The Department of Sociology will feature "brown bag" lunches in the spring of 2013 centered around six colloquia -- two given by faculty members of Sociology, two by current graduate students in the program, and two visiting presenters.  Exact dates and presentation titles for spring, 2013, are below, and we hope everyone will bring their lunch and join us as we learn and share about the research of our own faculty and students, as well as those from regional schools.  Unless otherwise noted, all Brown Bag presentations will be held at 12:30 PM in 132 Lutz Hall (the large conference room in the Sociology Department which is located directly inside the main door of the department).

January 31, 2013: Julia Noveske, PhD candidate in social welfare at the School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University, will present a paper, entitled “The Impact of Violence Exposure on Substance Use at 12 Years.”

February 14, 2013: Joshua Murray, post-doctorate fellow at the  Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions in the Department of Political Science at Vanderbilt University, will present a paper, entitled "International Interlocks and Transnational Business Class Formation."

February 28, 2013: David Roelfs, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Louisville, will present a paper, entitled "Density and Legitimacy Building in the U.S. Shopping Center Industry, 1945-1975."

March 28, 2013: Graduate Student Presentations: (1) Jelisa Clark will present a paper titled “Push Her Against the Wall: Rap, Misogyny, and Young Listener.”  (2) Maggie Stone will present a paper titled “House of Ruth: Proposal for an Outcome Evaluation of a Southern HIV/AIDS Organization.” (3) Jennifer Sinski will present a paper titled “It was his idea:  Exploring female swingers' reasoning for entering the lifestyle.”

April 11, 2013: Graduate Student Presentations. Paper titles TBA.