PRI Brown Bag Series: 2008-2009
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| September 23, 2008 | Nilam Ram, Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Penn State; Denis Gerstorf, Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Penn State | Living and Dying: Individual-, Community-, and Country-Level Influences on Changes in Life Satisfaction |
| October 3, 2008
1:15 Nittany Lion Inn |
Andrew Cherlin, Professor of Public Policy in Sociology, Johns Hopkins University; Lisa Gennetian, Senior Research Director of Economic Studies, Brookings Institute; Paul Amato, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Demography, Penn State | De Jong Lecture in Social Demography: Was Welfare Reform a Success? How Minority Families Are Faring |
| October 14, 2008 | Jennifer Hook, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Penn State | Gender Inequality in the Welfare State: Sex Segregation in Housework, 1965-2003 |
| October 23, 2008
8:00-6:00 Nittany Lion Inn |
Various Speakers | National Symposium on Family Issues: Development of Hispanic Children in Immigrant Families: Challenges and Prospects |
| October 24, 2008
8:30-4:00 Nittany Lion Inn |
Various Speakers | National Symposium on Family Issues: Development of Hispanic Children in Immigrant Families: Challenges and Prospects |
| October 28, 2008 | Rachel Smith, Assistant Professor, Communication Arts and Science, Penn State | Stigma Communication: Investigating its Creation, Management, and Effects |
| November 10, 2008 | Frank Bean, Director, Center for Research on Immigration, Population and Public Policy, University of California - Irvine | Contexts of Reception, Cultural Repertoires, and Immigrant Group Incorporation: Implications for Public Policy |
| December 2, 2008 | Krista Perreira, Associate Professor, Public Policy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Fitting In: The Roles of Social Acceptance and Discrimination in Shaping the Academic Motivations of Latino Youth in the U.S. Southeast |
| January 27, 2009 | Jeffrey Bingenheimer, Postdoctoral Fellow, Population Research Institute | Men's Multiple Sexual Partnership in 15 Sub-Saharan African Countries: Sociodemographic Patterns and Implications for Understanding |
| February 10, 2009 | Jane Brown, James L. Knight Professor, Journalism and Mass Communication, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Growing Up Sexually in a Mediated World |
| February 24, 2009 | Ed Smith, Director, Evaluation Research, Prevention Research Center, Penn State | Conceptualization and Evaluation of the HealthWise South Africa Intervention |
| March 17, 2009 | Lori Burrington, Assistant Professor of Crime, Law and Justice, Penn State | Contextual Determinants of Adolescent Problem Behavior |
| March 31, 2009 | Chandra Muller, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Texas-Austin | The Transition from High School to College: Agency and Social Structure |
| April 14, 2009 | Marianne Hillemeier, Associate Professor, Health Policy & Administration and Demography, Penn State | Disparities in Child Development: Findings from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort |
| April 28, 2009 | Susan Watkins, Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania | Teach a Man to Fish: The Sustainability Doctrine and Its Social Effects |
** All seminars are held at 12:00 in 302 Pond Lab unless otherwise indicated.
