SPRING SEMINAR SERIES
Each semester the Department of Sociology invites renowned scholars to participate in its Seminar Series. Meetings take place in Sociology 241 at
12 PM (noon) unless otherwise noted.
January 29: Laurel Smith-Doerr, Boston University “The Accidental Policymaker: Adventures in Studying and Doing Science Policy”
February 12: Anjulet Tucker, Boston University “Race, Religion & Perceptions of Education: Debates & Conversations about Building Liberal Arts Schools in Two Pentecostal Denominations”
February 26: Juliet Schor, Boston College “Does Changing a Light Bulb Lead to Changing the World? Civic Engagement and the Ecologically Conscious Consumer”
*Annual Albert Morris Lecture in Sociology* March 15, 5:30 pm: Photonics Center Bernice Pescosolido, Indiana University “The Stigma of Mental Illness: Data and Directions from a Decade of Research and Theory”
March 26: Judith Treas, University of California “Farewell to Moms? Trends in Maternal Contact in Seven Countries”
April 9: Mitchell L. Stevens, Stanford University “Ambivalent Internationals: American Social Science and the Dream of a Global Modern”
April 23: Nancy Folbre, Umass Amherst “Greed, Lust and Gender: A History of Economic Ideas”
May 7: Diane Vaughan, Columbia University “Distinction, Class and the Construction of Occupational Boundaries: The Case of Air Traffic Control”