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THURSDAY, February 12 – Pre-conference Events
Dean’s Conference Room, SSMS 3145
10:00: Paper Presentation – John I. Gilderbloom (University of Louisville): “Ten Commandments of Urban Regeneration: Creating Safe, Sustainable, Healthy and Equitable Neighborhoods”
11:00-1:00: Panel – “The Radical Tradition at UCSB,” Organized by John Foran
1:00: Lunch in Sociology Common Area, 3rd floor SSMS
2:00: Paper Presentation – Raymond Wong (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and UCSB): “Less is More? Civil Partnership, Statistical Discrimination, and Lesbian Wage Premium”
3:00-5:00: Panel – “Advice to Graduate Students,” Organized by Sociology Graduate Student Association, SGSA
6:00-8:00: Emeriti Night and Dinner, Mosher Alumni House “Living Room” (RSVP required, $25 fee)
FRIDAY, February 13 – Day 1
9:00 Continental Breakfast and Welcome Reception
10:00 Welcome
- Maria Charles, Professor and Chair of Sociology
- Henry T. Yang, Chancellor
10:15 Chairs’ Perspectives on UCSB Sociology
- Tom Scheff (chair 1967-1972)
- Richard Flacks (chair 1976-1980)
- Beth Schneider (chair 1998-2003)
11:00-11:30 Break
11:30 Intersectional Ethnography
Facilitator– Victor Rios
- France Winddance Twine
- David Brotherton (CUNY)
- Greg Prieto (USD)
- Lorena Garcia (Univ Illinois, Chicago)
12:30-2:00 Lunch
2:00 Globalization
Facilitator – Rich Appelbaum
- William Robinson
- Kum-Kum Bhavnani
- Dana Collins (CSUF) & Molly Talcott (CSULA)
- Joseph Conti (Univ Wisconsin, Madison)
3:00 Social Movements, Revolutions, Social Change
Facilitator – John Foran
- Verta Taylor
- Richard Flacks
- Zakiya Luna
- Jessica Taft (UCSC)
4:30-6:30 Break – Happy Hour at The Beachside Bar (free shuttle from campus)
7:00-9:00 Conference Dinner, UCEN Hub (UCSB campus)
Harvey Molotch, speaker
SATURDAY, February 14 – Day 2
9:00 Culture
Facilitator – Denise Bielby
- Jon Cruz
- John Mohr
- Laura Grindstaff (UCD)
- Clayton Childress (Univ Toronto)
10:00 Conversation Analysis/Ethnomethodology
Facilitator – Don Zimmerman
- Geoffrey Raymond
- Douglas Maynard (Univ Wisconsin, Madison)
- Steven Clayman (UCLA)
- Mardi Kidwell (Univ of New Hampshire)
11:00-11:30 Break
11:30 Race, Ethnicity, Nation
Facilitator – Denise Segura
- Reginald Daniel
- Howard Winant
- Shirley Jackson (Southern Connecticut State Univ)
- Xuan Santos (CSU San Marcos)
12:30-2:00 Lunch
2:00 Gender
Facilitator – Maria Charles
- Don Zimmerman
- William Bielby
- Valerie Jenness (UCI)
- Sarah Thébaud
3:00 Sexuality
Facilitator – Verta Taylor
- Beth Schneider
- Jane Ward (UCR)
- Matthew Mutchler (CSUDH)
- Shae Miller (CSULB)