2015/16 Schedule
All Seminars are on Mondays, from 1:00 - 2:30 pm, in North Hall 2111. A reception with light refreshments follows the talk.
(The Thormahlen Family Seminar Room).
All are welcome.
Fall
Monday September 28: Kari North (University of North Carolina, Epidemiology) “The Importance of Multi-Ethnic Studies in the Genetic Epidemiology of Cardiometabolic Traits” Host: Michael Gurven
October 5: Herman Pontzer (Hunter College, Anthropology) “Ecological energetics in human evolution” Host: Michael Gurven
Monday October 26: Susan Cassels (UC Santa Barbara, Geography) "Are migrants a bridge population for sexually transmitted infections? Short-term mobility and sexual partner concurrency in West Africa"
Monday November 9: Heather Royer (UC Santa Barbara, Economics) "The Impact of Education on Family Formation: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from the UK."
Monday November 23: Ann Morning (New York University, Sociology) "The Generational Structure of the Multiracial Population in the U.S." (co-authored with Aliya Saperstein, Stanford). Host: Maria Charles
Monday December 7: Filiz Garip (Harvard, Sociology) "On the Move: Changing Mechanisms of Mexico-US Migration" Host: Eddie Telles
Notes:
Wednesday Nov 11 is a university holiday.
Thanksgiving is Thurs Nov 26.
Winter
Monday January 11: Erin Hamilton (UC Davis, Sociology) “Changes in the Transnational Family Structures of Mexican Immigrant Farm Workers in the Era of Border Militarization.” Host: Stuart Sweeney
Monday February 1: Miriam Gensowski (University of Copenhagen) "Determinants of Educational and Occupational Choice – Multidimensional Skills and Parental Occupation" and
Alexandre Gori Maia (University of Campinas, Brazil) "Rural exodus in the Brazilian semiarid: social and environmental drivers"
Monday February 8: Matthew Neidell (Columbia University, Health Policy & Management) "Long Run Effects of Pollution: Evidence from Power Plant Emission Reductions from the US Acid Rain Program", Host: Olivier Deschenes
Monday, February 22: Seth Spielman (University of Colorado, Geography) "Measuring neighborhoods in the new data economy." Host: Stuart Sweeney
Monday, March 7: Aliya Saperstein (Stanford, Sociology) "Racial Mobility: The Dynamics of Race and Inequality in the U.S." Host: Maria Charles
Notes: Mon Jan 18 and Mon Feb 15 are university holidays.
Spring
Monday March 28: Jennifer Hook (USC, Sociology) Women’s Housework: Host: Shelly Lundberg "Women’s Housework: New Tests of Time and Money"
Monday April 4: Anne Ardila Brenøe (University of Copenhagen, Economics) "Gender Gaps in the Effects of Childhood Family Environment: Do They Persist into Adulthood?"
Monday April 11: Jennifer Johnson-Hanks (UC Berkeley, Sociology) "Restless Denominators" Host: David Lopez-Carr
Monday April 18: Emilio Parrado (University of Pennsylvania, Sociology) “The changing nature of return migration to Mexico, 1990-2010: Implications for labor market incorporation and development” Host: Eddie Telles
Monday April 25: Martha Bailey (University of Michigan, Economics) "Do Family Planning Programs Increase Children's Opportunities? Evidence from the War on Poverty and the Early Years of Title X"
Hosts: Heather Royer and Maya Rossin-Slater
Monday May 9: David Lam (University of Michigan, Economics) "Do men want to earn more than their wives? Inferring preferences from marriage market outcomes" Host: Ted Bergstrom
Monday May 16: Maria Charles (UC Santa Barbara, Sociology) "Venus, Mars, and Math: Gender, Societal Affluence and 8th-Graders’ Aspirations for STEM Work"
Monday, May 23: Kelly Bedard (UC Santa Barbara, Economics) Methods Lecture, "An Informal Discussion about Identification and Causal Effects."
Notes: Monday May 30 is a university holiday.