Past Events



Education and Inequality Workshop: Ran Liu, Assistant Professor of Education Policy, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Workshop
"Gender-math stereotypes and student-teacher interactions in China"
Nov 17, 2023 at -



Penn Sociology Colloquium Series: Kristopher Velasco, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Princeton University

Colloquium
"Transnational Backlash and the Deinstitutionalization of Liberal Norms: LGBT+ Rights in a Contested World"
Nov 15, 2023 at -

Integration into the international community is typically used to explain liberal outcomes. However, is it possible that such integration can also explain rising illiberalism? Using the…



Family & Gender Workshop: Michael Lachanski, Ph.D. Student in Demography & Sociology, Penn

Workshop
"Diverging Precarities? : The Paradox of Increasing Job Stability in the 21st Century U.S. Workforce"
Nov 10, 2023 at -

A major challenge to sociologists’ contention that employment precarity in the U.S. is increasing is the repeatedly replicated finding that U.S. job tenures have been stable or even increasing in the last three…



Quantitative Methodology Working Group: Tim Riffe, Research Fellow, Research Group in Social Determinants of Health and Demographic Change (OPIK) of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)

Workshop
"Demographic Decomposition Workshop"
Nov 9, 2023 at -

This short workshop will present the basic concepts and applications of demographic…



Penn Sociology Colloquium Series: Joel Mittleman, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Notre Dame

Colloquium
"Gender Inequality Beyond the Gender Binary"
Nov 8, 2023 at -

For the first time ever, LGBTQ+ populations are being invited to “come out” across a wide range of large, population-representative datasets. This new visibility not only provides sociologists…



Education and Inequality Works in Progress: Elif Sari, Penn PSC (Visiting Scholar)

Workshop
Influencing the educational trajectory and academic success of teenagers: the role of parental guidance and support practices (feedback on paper idea)
Nov 6, 2023 at -



Culture Workshop: Alejandra Regla-Vargas, Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, Penn

Workshop
“The BTS Effect: How K-Pop Fandoms Reshape Sociopolitical Messaging on Twitter"
Nov 3, 2023 at -

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Medical Sociology Workshop: Kai Feng, Ph.D. Candidate in Demography and Sociology, Penn

Workshop
"Population Aging in China: Challenges, Myths, and the Future"
Oct 27, 2023 at -



Quantitative Methodology Working Group: Eugenio Pagliano, Ph.D. Student in Sociology and Demography, Penn

Workshop
"A primer on small-area estimation: a case study on mortality in Massachusetts Census tracts"
Oct 26, 2023 at -

Eugenio will briefly introduce Bayesian models for small…



Penn Sociology Colloquium Series: Tara Gonsalves, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Northwestern University

Colloquium
"Unruly Categories: The Transnational Circulation of 'Transgender'"
Oct 25, 2023 at -

While the category “Transgender” has come to represent gender variance globally, this has not always been the case. Transnationally, there is wide variation in how people have understood gender variance and its…