Fall 2015
October 5th, Monday 12:00 – 1pm – Haines 279
Welcome and Introductions – Pizza and Drinks Provided
October 19th, Monday 12:00 – 1:30pm – Haines 279
Mieke Eeckhaut (UCLA – California Center for Population Research)
“Contraceptive Sterilization in the United States: Examining Inequalities by Education and Gender
November 2nd, Monday 12:00 – 1:30pm – Haines 279
Sarah Thébaud (UCSB – Department of Sociology)
“Policies, Practices and Possibilities: Measuring the Effects of Workplace Norms and Policies on Work-family Ideals and Intentions”
Co-Sponsored with the UCLA Sociology Gender Working Group
Winter 2016
January 25th, Monday 12:00 – 1:30pm – Haines 279
Benjamin Karney (UCLA – Department of Psychology)
“Learning from Couples Who are NOT Middle-Class, College Educated and White”
February 22nd, Monday 12:00 – 1:30pm – 279 Haines
Student Work-in-Progress Presentations:
Sung Park (UCLA Sociology)
“First Homeleaving Among Late Baby Boomers and Early Millennials during the Transition to Adulthood”
February 29th, Monday 12:00 – 1:30pm – Haines 279
Michael Pollard (RAND Corporation)
“The Roles of Family, Neighborhood, and Peer Context on Adolescent Substance Abuse”
March 7th, Monday 12:00 – 1:30pm – Haines 279
Christine Percheski (Northwestern University)
“Cohort Change in Family Formation Patterns in the United States: Differences by Race and Ethnicity”
Co-Sponsored with the Stratification, Inequality and Mobility Working Group (UCLA Sociology)
Spring 2016
April 11th, Monday 12:00 – 1:30pm – Haines 279
Susan Brown (UCI – Department of Sociology)
“Parents Without Papers: The Role of Gender and Legal Membership in Mexican American Integration”
Co-Sponsored with the UCLA Center for the Study of International Migration
May 18th, Wednesday 12:00 – 1:30pm – 4240 Public Affairs Building*
Paula England (New York University)
“How the Motherhood Penalty Varies by Wage, Cognitive Skill and Race: A Reassessment”
Co-Sponsored with the California Center for Population Research
* The Irene Flecknoe Ross Lecture Series is made possible by a gift from Ray Ross in memory of his wife
May 20th, Friday 12:00 – 1:30pm – Haines 279
Robert Mare (UCLA – Department of Sociology)
Career Trajectory Talk
Co-Sponsored with the UCLA Sociology Stratification, Inequality and Mobility Working Group
May 23rd, Monday 12:00 – 1pm – 279 Haines
End-of-year Planning Meeting
