The UNC-CH Department of Sociology is cosponsoring with the UNC-CH Program in Sexuality Studies an upcoming installment in a series of monthly events throughout this academic year involving leading experts on the issue of LGBT rights and, specifically, marriage equality. … Read more
Celeste Watkins-Hayes, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Northwestern University Betwixt and Between: Middle Class Women Living with HIV/AIDS Abstract: Previous literature suggests that the lack of economic resources reduces women’s abilities to limit their exposure to HIV and dramatically shapes … Read more
Alexes Harris, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Washington An Intended Consequence: Monetary Sanctions as a Permanent Punishment for Poor People Abstract: My recent research has illustrated the various ways the United States criminal justice system imposes monetary sanctions to … Read more
Mark Regnerus, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin Premarital Sex in America: How Young Americans Meet, Mate, and Think about Marrying Abstract: While most Americans remain ambivalent about teenage sexuality, that same sentiment doesn’t often apply to … Read more
Amy Lucas, Graduate Student, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Exploring the Role Socialization and Personality Play on Romantic Relationship Quality in Young Adulthood Abstract: Explanations for successful close personal relationships, particularly romantic relationships, have often focused on two theoretical … Read more
Beth Rubin, Professor, UNC Charlotte President, Southern Sociological Society, 2011-2012 Conceptions of the Social Contract Abstract: Shifts in the Social Contract, Rubin (1995) that summarized the changes in the economy and workplace that were transforming social life in the … Read more
Vanesa Ribas, Graduate Student, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Prismatic Engagement: Latino and African American Workers' Encounters in a Southern Meatpacking Plant Abstract: Based on her dissertation research, which included 16 months of participant observation working production jobs at … Read more
Florencia Torche, Associate Professor, New York University Prenatal Exposure to Local Violence and Birth Outcomes in Mexico Abstract: This study examines the effect of maternal exposure to local homicides on birth outcomes in Mexico. We create a monthly panel by merging … Read more
Ann Swidler, Professor, University of California, Berkeley Susan Cotts Watkins, Visiting Research Scientist with the California Center for Population Research, University of California, Los Angeles; Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania Working Misunderstandings: How Donors, Brokers and Villagers Make … Read more
Myron Gutmann "Computational Social Science and Advanced Computing Infrastructure: Challenges and Opportunities"
