| FALL TERM |
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| Wed. October 6, 2004 |
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| Presenter: | Wendy Roth
(PhD Candidate, Sociology
& Social Policy, Harvard University) |
| Discussant: | Mary Waters
(Professor,
Sociology, Harvard University) |
|
Understanding Race at
Home and Abroad:
The Impact of Migration on Dominican and
Puerto Rican
Identities |
| Wed. October 20, 2004 |
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| Presenter: | Helen Marrow
(PhD Candidate, Sociology
& Social Policy, Harvard University) |
| Discussant: | Maria Rendon
(PhD Candidate, Sociology
& Social Policy, Harvard University) |
|
What's New? Immigration and
Local Racial Receiving Context in the
Rural and Small-Town U.S. South" |
| Wed. November 3, 2004 |
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| Presenter: | Silvia Dominguez
(PhD Candidate, Urban Sociology
& Social Policy, Boston University) |
| Discussant: | Blanca Alvarado
(PhD Candidate, Sociology & Social Work,
Boston University) |
|
The Social Mobility
Prospects of Latin-American Immigrant Women in Public Housing: The Role of Race Relations on the Social Networks and Access
to Social Services |
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| Wed. November 10, 2004 |
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| Presenter: | Masayo Nishida
(PhD Candidate, Sociology, Boston University) |
| Discussant: | Miguel Salazar
(PhD Candidate, Sociology, Harvard University |
|
The Ebb and Flow of Ethnic Identity in Contemporary Society: Is
Ethnicity Bounded by the State of Origin? |
| Wed. November 17, 2004 |
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| Presenter: | Doreen Lwanga
(MA Candidate, The Fletcher School of Law &
Diplomacy, Tufts University) |
| Discussant: | Zoua Vang
(PhD Candidate, Sociology, Harvard
University) |
|
Citizenship and Human Security
for Mauritanian Refugees in Senegal
|
| Wed. December 1, 2004 |
|---|
| Presenter: | Enrico Marcelli
(Research Fellow, Department of Society, Human Development, and
Health, Harvard School of Public Health)
|
| Discussant: | Anna Hardman
(Department of Economics, Tufts
University) |
|
Transnational Twist: Pecuniary Remittances and the
Socioeconomic Integration of Authorized and Unauthorized Mexican Immigrants in Los Angeles County |
| Wed. December 8, 2004 (5:00PM William
James Hall 501) |
| Presenter: | Jason Strelitz
(Ph.D. Candidate, London School of Economics) |
| Discussant: | Wendy Roth
(Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology & Social Policy, Harvard
University) |
|
Reflections on US theory in a UK context:
Hypotheses for intergenerational social mobility for children of immigrants to the UK |
| Wed. December 15, 2004 |
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| Presenter: | Luisa Heredia
(PhD Candidate, Sociology, Harvard University) |
| Discussant: | Simon Weffer-Elizondo
(N.S.F. Post-Doctoral Fellow, Sociology, Harvard University |
|
Immigrant Political Incorporation: the impact of ethnic leaders and
organizations on the mobilization of panethnic constituencies |
| SPRING TERM |
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| Wed. February 9, 2005 |
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| Presenter: | Susan Eckstein
(Professor of Sociology, Boston University) |
| Discussant: | Helen Marrow
(Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology & Social Policy, Harvard University) |
|
On Deconstructing Immigrant Generations:
Cohorts and the Cuban Emigre Experience |
| Wed. February 23, 2005 |
|---|
| Presenter: | Natasha Warikoo
(PhD Candidate, Sociology, Harvard University) |
| Discussant: | Audrey Alforque Thomas
(PhD Candidate, Sociology, Harvard University |
|
Youth Culture in the Global City:
Non-Dominant Cultural Capital and Status among Children of Immigrants in
London and New York City |
| ANNUAL GUEST LECTURE: Wed. March 2, 2005 at 4:30pm, William James Hall
room 105 |
|---|
| Guest Lecturer: | Nancy Foner
(Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Hunter College and the
Graduate Center, City University of New York) |
|
The West Indian Encounter with "Blackness": A Comparative Analysis of the
New York and London Experience |
| Wed. March 9, 2005 |
|---|
| Presenter: | Maria Rendon
(PhD Candidate,
Sociology, Harvard University) |
|
The Barrio and the Mexican American Community: Concentration in
Transition or Birthplace of an Underclass? |
| Wed. March 16, 2005 |
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| Presenter: | Peggy Levitt
(Associate Professor of Sociology, Wellesley College) |
| Discussant: | Wendy Cadge
(Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Care Policy, Harvard
University)
|
|
Not Just Made in the USA - American Religious Pluralism and Global
Religions |
| Wed. April 6, 2005 |
|---|
| Presenter: | Van Tran
(Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology & Social Policy, Harvard University) |
| Discussant: | Anne Johnson
(Sc.D. Candidate in Population and International Health, Harvard
School of Public Health)
|
|
Imperfect Communication:
Declining Parent Involvement in Working-Class Immigrant Families after the End of Bilingual Education in Boston
|
| Wed. April 13, 2005 |
|---|
| Presenter: | Lorraine Lezama
(Mark DeWolfe Howe Fellow in Civil
Rights, Civil Liberties and Anglo American History, Harvard University) |
| Discussant: | Eduardo Mosqueda
(Ed.D. Candidate, Graduate School of Education, Harvard
University) |
|
Preventing Another Lost Generation: Meeting The Educational Needs of Undocumented Juvenile
Immigrants
|
| Wed. April 20, 2005 |
|---|
| Presenter: | Blanca Alvarado
(PhD Candidate, Sociology & Social Work,
Boston University) |
| Discussant: | Ruth Paris
(Professor of Social Work, Boston University) |
|
Spanish-Speaking
Latina Migrant Mothers' Experiences and Strategies in Linking to Social
Institutions in the United States |
| April 27, 2005 |
|---|
| Presenter: | Zoua Vang
(Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology, Harvard University) |
|
Unintended Consequences of the Celtic Tiger: Emerging Intergroup Relations in
the Republic of Ireland |
| Wed. May 4, 2005 |
|---|
| Presenter: | Kentaro Fukumoto
(Associate Professor of Government, Gakushuin University,
Tokyo) |
| Discussant: | Cybelle Fox
(Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology and Social Policy, Harvard University) |
|
A Hierarchy of Citizenship: Identity Politics of Suffrage Extension and
Welfare Development: The U.S. and Japan |
| Wed. May 11, 2005 |
|---|
| Presenter: | Silvia Dominguez
(Ph.D. recipient, Urban Sociology
& Social Policy, Boston University) |
| Discussant: | Wendy Roth
(Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology and Social Policy, Harvard University) |
|
"Not in my Hood" vs "Everybody is welcomed": Immigrants and social services
in two neighborhoods |