Program

*See our Travel & Logistics page for details on venues.

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, 3^rd 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

Corwin Pavilion, UCSB

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

Mosher Alumni House, UCSB

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)

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