| FALL TERM |
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| Wed. October 5, 2005 |
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| Presenter: | Wendy Roth
(PhD Candidate, Sociology & Social Policy, Harvard University) |
| Discussant: | Melissa Barnett
(PhD Candidate, Sociology, Florida State University) |
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Beyond the Continuum:
Constructions of Race in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic |
| Wed. October 12, 2005 |
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| Presenter: | Kyoung-Hee Yu
(PhD Candidate, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology) |
| Discussant: | Byron Miller
(PhD Candidate, Government & Social Policy, Harvard University)
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Organizing Immigrants: The Missing Link between Social Movements and Labor |
| Wed. October 19, 2005 |
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| Presenter: | Onoso Imoagene
(PhD Candidate, Sociology, Harvard University) |
| Discussant: | Jessica Welburn
(PhD Candidate, Sociology, Harvard University)
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Are African Immigrants Out-Performing African Americans in School? A Study of both Groups in First Grade |
| Wed. November 9, 2005 |
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| Presenter: | Helen B. Marrow
(PhD Candidate, Sociology & Social Policy, Harvard
University) |
| Discussant: | Michael J. Fortner
(PhD Candidate, Government & Social Policy, Harvard
University)
|
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The Dilemmas of Black-Hispanic Coalition-Building in the Rural and Small-Town U.S. South |
| Wed. November 16, 2005 |
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| Presenter: | Amparo Gonzalez-Ferrer
(PhD Candidate, Sociology, Juan March Institute & Center
for Advanced Study in Social Sciences, Spain) |
| Discussant: | Onoso Imoagene
(PhD Candidate, Sociology, Harvard University)
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Who do Immigrants Marry in Germany? |
| Wed. November 30, 2005 |
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| Presenter: | Michael J. Fortner
(PhD Candidate, Government & Social Policy, Harvard
University) |
| Discussant: | Mark Sawyer
(Visiting Associate Professor of African and African American Studies,
University of California at Los Angeles)
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Must Difference Divide? The Institutional Roots of Racial Politics |
| Wed. December 14, 2005 |
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| Presenters: | Reanne Frank
(Robert Wood Johnson Scholar, Harvard
University), Magdalena Cerda
(PhD Candidate, Harvard University), Maria Rendon
(PhD Candidate, Harvard University) |
| Discussant: | Wendy Roth
(PhD Candidate, Sociology & Social
Policy, Harvard University)
|
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Barrios and Burbs: Residential Context and Health-Risk Behaviors among Angelino Adolescents |
| SPRING TERM |
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| Wed. February 15, 2006 |
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| Presenter: | Byron D. Miller
(PhD Candidate, Government and Social Policy, Harvard University) |
| Discussant: | Onoso Imoagene
(Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology, Harvard University) |
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Pan-Ethnic Identity as Embededdness: The Political Incorporation of Recent Latino
Immigrants |
| Wed. March 1, 2006 |
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| Presenter: | Christopher Bail
(PhD Candidate, Sociology, Harvard University) |
| Discussant: | Pete DeWan
(PhD Candidate, Sociology, Harvard University) |
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The Three Worlds of Xenophobia: Mapping the Configuration of Ethnic
Boundaries across Twenty European Countries
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| Wed. March 8, 2006 |
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| Presenters: | Edna A. Viruell-Fuentes
(Yerby Postdoctoral Fellow and W.K. Kellogg Scholar in Health Disparities, Harvard
University) |
| Discussant: | Maria Rendon
(PhD Candidate, Sociology & Social
Policy, Harvard University)
|
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Where do I fit in?: Generational Status, Racialized Ethnicity, and Health
Research among Mexicans in the U.S. |
| Wed. March 15, 2006 |
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| Presenter: | Maria Rendon
(PhD Candidate, Sociology & Social Policy, Harvard
University) |
| Discussant: |
Reanne Frank
(Assistant Professor of Sociology, Ohio State University & Robert Wood Johnson Scholar, Harvard University) |
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Transition Out of School and Into Young Adulthood: The Role of Neighborhoods on the Education and Work Outcomes of
Mexican-Origin Youth
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| Wed. March 22, 2006 |
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| Presenter: | Sarah Dryden-Peterson
(EdD Candidate, Harvard
Graduate School of Education) |
| Discussant: |
Ryan Allen
(PhD Candidate, Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) |
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Bridging Home: Individual Relationships in Building Social Capital Between Newcomers and Long-Time
Residents |
| Wed. April 5, 2006 |
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| Presenter: | Fiona Barker
(PhD Candidate, Government, Harvard University) | | Discussant: | Chris Bail
(PhD Candidate, Sociology, Harvard University) | |
Empowered to Define the Nation: the Implications of Increasing Sub-National Power for Immigrant Integration
Policy |
| Wed. April 12, 2006 |
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| Presenter: | Ryan Allen
(PhD Candidate, Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology)
|
| Discussant: | Sarah Dryden-Peterson
(EdD Candidate, Harvard
Graduate School of Education) |
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Constraints and Opportunities: How Refugees Create and Use Social Capital
|
| ANNUAL GUEST LECTURE: Wed. April 19, 2006, 4pm-6pm, Tsai Auditorium
(S010), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street |
|---|
| Guest Lecturer: |
Aristide Zolberg
(Walter A. Eberstadt Professor of
Political Science, New School for Social Research) |
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A Nation By Design: Immigration Policy in the Fashioning
of
America |
| Wed. April 26, 2006 |
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| Presenter: | Leticia Braga
(EdD Candidate, Harvard Graduate School of Education)
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| Discussant: | Abby Williamson
(PhD Candidate, Public Policy, Harvard University) |
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Becoming Brazucas: Brazilian Immigration to the US |
| Wed. May 3, 2006 |
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| Presenter: | Abby Williamson
(PhD Candidate, Public Policy, Harvard University) | | Discussant: | Silvia Dominguez
(Assistant Professor of Sociology, Northeastern University) |
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Do Social Networks Constrict Amidst Ethnic Diversity?
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| Wed. May 10, 2006 |
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| Presenter: | Christopher Bail
(PhD Candidate, Sociology, Harvard University)
|
| Discussant: | Leticia Braga
(EdD Candidate, Harvard Graduate School of Education) |
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Boston's New Black Brahmins? Elite African Immigrants and the Stigma of Africanite |