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Colloquia Series 2006-2007
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Garnering Resources to Buy a Home: Race, Wealth
Transfers, and the Transmission of Advantage
Elliot Weininger, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology at SUNY Brockport University.
Annette Lareau, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Sociology at University of Maryland.
Free and open to members of campus!
Sponsored By:
The Department of Sociology
The Institute on Assets and Social Policy at
The Heller School for Social Policy and Management
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Thursday, November 9, 2006 at 2:00 pm
Pearlman Lounge
Leaving Home: Existing Orthodox Judaism
In Israel and the United States
Lynn Davidman, Ph.D.
Professor of American Studies, Jewish Studies and Gender at Brown University.
(Brandeis Sociology Ph.D. '86)
Author of "Tradition in a Rootless World: Women Turn to Orthodox Judaism and
Motherless. " Co-editor with Shelly Tenenbaum (another Brandeis alumn!) of "Feminist Perspectives on Jewish Studies."
Free and open to members of campus!
Sponsored By:
The Department of Sociology
The Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies
The Martin Weiner Distinguished Lecturers Fund
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Thursday, October 5, 2006 at 2:00 pm
Pearlman Lounge
Street Science: Community Involvement in
Environmental Health Decision Making
Jason Corburn
Assistant Professor in the Urban Planning Program of the Graduate School of Architecture,
Planning and Preservation, and the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.
Prof. Corburn teaches courses in "environmental policy and planning,"
"environmental justice," and "expertise and power in science, technology and sustainable development."
Free and open to members of campus!
Sponsored By:
The Department of Sociology
The Martin Weiner Distinguished Lecturers Fund
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Thursday, September 21, 2006 at 3:00 pm
Pearlman Lounge
Welfare Delivery in the Age of Privatization
Janice Johnson Dias, Ph.D. (Brandeis B.A. '94)
Post Doctoral Research Fellow Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
National Poverty Center Research and Training Program on Poverty and Public Policy University of Michigan
Free and open to members of campus!
Sponsored By:
The Department of Sociology
The Martin Weiner Distinguished Lecturers Fund
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