Tay Gavin Erickson Lecture Series 2005 - 2006
Spring 2006
DEBORAH GORMAN-SMITH
University of Illinois at Chicago, Institute for Juvenile Research, Department of Psychiatry
The Neighborhood Ecology of Family Influence on Delinquency and Violence
Thursday, May 4th 2006- 4:00 p.m., 620 Thompson Hall
Professor Gorman-Smith studies the influence of community structural characteristics and neighborhood social organization on parenting practices and family relationship characteristics among families living in urban poor communities; the relationship between the community and family violence; the connection between delinquency and antisocial behavior.
KATHRYN EDIN
University of Pennsylvania, Center for Population Studies, Department of Sociology
Motherhood, Not Marriage
Thursday, April 13th 2006- 1:00 p.m., 620 Thompson Hall
Professor Edin's research interests include: urban poverty, social welfare, public housing, child support, and nonmarital childbearing.
ALICE MCINTYRE
Hellenic College, Department of Education
Participatory Action Research: Creating Space for Co-constructed Knowledge
Wednesday, April 5th 2006- 4:00 p.m., 521b Tobin Hall
Professor McIntyre's areas of research include: how a teacher's racial identity informs her or his practice; the use of participatory action research as an approach for exploring the linkages between violence, community, ethnic identity, and culture within local and international contexts.
All presentations are free and open to all.
The Tay Gavin Erickson Lectures began in 1999 though an endowment established in memory of Tay Gavin Erickson.
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