University of Maryland

Young Fathers’ Perceptions of their Roles and Involvement in their Children’s Lives

*Co-Sponsored with the Department of Sociology.

**Cross-Listed in the Workshop in Labor Economics and Public Finance, in the Department of Economics.