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Spring 2006 Seminar Series

DATE & LOCATION

GUEST SPEAKER

SEMINAR TITLE

Friday, Feb. 3, 2006
12 pm
Art/Sociology Bldg
Room 1101

David Goodman

Professor of Pediatrics and of Community and Family Medicine,
Dartmouth Medical School

Impending Physician Shortage? A Contrarian View

Thursday, Mar. 9, 2006
3:30pm
Location: Riggs Alumni Center,
Alumni Hall A
Please note special
time and location

Roland G. Fryer, Jr.

Junior Fellow, Department of Economics,
Harvard University

"Acting White"

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

Nicola Persico**

Associate Professor of Economics
University of Pennsylvania

A Rational Theory of Random Crackdowns

Friday Mar. 31, 2006
12 pm
Art/Sociology Bldg
Room 1101

Mark Cohen**

Justin Potter Professor of American Competitive Enterprise,
Owen Graduate School of Management,
Vanderbilt University

Prevention, Crime Control or Cash? Public Preferences towards Criminal Justice Spending Priorities

Friday Apr. 7, 2006
12 pm
Art/Sociology Bldg
Room 1101

Wayne Osgood**

Professor of Sociology
Penn State University

Analyzing the Effects of Role Transitions on Crime During the Transition to Adulthood

Friday Apr. 21, 2006
12 pm
Art/Sociology Bldg
Room 1101

Martina Morris

Professor of Sociology and Statistics
University of Washington

Partnership Networks and Epidemics: Explaining the Variation in Global Prevalence of HIV

CANCELLED

Christopher McKelvey

Assistant Professor of Economics
University of Maryland

Title: TBA

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