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![]() Workshop on Race, Culture & InequalityGraduate Student WorkshopThe workshop's goal is to support the development of graduate student research that adopts an innovative approach to the study of race, culture, and inequality. In addition to student presentations, this workshop will feature presentations by esteemed faculty whose research addresses race, class, and culture as well as related contemporary issues. This year, the workshop is organized around the theme: "Popular Culture & Disadvantaged African-American Youth." The workshop will meet on the dates below from 12:15p-2:00p in 1550 William James Hall, unless otherwise noted.
SPRING 2009 Friday, February 6, 2009 Growing Up in the Zone: An Analysis of a Unique Social Experiment in Harlem Roland Fryer and Will Dobbie Friday, February 20, 2009 The Hip Hop Lifestyle: Exploring the Perils and Possibilities of Black Youth’s Media Environment S. Craig Watkins Friday, March 6, 2009 Culture, Causality & Confusion: Why Bill Cosby is Wasting his Time Glenn Loury Friday, March 20, 2009 The End of Black Politics?: Black Youth in the Age of Obama Cathy Cohen Friday, April 3, 2009 The Black Culture Wars: Constructing and Imagining Black Culture and Black Youth in the Age of Obama Tricia Rose Friday, April 17, 2009 Social and Academic Effects of Participation in an Urban-to-Suburban Racial Desegregation Program Simone Ispa-Landa Friday, May 1, 2009 TBA
FALL 2008 Friday, October 3, 2008 What Participation Gap? Black Youth Cultural Production in the Youtube Era Wayne Marshall Friday, October 17, 2008 "Graduating From the Streets": Alternative Status Attainment Models and Knowledge Systems in Hip Hop Travis Gosa Friday, October 31, 2008 Race, Gender, School Engagement, and Hip-Hop Culture Ronald Ferguson Friday, November 7, 2008 -- SPECIAL EVENT President Obama and the Future of Race in America William Julius Wilson Orlando Patterson Lani Guinier Friday, November 21, 2008 How the Media, Patriarchy, and Payola Profit from Women Tracy D. Sharpley-Whiting Friday, December 5, 2008 Murder by Structure and Conflict by Culture: Networks and Status in Street Gang Research David Hureau Andrew V. Papachristos
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