Colloquium Series: ASA Presentations

Presentations represent some of those made by UNC Sociology graduate students at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting in Montreal August 12-15,2017. Students: Samuel Fishman: Burning with Ambition: A Latent Variable Approach to Understanding Ambition’s Role in Educational Attainment Alanna Gillis: Enthusiasts, Backup Planners, and Professionals: How College Students Approach Participation in Service Programs after Graduation Iliya Gutin: In BMI We Trust: Reframing the Body Mass Index as a Measure of Health Alyssa Peavey: The Mexican Sending State’s Involvement in Family Reunification in an Era of Deportation Laura Krull: Four Frameworks for Family Life Held by Adolescents Brionca Taylor: “We’re Not An Extension of School”: Exploring Education and Race in a Community Youth Program