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Colloquium Seminar on Sociological Issues - Spring 2016

Spring 2016 Colloquia

All Colloquia are held 3:30-5pm with Reception to follow unless otherwise noted*. Locations listed below. 

Schedule subject to change.  
View more info on our Events page.


January 21

3rd Year Paper Presentations
Location: Robertson 258
*reception to follow in Randall Hall


February 25

“The Emergence of ADHD Coaching: A New Approach to Managing a Medicalized Disorder”

Meredith Bergey, Lecturer, UVA
Location: Maury 104
*reception to follow in Randall 212 March 17

"Group Pleasures: Collaborative Commitments, Narrative Gratification, and the Sociology of Fun"

Gary Alan Fine, Professor of Sociology, Northwestern
Location: Watson Manor
*reception to follow 


April 14

"The Economizing of Social Policy:  How Social Issues have been Reframed in Economic Terms."

Steven Ward, Professor of Sociology, WCSU (Western Conneticut State University)
Location: Maury 104
*reception to follow in Randall 212


April 28

 “Phantom Limbs and the National Body: The Politics of Jewish Absence in Contemporary Poland” 

Geneviève Zubrzycki, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan

Location: Robertson 258
*reception to follow in Randall 212