Events
Winter Colloquium 2/27/17
February 27, 2017
12pm-1pm
714 PLC
Professor James Moody
Department of Sociology, Duke University
The Structural Dynamics of Groups and Roles in Early Adolescent Friendship Networks
A fundamental aspect of school life rests on the collective substructures of peer networks. We examine two intersecting substructures here: peer groups defined as dense communities of close friends and role positions, defined on the pattern of ties one is embedded within, which are closely aligned with the school status structure. Combined, these two dimensions define the social field of a school for adolescents. Despite intense policy interest in “peer pressure” and theoretical interests in generalizations of fields, there is little basic descriptive information on the life-history of these key social network substructures in real-world networks, in part due to lack of available data and appropriate methods. Here, we describe the dynamics of groups and roles in dynamic data on 6 waves of peer network data in a way that lets us see the simultaneous emergence of behavior homophily and status stability.
Bio: James Moody is the Robert O. Keohane professor of sociology at Duke University. He has published extensively in the field of social networks, methods, and social theory. His work has focused theoretically on the network foundations of social cohesion and diffusion, with a particular emphasis on building tools and methods for understanding dynamic social networks. He has used network models to help understand school racial segregation, adolescent health, disease spread, economic development, and the development of scientific disciplines.
Winter Term Colloquium Schedule
January 23, 2017
Hilary Boudet (Assistant Professor, Sociology, Oregon State University) and Stephanie Shepard (MPP, Oregon State University)
A Culture of Resilience: Social Capital and Climate Adaption in Post-Flood Boulder County, Colorado
January 30, 2017
Kelsy Kretschmer (Assistant Professor, Sociology, Oregon State University)
Men at the March: Feminist Boundaries, Media Messages, and Male Allies
February 6, 2017
Carol Stabile (Professor, Women’s and Gender Studies and the School of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon)
Cleaning the House of Broadcasting: Gender, Race, and the FBI Attack on Television
February 13, 2017
Amy Lubitow (Assistant Professor, Sociology, Portland State University)
Inequalities in Urban Mobility in Portland: Understanding Community Vulnerability and Prospects of Livable Neighborhoods
February 20, 2017
Patrick Greiner (Graduate Student, Sociology, University of Oregon)
Divergent Pathways On the Road To Sustainability: A Multilevel Model of the Effects of Geopolitical Power on the Relationship between Economic Growth and Environmental Health
February 27, 2017
James Moody (Professor, Sociology, Duke University)
TBA
March 6, 2017
Janet Lorenzen (Assistant Professor, Sociology, Willamette University)
TBA
March 13, 2017
Anissa Rogers (Professor and Director, Dorothy Day Social Work Program, University of Portland)
Contemporary Issues and Future Directions in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Aging
Fall Colloquium: Michelle Jacob
The second colloquium of fall term will be Monday, October 17th. Michelle Jacob from the Department of Education Studies will present ” An Indigenous Sociological Analysis of Saint Kateri: Insights on Social and Educational Change.”
The presentation will be held from 12-1 PM in 714 PLC. Light refreshments will be provided.
Spring Colloquium 5/23/16
The final colloquium of Spring term will be Monday, May 23rd. Professor Jeff Sallaz from the University of Arizona will present “Your Paper Has Been Outsourced: How Publishers Sweat Labor to Produce Science.”
The presentation will be held from 12-1 PM in 714 PLC. Light refreshments will be provided.
Spring Colloquium 5/2/16
The next colloquium of Spring term will be this Monday, May 2nd. Andrea Herrera will present “Theorizing the Hashtag: Queer Acknowledgements and the Technological Imperative to Name the Sexual Self.”
The presentation will be held from 12-1 PM in 714 PLC. Light refreshments will be provided.
Spring Colloquium 4/25/16
The next colloquium of spring term will be held this Monday, April 25th. Professor Ocean Howell from the UO Clark Honors College will present: “Making the Mission: Planning and Ethnicity in San Francisco.”
The event will be held from 12-1 in 714 PLC. Light refreshments will be provided.
Spring Colloquium 4/18/16
The next colloquium of spring term will be held this Monday, April 18th. Professor Steve Zavestosk from the University of San Francisco will present: “Thinking Sociologically about Bicycles and Mobility in Equitable, Just and Sustainable Cities.”
The event will be held from 12-1 in 714 PLC. Light refreshments will be provided.
Winter Colloquium 2/29/16
The next colloquium of winter term will be held this Monday, February 29th. Professor Maxine Craig from UC Davis will present: “Sorry, I Don’t Dance: Why Men Refuse to Move.”
The event will be held from 12-1 in 714 PLC. Light refreshments will be provided.
Winter Colloquium 2/15/16
The next colloquium of winter term will be held this Monday, February 15th. Sociology professor Jill Harrison will present: “Work, Culture and Interpretive Understandings of Disaster: Louisiana Shrimp Fishers and the BP Oil Spill”
The event will be held from 12-1 in 714 PLC. Light refreshments will be provided.
Winter Colloquium 2/8/16
The next colloquium of winter term will be held this Monday, February 8th. Sociology professor Aaron Gullickson will present: “Essential Measures: Race, Ancestry, and Social Difference.”
The event will be held from 12-1 in 714 PLC. Light refreshments will be provided.