Colloquium Series
The department’s colloquium series draws outstanding speakers from around the country and abroad, as well as providing an opportunity for faculty and students to present their own research.
All presentations take place from 12pm-1pm in Hamilton Hall, room 271.
Current Colloquium Schedule
Spring 2024
February 7th, 2024 (12pm-1pm)
Stephanie Canizales, Assistant Professor of Sociology, UC Merced
February 21st, 2024 (12pm-1pm)
Rocio Rosales, Associate Professor of Sociology, UC Irvine
March 20, 2024 (12pm-1pm)
Forrest Stuart, Professor of Sociology Stanford University
April 3, 2024 (12pm-1pm)
Previous Colloquium Events
Fall 2023
August 30, 2023 (12pm-1pm)
ASA Presentations by UNC Graduate Students Will Holtkamp, Grace Franklyn, and Alex Ro
September 13, 2023 (12pm-1pm)
September 27, 2023 (12pm-1pm)
Ken Kolb, Professor of Sociology at Furman University
October 11, 2023 (12pm-1pm)
Kristopher Velasco, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Princeton University
October 25, 2023 (12pm-1pm)
Tianhao Zhang, 2023 Odum Award Recipient, Department of Sociology at UNC-CH
November 8, 2023 (12pm-1pm)
Stephanie Canizales, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California Merced
Spring 2023
January 25, 2023 (12pm-1pm)
Andrea Boyles, Tulane University
February 15, 2023 (12pm-1pm)
March 8, 2023 (12pm-1pm)
March 22, 2023 (12pm-1pm)
Tressie McMillan Cottom, UNC Chapel Hill
April 19, 2023 (12pm-1pm)
Yader Lanuza, UC Santa Barbara
Fall 2022
August 26, 2022 (12pm-1pm)
ASA Presentations by UNC Graduate Students
September 7, 2022 (12pm-1pm)
Japonica Brown-Saracino, Boston University
September 21, 2022 (12pm-1pm)
Jennifer Earl, University of Arizona
October 12, 2022 (12pm-1pm)
Brittany Friedman, University of Southern California
October 26, 2022 (12pm-1pm)
Tania Cabello-Hutt, UNC Chapel Hill Odum Institute
November 2, 2022 (12pm-1pm)
Patricia Homan, Florida State University
November 16, 2022 (12pm-1pm)
Jordan Conwell, University of Texas at Austin
Spring 2022
January 26, 2022 (12pm-1pm)
Jayanti Owens, Brown University
February 9, 2022 (12pm-1pm)
Julian Go, University of Chicago
February 23, 2022 (12pm-1pm)
Jordanna Matlon, American University
March 9, 2022 (12pm-1pm)
Regina Baker, University of Pennsylvania
March 23, 2022 (12pm-1pm)
Ellis Monk, Harvard University
April 6, 2022 (12pm-1pm)
Panel on careers outside of academia
April 20, 2022 (12pm-1pm)
Yader Lanuza, UC Santa Barbara
Fall 2021
August 25, 2021 (12pm-1pm)
September 8, 2021 (12pm-1pm)
Alexis Dennis, UNC Sociology Odum Award Winner
September 22, 2021 (12pm-1pm)
Jennifer Jones, University of Illinois Chicago
October 6, 2021 (12pm-1pm)
October 20, 2021 (12pm-1pm)
Amin Ghaziani, University of British Columbia
November 3, 2021 (12pm-1pm)
Fall 2020
August 26, 2020 (1-2pm)
ASA Presentations: Madeleine Straubel, Meng-Jung Lin, Sarah Brown
September 9, 2020 (1-2pm)
Erin Leahey, University of Arizona
September 23, 2020 (1-2pm)
Hedy Lee, Washington University
September 30, 2020 (1-2pm)
October 7 , 2020 (1-2pm)
Ilya Gutin, UNC, Odum Award winner
October 21, 2020 (1-2pm)
Linda Renzulli, Purdue University
November 4, 2020 (1-2pm)
Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Bowling Green State University
November 18, 2020 (1-2pm)
Spring 2020
January 15, 2020 (12:15-1:15pm)
January 29, 2020 (12:15-1:15pm)
February 12, 2020 (12:15-1:15pm)
Art Alderson, Indiana University
February 26, 2020 (12:15-1:15pm)
March 4, 2020 (12:15-1:15pm)
April 1, 2020 (12:15-1:15pm)
April 8, 2020 (12:15-1:15pm)
Fall 2019
September 18, 2019 (12:15-1:15pm)
September 25, 2019 (12:15-1:15pm)
September 25, 2019 (3:30-4:30pm)
October 2, 2019 (12:15-1:15pm)
Fenaba Addo – University of Wisconsin
October 9, 2019 (12:15-1:15pm)
October 16, 2019 (12:15-1:15pm)
October 23, 2019 (12:15-1:15pm)
Rashawn Ray, University of Maryland
October 30, 2019 (12:15-1:15pm)
November 6, 2019 (12:15-1:15pm)
Lauren Rivera – Northwestern University Kellogg
November 13, 2019 (12:15-1:15pm)
December 4, 2019 (12:15-1:15pm)
Spring 2019
January 16, 2019 (12:15-1:15pm)
January 23, 2019 (12:15-1:15pm)
January 30, 2019 (12:15-1:15pm)
February 6, 2019 (12:15-1:15pm)
February 27, 2019 (12:15-1:15pm)
March 27, 2019 (12:15-1:15pm)
April 10, 2019 (12:15-1:15pm)
April 24, 2019 (12:15-1:15pm)
Fall 2018
September 26, 2018 (12:15-1:15pm)
October 24, 2018 (12:15-1:15pm)
November 7, 2018 (12:15-1:15pm)
Don Tomaskovic-Devey – UMass Amherst
Spring 2018
January 17, 2018 (12:00-1:00pm)
Daniel Laurison – Swarthmore College
February 21, 2018 (12:00-1:00pm)
Jeremy Moultin – UNC Public Policy
February 28, 2018 (12:00-1:00pm)
March 7, 2018 (12:00-1:00pm)
Charlie Kurzman – UNC Sociology
March 26, 2018 (5:00-6:00pm, Pleasants Family Assembly Room, Wilson Library)
Theda Skocpol – Harvard University
arch 28, 2018 (12:00-1:00pm)
Kristin Schilt – University of Chicago
April 4, 2018 (12:00-1:00pm)
Adam Reich – Columbia University
April 18, 2018 (12:00-1:00pm)
Ruth Braunstein – University of Connecticut
Fall 2017
September 13, 2017 (12:00-1:00pm)
ASA Graduate Student Presentations
September 20, 2017 (12:00-1:00pm)
Karida Brown – UCLA
September 27, 2017 (12:00-1:00pm)
Josh Wassink – UNC Chapel Hill
October 11, 2017 (12:00-1:00pm)
Jocelyn Viterna – Harvard University
October 25, 2017 (12:00-1:00pm)
Omar Lizardo – Notre Dame University
November 1, 2017 (12:00-1:00pm)
November 8, 2017 (12:00-1:00pm)
November 15, 2017 (12:00-1:00pm)
November 29, 2017 (12:00-1:00pm)
December 6, 2017 (12:00-1:00pm)
Spring 2017
January 25, 2017 (12:00-1:00pm)
Aliya Saperstein – Stanford University
February 22, 2017 (12:00-1:00pm)
Frederick Wherry – Yale University
March 1, 2017 (12:00-1:00pm)
Stefanie DeLuca – Johns Hopkins University
March 22, 2017 (12:00-1:00pm)
Deb Umberson- University of Texas at Austin
April 3, 2017 (12:00-1:00pm)
Korie Edwards – Ohio State University
April 19, 2017 (12:00-1:00pm)
Natalie B. Aviles – Colby College
Fall 2016
September 14, 2016 (12:00-1:00pm)
Robert Vargas – University of Norte Dame
September 28, 2016 (12:00-1:00pm)
Courtney Boen – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
October 12, 2016 (12:00-1:00pm)
Brian Levy – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
October 26, 2016 (12:00-1:00pm)
Cynthia Feliciano – University of California, Irvine
November 9, 2016 (12:00-1:00pm)
Sanyu Mojola – University of Colorado, Boulder
Spring 2016
January 20, 2016 (12:00-1:00pm)
John D. Stephens – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
March 2, 2016 (12:00-1:00pm)
Zeynep Tufekci – University of North Carolina School of Information and Library Science, Chapel Hill
March 9, 2016 (12:00-1:00pm)
Peter Marsden – Harvard University
March 23, 2016 (12:00-1:00pm)
Paul Attewell – City University of New York
April 13, 2016 (12:00-1:00pm)
Steve Vaisey – Duke University
April 20, 2016 (12:00-1:00pm)
Caroline Knowles – Goldsmiths, London
Fall 2015
August 19, 2015 (12:00-1:00pm)
Brandon Gorman – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
August 26, 2015 (12:00-1:00pm)
Hexuan Liu – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
September 9, 2015 (12:00-1:00pm)
Kim Ebert – North Carolina State University, Raleigh
September 16, 2015 (12:00-1:00pm)
Yi Li – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
September 23, 2015 (12:00-1:00pm)
Ali Kadivar – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
September 30, 2015 (12:00-1:00pm)
Jane Lee – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
October 7, 2015 (12:00-1:00pm)
Arthur Alderson – Indiana University
October 21, 2015 (12:00-1:00pm)
Thad Domina, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, School of Education
October 28, 2015 (12:00-1:00pm)
Charles Seguin – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
November 4, 2015 (12:00-1:00pm)
Paul Osterman – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
November 11, 2015 (12:00-1:00pm)
Doug McAdam – Stanford University, Stanford, CA
November 18, 2015 (12:00-1:00pm)
Michael Schudson – Columbia University, New York, NY
Spring 2015
January 28, 2015 (12:00-1:00pm)
Barbara Entwisle – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
“The Politics of Social Science: NSF and Beyond”
February 4, 2015 (12:00 – 1:00pm)
Karen Fields – Hitchcock Room, Stone Center
“Thomas Jefferson’s Bordeaux and W. E. B. Du Bois’s View of the French Revolution”
February 11, 2015 (12:00 – 1:00pm)
R. L’Heureux Lewis-McCoy – City College of New York
“Inequality in the Promised Land – Why Suburban Schools Are Still Unequal”
February 18, 2015 (12:00 – 1:00pm)
Sandra Smith – University of California, Berkeley
“How Tie Strength Shapes Job Contacts’ Decisions to Make Referrals”
March 4, 2015 (12:00-1:00pm)
Karl Alexander – John Hopkins University
“The Long Shadow: Family Background, Disadvantaged Urban Youth and the Transition to Adulthood”
March 18, 2015 (12:00-1:00pm)
John Levi Martin – University of Chicago
“Where Does Political Ideology Come From?”
March 25, 2015 (12:00 – 1:00pm)
Ali Kadivar – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
“Popular Transitions and the Fate of Young Democracies”
April 15, 2015 (12:00 – 1:00pm)
Jim Moody – Duke University