Committee on Intellectual Activity (CIA)
The Sociology Department sponsors exciting intellectual activities throughout the year. We have a colloquium series that we co-sponsor with the Social and Demographic Research Institute. In this series, scholars are invited to present their research in its various stages ranging from works in progress to finished products. We strive to create a series that provides those attending with the latest in sociological research and related disciplines. Sociology graduate students and faculty from the Five Colleges are frequent presenters for these events; we also bring in faculty from around the globe. Recent speakers from outside the Valley include Colin Jerolmack NYU), Jan Sinclair Jones (Curtin University, Australia), Rebecca Emigh (UCLA), Paula England (Stanford), Gil Eyal (Columbia), Karen Lacey (Michigan), Barbara Risman (Illinois-Chicago).
Fall 2011
Events occur on Tuesdays, beginning at 12:45 PM in Machmer Hall, Room W-32 with lunch served, unless otherwise noted.
- September 20: Ayse Yetis Bayraktar. Practice job talk. "Differences in Time Spent on Childhood Activities on Parents' Class." How does children's television and homework habits differ by parents' class? 12:45-2:00 p.m.
- September 27: Dan Burland. Practice job talk: "The Quartermaster Museum: Commemorating the Unexceptional." How are support soldiers assigned military honor? An analysis of the Quartermaster Museum, an institution whose sole purpose is to honor
those soldiers who perform mundane service tasks in the U.S. Army. 12:45-2:00 p.m.
- October 11: Susan Clampet-Lundquist. St. Joseph's Unviersity. " The Sliding Scale of Snitching: A Qualitative Examination of Stop Snitching in Three Philadelphia Communities." . 12:45-2:00 p.m.
- October 18: Shawn Trivette. Practice job talk: TBA. 12:45-2:00 p.m.
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