Dilemmas of Inequality

Dilemmas of Inequality Lecture Series 2008 - 2009

Time: 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Place: Library of Prospect House

FALL 2008

October 7
Thomas Pettigrew, Research Professor of Social Psychology University of California, Santa Cruz
"Intergroup Contact: How to Facilitate Intergroup Harmony"
(discussant: Stacey Sinclair)

October 14
John T. Jost, Professor of Psychology, New York University
"Elective Affinities: On the Psychological Bases of Left-Right Differences"
(discussant: Stacey Sinclair)

November 11
Frank D. Bean, Chancellor’s Professor, School of Social Sciences University of California, Irvine
"The Distinctiveness of Mexican Immigrant Welfare Behaviors: The Role of Employment-Based Cultural Repertoires"
(discussant: Alejandro Portes)

November 18
John A. List, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Chicago
Title TBD
(discussant: Eldar Shafir)

November 25, 2008
John Logan, Professor of Sociology, Brown University
Title TBD
(discussant: Devah Pager)

December 9, 2008
Stephan M. Haggard, Lawrence and Sallye Krause Professor of Korea-Pacific Studies; Director of the Korea-Pacific Program (KPP) University of California, San Diego
Title TBD
(discussant: Jonas Pontusson)

SPRING 2009

January 20
Christopher (Sandy) Jencks, Malcolm Wiener Professor of Social Policy, Kennedy School, Harvard University
"Do Rising Income Differences among Parents Lead to Rising Test Score Differences among Children?"
(discussant: Sara McLanahan)

April 14
Michael C. Dawson, John D. mac Arthur Professor of Political Science and the College, University of Chicago
From Katrina to Obama: The Contours of the Continuing Black/White Divide in Public Opinion
(discussant: Melissa Harris-Lacewell)

September - TBD
Theda Skocpol, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University
Title TBD
(discussant: Paul Frymer)