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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 2025

February 5, 2025 (12pm-1pm)

Amanda Cheong, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of British Columbia

 

April, 2025 (12pm-1pm)

Annette Lareau, Professor Emerita of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania

Fall 2024

August 28th, 2024 (12pm-1pm)

ASA Presentations by UNC Graduate Students Emma Labovitz, William Holtkamp, Ruy Manriques, and Anna Shelton-Ormond.


September 4th, 2024 (12pm-1pm)

Eric Schoon, Associate Professor of Sociology, The Ohio State University


September 18th, 2024 (12pm-1pm)

Micah Nelson, 2024 Odum Award Co-Recipient, Department of Sociology, UNC Chapel Hill


October 9th, 2024 (12pm-1pm)

Katie Furl, 2024 Odum Award Co-Recipient, Department of Sociology, UNC Chapel Hill


October 23rd, 2024 (12pm-1pm)

Tania Jenkins, Assistant Professor of Sociology, UNC Chapel Hill

Previous Colloquium Events

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)

Samantha Simon, Assistant Professor in the School of Sociology and School of Government and Public Policy, University of Arizona


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)

Blair Kelley, Joel R. Williamson  Distinguished Professor and Director of the Center for the Study of the American South


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)

Neal Caren, UNC Chapel Hill


March 8, 2023 (12pm-1pm)

Erin Hamilton, UC Davis


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)

ASA talks by UNC Sociology grad students: Erin Davenport, Inés Martínez Echagüe, Ruy Manrique, and Todd Lu.


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)

Jennifer Glass, UT Austin


October 20, 2021 (12pm-1pm)

Amin Ghaziani, University of British Columbia


November 3, 2021 (12pm-1pm)

Erin Hatton, SUNY Buffalo


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)

Claire Chipman Gilliland, UNC


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)

Steve Vaisey, Duke University


Spring 2020

January 15, 2020 (12:15-1:15pm)

Pam Paxton, UT Austin


January 29, 2020 (12:15-1:15pm)

Susan Short, Brown University


February 12, 2020 (12:15-1:15pm)

Art Alderson, Indiana University


February 26, 2020 (12:15-1:15pm)

Steven Alvarado, Cornell


March 4, 2020 (12:15-1:15pm)

Tanya Golash-Boza, UC Merced


April 1, 2020 (12:15-1:15pm)

Anna Haskins, Cornell


April 8, 2020 (12:15-1:15pm)

Karolyn Tyson, UNC


Fall 2019

September 18, 2019 (12:15-1:15pm)

George Hayward – UNC


September 25, 2019 (12:15-1:15pm)

Jonathan Horowitz – UNC


September 25, 2019 (3:30-4:30pm)

Akram Al-Turk – UNC


October 2, 2019 (12:15-1:15pm)

Fenaba Addo – University of Wisconsin


October 9, 2019 (12:15-1:15pm)

Alanna Gillis – UNC


October 16, 2019 (12:15-1:15pm)

Kate Tierny – UNC


October 23, 2019 (12:15-1:15pm)

Rashawn Ray, University of Maryland


October 30, 2019 (12:15-1:15pm)

Tod Hamilton – Princeton


November 6, 2019 (12:15-1:15pm)

Lauren Rivera – Northwestern University Kellogg


November 13, 2019 (12:15-1:15pm)

Michael Schultz – UNC


December 4, 2019 (12:15-1:15pm)

Daniel Auguste – UNCG


Spring 2019

January 16, 2019 (12:15-1:15pm)

Maria Krysan – UIC


January 23, 2019 (12:15-1:15pm)

Emily Smith – UNC


January 30, 2019 (12:15-1:15pm)

Roberto Fernandez – MIT


February 6, 2019 (12:15-1:15pm)

Phil Gorski – Yale


February 27, 2019 (12:15-1:15pm)

Larry Bobo – Harvard


March 27, 2019 (12:15-1:15pm)

Jean Beaman – Purdue


April 10, 2019 (12:15-1:15pm)

Tiffany Joseph – Northeastern


April 24, 2019 (12:15-1:15pm)

Michael Biggs – Oxford


Fall 2018

September 26, 2018 (12:15-1:15pm)

Carmen Gutierrez – UT Austin


October 24, 2018 (12:15-1:15pm)

Edwin Amenta – UC Irvine


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)

Anna Rybinska – UNC Sociology


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)

Didem Turkoglu


November 8, 2017 (12:00-1:00pm)

Batool Zaidi


November 15, 2017 (12:00-1:00pm)

Holly Straut Eppstiener


November 29, 2017 (12:00-1:00pm)

Joseph Bongiovi


December 6, 2017 (12:00-1:00pm)

Shane Elliot


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