Visiting and Colloquium Speakers

Friday, September 6

Jessi Streib (Sociology, Duke University)
The Accidental Equalizer: How Luck Determines Pay After College
3:00-4:30PM, Room G08 Uris Hall
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Inequality and co-sponsored by the Cornell Population Center

Thursday, September 5

Welcome Reception for the Cornell Population Center, the Center for the Study of Inequality, the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, the Cornell Center for Health Equity, the new Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures, and the Cornell Center for Social Sciences.
3:30PM-5:00PM, CHE Commons

Friday, October 4

Jennifer Barber (Sociology, Indiana University at Bloomington)
Gatekeeping, Conflict, Obligation, and Agency: How Intimate Contexts Structure Penile-Vaginal Sexual Scenarios among Young Women
12-1:15pm, 2250 MVR
CPC Innovations in Population Science - Hosted by the Cornell Population Center, and co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Inequality.

Friday, November 1

Christina Cross (Sociology, Harvard University)
The Open Secret: Why the Two-Parent Family Is No Cure-All for Racial Inequality
12-1:15pm, 2250 MVR
CPC Innovations in Population Science - Hosted by the Cornell Population Center, and co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Inequality.

Monday, November 4

Priya Fielding-Singh (Senior Manager of Research and Education, Sandberg Goldberg Bernthal Family Foundation)
Understanding Nutritional Inequality in America: The Limits and Promise of Food Access
7:30-8:20pm, Klarman Hall KG70 (Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium)
Meets as part of Controversies About Inequality

Thursday, November 7

Richard E. Ocejo (Sociology, John Jay College)
Sixty Miles Upriver: Gentrification and Race in a Small American City
3:00-4:30PM, Room G08 Uris Hall
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Inequality

Friday, March 8

Lynne Haney  (Sociology, NYU)
Prisons of Debt: State Hybridity and the Criminalization of Child Support
3:30-4:30pm, 700 Clark Hall (Reception to follow in 291 Clark Hall)

2024 Mass Incarceration Lecture

Hosted by the Center for the Study of Inequality and the Cornell Center for Social Sciences and co-sponsored by the Department of Sociology.

Friday, March 15

Richard Alba  (Professor Emeritus, Sociology, Africana Studies, CUNY)
Does Assimilation Still Matter?
12:00pm, 2250 MVR
Hosted by the Cornell Population Center, and co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Inequality.

Friday, March 22

Orly Clerge  (Sociology, UCDavis)
Youth, Race & Mobility in the 21st Century: A Focus on Black Millennials.
12:00pm, 2250 MVR
Hosted by the Cornell Population Center, and co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Inequality.

Thursday, March 28

Koji Chavez  (Sociology, Indiana University)
Hiring Discrimination Under Pressures to Diversify: Gender, Race, and Diversity Commodification Across Job Transitions in Software Engineering.
4:30-6:00pm, 115 Ives Hall
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Inequality and the Cornell ILR School. Co-sponsored by the Cornell Population Center and the Department of Sociology.

Friday, April 12

Orsola Torrisi  (Postdoctoral AssociateNew York University Abu Dhabi)
Family Dynamics in Armed Violence & Conflict: A Focus on Reproductive Health & Contraception.
12:00pm, 2250 MVR
Hosted by the Cornell Population Center, and co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Inequality.

Thursday, April 25

Jake Rosenfeld  (Sociology, Washington University at St. Louis)
Talking About Pay: Who Does It, Why Employers Hate It, and What it Might Mean for Inequality
4:30-6:00pm, Klarman Auditorium, KG70 Klarman Hall
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Inequality, Cornell's Institute for Compensation Studies, and the Cornell Population Center. Co-sponsored by the Department of Sociology.

Friday, April 26

Laura Lindberg  (Urban-Global Health, Rutgers)
Stigma, Sensitivity, & Surveys: Measuring Abortion Post-Dobbs.
12:00pm, 2250 MVR
Hosted by the Cornell Population Center, and co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Inequality.

Monday, October 23

Amrita Basu (Professor of Political Science, and Sexuality, Women’s and Gender Studies, Amherst College)
Resisting Exclusion: Women’s Defense of Democracy in India
4:30-6:00PM, Room 423 ILR Conference Center
The ILR School Distinguished Lecture in Honor of Alice H. Cook and Lois S. Gray Hosted by ILR and co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Inequality.

Tuesday, April 18 – Thursday, April 20, 2023

Achieving Equity:Why Discrimination Persists and Promising Paths Forward
Keynote Address by Douglas NeJaime (Yale University)
KG70 Klarman Hall (Keynote) and ILR Conference Center, Cornell University

Thursday, September 29

Francine Blau (Frances Perkins Professor of ILR and Professor of Economics, Cornell University)
Gender Inequality in the Labor Market: Continuing Progress?
4-6:30pm, 423 King-Shaw Hall - ILR Conference Center
The Distinguished Lecture in honor of Alice Cook and Lois Gray
Hosted by ILR and co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Inequality, The Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy, The Cornell Center for the Social Sciences, The Cornell Population Center, and Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Friday, October 14

Bryan L. Sykes (Criminology, Law and Society, UC Irvine)
Title: TBA
12-1:15pm, 2250 MVR
CPC Innovations Seminar - Hosted by the Cornell Population Center, and co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Inequality and the Brooks School for Public Policy.

Friday, October 21

Jeremy Fiel (Sociology, Rice University)
Opportunity Seeking across Segregated Schools: Unintended Effects of Automatic Admission Policies on High School Segregation
12-1:15pm, 2250 MVR
CPC Innovations Seminar - Hosted by the Cornell Population Center, and co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Inequality and the Brooks School for Public Policy.

Friday, November 4

Siwei Cheng (Sociology, NYU)
The Geography of Income Polarization and its Intergenerational Consequences
12-1:15pm, 2250 MVR
CPC Innovations Seminar - Hosted by the Cornell Population Center, and co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Inequality and the Brooks School for Public Policy.

Thursday, February 10

Per Engzell ((Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, University of Oxford)
Firms and the Intergenerational Transmission of Labor Market Advantage
3-4:30pm, via Zoom - Please email inequality@cornell.edu for information on accessing this program.

Friday, February 18

Siwei Cheng (Sociology, NYU)
Changing Contours: The Polarization of the U.S. Wage Distribution
12-1:15pm, 102 Mann Library
Also available via Zoom - Use this link to access event
CPC Innovations Seminar - Hosted by the Cornell Population Center, and co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Inequality.

Friday, March 11

Kate Wiesshaar (Sociology, UNC, Chapel Hill)
Gender and Racial Discrimination in Hiring Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from a Field Experiment of Accountants, 2018-2020
12-1:15pm, Available via Zoom - Use this link to access event
CPC Innovations Seminar - Hosted by the Cornell Population Center, and co-sponsored by the Brooks School of Public Policy, and the Center for the Study of Inequality.

Friday, March 31

Chelsea Singleton (Social, Behavioral, and Population Sciences, Tulane )
Violence and Nutrition: A Historical Synopsis of Associations and Their Influence on Nutrition Equity
3-4:30pm, Available via Zoom - Use this link to register for the event
This event is hosted by the Nutrition Graduate Student Organization at Cornell University, with generous co-sponsorship from the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research and the Center for the Study of Inequality.

Friday, April 15

Mathew Hauer (Sociology, FSU)
Climate Migration Amplifies Demographic Change and Population Aging
12-1:15pm, 102 Mann Library
Also available via Zoom - Use this link to access event
CPC Innovations Seminar - Hosted by the Cornell Population Center, and co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Inequality.

Thursday, April 28

Melissa Wilde (Sociology, University of Pennsylvania)
Birth Control Battles: How Race and Class Divided American Religion
3-4:30pm, 525 ILR Conference Center

Friday, April 29

Christopher "Kitt" Carpenter (Economics, Vanderbilt University)
Economic Outcomes for Transgender People and Other Gender Minorities in the United States: First Estimates from a Nationally Representative Sample
12-1:15pm, 102 Mann Library
Also available via Zoom - Use this link to access event
CPC Innovations Seminar - Hosted by the Cornell Population Center, and co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Inequality.

Friday, April 29

Geoffrey Wodtke (Sociology, University of Chicago)
Toxic Neighborhoods: The Effects of Concentrated Poverty and Environmental Lead Contamination on Early Childhood Development
3-4:15pm, Location: Stimson Hall, G01
This event is hosted by the Department of Sociology and co-sponsored by The Center for the Study of Inequality.

Wednesday, September 15

Thomas Cushman (Social Sciences & Sociology, Wellesley College)
Freedom of Expression and Individuality: A Sociological Defense
7:30-8:20pm, via Zoom - Please email inequality@cornell.edu for information on accessing this program.
Meets as part of Controversies About Inequality

Friday, September 17

Ridhi Kashyap (Social Demography, University of Oxford)
Can the digital revolution promote gender equality?
12-1:15pm, 102 Mann Library
Also available via Zoom - Use this link to access event
CPC Innovations Seminar - Hosted by the Cornell Population Center, and co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Inequality.

Thursday, September 23

Ian Lundberg (Postdoctoral Scholar, Sociology, UCLA)
What is Your Estimand? Defining the Target Quantity Connects Statistical Evidence to Theory
3-4:30pm, via Zoom - Please email inequality@cornell.edu for information on accessing this program.
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Inequality. 

Thursday, October 7

Erin A. Cech (Sociology, University of Michigan)
The Trouble with Passion: How Searching for Fulfilment at Work Fosters Inequality
3-4:30pm, Location: 423 CC ILR Confernce Center
Talk also available via Zoom - Please email inequality@cornell.edu for information on accessing this program.
Hosted by the Center for the Study of Inequality. 

Wednesday, October 20

Priya Fielding-Singh (Family and Consumer Studies, University of Utah)
Understanding Nutritional Inequality in America: The Limits and Promise of Food Access
7:30-8:20pm, via Zoom - Please email inequality@cornell.edu for information on accessing this program.
Meets as part of Controversies About Inequality

Thursday, October 28

Rebecca Hamlin (Legal Studies and Political Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst)
Lamis Abdelaaty (Political Science, Syracuse University)
Refuge, Refusal, Rights: A Conversation with Lamis Abdelaaty and Rebecca Hamlin
1-2:30pm, 700 Clark Hall
Also available via Zoom Webinar - Use this link to register for the event
This event is hosted by Cornell's Migrations initiative, and co-sponsored by The Center for the Study of Inequality and The Department of Government.

Friday, October 29

Amy Hsin (Sociology, Queens College, City University of New York)
Beyond Dreamers: Exploring the Stratified Experiences of Illegality Among Diverse Undocumented Young Adults in NYC
12-1:15pm, 102 Mann Library
Also available via Zoom - Use this link to access event
CPC Innovations Seminar - Hosted by the Cornell Population Center, and co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Inequality.

Friday, November 19

Jeremy Fiel (Sociology, Rice University)
Equality of Opportunity and School Segregation: Natural Experiments from Automatic Admission Policies
12-1:15pm, via Zoom - Use this link to access event
CPC Innovations Seminar - Hosted by the Cornell Population Center, and co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Inequality.