Spring 2006

1. Wednesday, April 19, 2:10-3:40pm, HMSS 1500
   American Imperialism: Past and Present
   Prof. Michael Mann, Department of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles
   
   
2. Wednesday, May 3, 1:00-3:30pm, Humanities 1303 (History Library)
   Naming the Unnameable: Defying the Taboo on the Study of Internalized Racism
   Prof. Karen Pyke, Department of Sociology, University of California, Riverside
   
   
3. Tuesday, May 9, 10:30am – noon, Humanities 1303 (History Library)
   Religious Mobilizations for Immigrants Rights
   Prof. Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, Department of Sociology, University of Southern California
   
   
4. Friday, May 19, 3:00 - 4:30pm, Humanities 1303 (History Library)
   Modeling Dynamic Duos: Hilary and Bill, Evita and Juan, Henry XIII and Anne
   Prof. Diane Felmlee, Department of Sociology, University of California, Davis
   
   
5. Friday, June 2, 8:30am - 7:00pm, Pentland Hills' Bear Cave (B107 and C101), University of California, Riverside
   Race, Gender and Labor in the New Global Economy
   Conference in honor of Prof. Edna Bonacich’s Retirement

Winter 2006

1. Wednesday, January 18, 2006, 12:00-1:30pm, Humanities 1303 (History Library)
   Mexican American and Anglo Families: Findings from UCR’s Families First Project Introduction: Emerging Findings from UCR Studies of Mexican American and Anglo Families
   Prof. Scott Coltrane, Department of Sociology, University of California, Riverside
   
   Job and Economic Influences on Family Life
   Graduate students Michael Chavez and Julio Tsuha, Department of Sociology, University of California, Riverside
   
   Educational Aspirations and Achievement
   Graduate students Eric Vega and Shoon Lio, Department of Sociology, University of California, Riverside
   
   Disentangling the Effects of Marital Conflict and Hostile Parenting on Children
   Graduate student Kate Luther, Department of Sociology, University of California, Riverside
   
   
2. Monday, January 30, 2006, 12:00-1:30, Humanities 1500
   Social Capital Formation in Immigrant Neighborhoods: Chinatown and Koreatown in Los Angeles
   Prof. Min Zhou, Department of Asian American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
   
   
3. Friday, February 17, 2006, 3:00 – 4:30 pm, HMSS 1303 (History Library)
   "Hasta La Victoria Siempre!" Transnational Social Movements in a Globalizing World
   Prof. Mark Herkenrath, Department of Sociology, University of Zurich, and Institute for Research on World Systems, University of California, Riverside
   
   
4. Friday, February 24, 2006, 3:00 – 4:30 pm, HMSS 1303 (History Library)
   The Evolutionary Forms of Religious Life, Part I: The Social Origins of the Gods
   Prof. Stephen Sanderson, Department of Sociology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
   
   
5. Thursday, March 2, 2006, 1:00-2:30 pm, HMSS 1303 (the History Library)
   The Evolutionary Forms of Religious Life, Part II: Is the Brain Wired for Religion?
   Prof. Stephen Sanderson, Department of Sociology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
   
   
6. Wednesday, March 8, 12:10-1:30pm, ENGR 2138
   The Cosmopolitan Canopy: Race Relations in Everyday Life
   Prof. Elijah Anderson, Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania

Fall 2005

1. Friday, October 7, 2005, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Watkins 1126
   Just How Pluralist is Direct Democracy? The Structure of Interest Group Participation in the Initiative Process
   Prof. Robert A. Hanneman, Department of Sociology, University of California, Riverside
   Prof. Shaun Bowler, Department of Political Science, University of California, Riverside
   
   
2. Thursday, October 27, 2:30-4:00 pm, HMSS 1500
   ’I’m Not that Sort of Man’: Notes of the Mediatization of Hegemonic Blackness and the Fragility of Diasporic Sporting Masculinity
   Prof. Ben Carrington, Department of Sociology, University of Texas, Austin
   
   
3. Tuesday, November 1, 4:10-6:00 pm, Engineering 2143
   Dubois and Public Sociology
   Prof. Scott Brooks, Department of Sociology, University of California, Riverside
   
   
4. Monday, November 14, 3:00 pm, Humanities 1500
   Humans and Fire: A Sociological Look at a Long-Standing and Complex Relationship
   Prof. Johan Goudsblom, Amsterdam School for Social Science Research
   
   
5. Monday, November 21, 1:00-2:30 pm, HMSS 1500
   Terrorism, Propaganda, and the Politics of Fear
   Prof. David Altheide, Regents’ Professor, School of Justice and Social Inquiry, Arizona University
   
   
6. Wednesday, November 30, 2005, 12:10-1:40pm, Watkins 2145 (Jenkins Memorial Library)
   Working ‘the Code’: On Girls, Gender, and Violence in the Inner City
   Prof. Nikki Jones, Department of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Spring 2005

1. Tuesday, April 12, 2005, 12:00 pm, Watkins 1217
   Walmart and the Logistics Revolution.
   Prof. Edna Bonacich, Department of Sociology, University of California, Riverside
   
   
2. Monday, April 18, 2005, 1:00 pm, Watkins 1217
   'Down Low' and Other Heterosexualities: A Queer Disavowal.
   Prof. Jane Ward, Department of Sociology, University of California, Riverside
   
   
3. Thursday, May 19, 2005, 2:30 pm, Humanities 1500
   Consensus and the Creation of Status Beliefs: Resistance is not Futile
   Prof. Cecilia Ridgeway, Department of Sociology, Stanford University
   
   
4. Tuesday, May 31, 2005, 2:30 pm, Humanities 1500
   Public Sociology: A Panel Discussion
   Prof. Michael Burawoy, Department of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley

Winter 2005

1. Wednesday, March 2, 2005, 1:00 pm, 1126 Watkins Hall
   Metrosexuality
   Prof. Toby Miller, Department of Sociology, English, and Women’s Studies, University of California, Riverside