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The colloquium of the Population Studies Center of the University of Pennsylvania meets most Mondays from 12:00pm (noon) until 1:00pm in Room 103 in the McNeil Building (3718 Locust Walk). Sessions start and end promptly. Attendees are invited to bring and eat their lunch. There is also the possibility of having lunch with our "out-of-town" colloquium speakers, please contact Karen L. Cook at klcook [at] pop.upenn.edu for details regarding specific dates. An * indicates the presentation is also sponsored by the Population Aging Research Center (PARC). For additional information about the colloquium series, please contact: Emilio Parrado for the Fall series at eparrado [at] sas.upenn.edu. If you have questions about the Spring 2010 PSC Colloquium please contact Michel Guillot at miguillo [at] sas.upenn.edu.
Fall 2009: September 2009 | October 2009 | November 2009 | December 2009
September 14, 2009 Getting Acquainted
September 21, 2009
Mariano Sana, Associate Professor of Sociology, Vanderbilt University
Title: "The Skilled Migration Conundrum"
September 28, 2009
Angel L. Harris, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Princeton University
Title: "The Search for Oppositional Culture: Perception of Opportunity and Schooling among Adolescents"
October 5, 2009
Robert Moffitt, Robert Moffitt Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Economics, Johns Hopkins University
Title: "A 'Mincer' Result for U.S. Marriage"October 12, 2009
Florencia Torche, Assistant Professor of Sociology, New York University
Title: "The Effect of Maternal Stress on Birth Outcomes: Exploiting a Natural Experiment"October 19, 2009 Fall Break - No Colloquium
October 26, 2009
Thomas W. McDade, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Northwestern University
Title: "Fat, pathogens, and CRP: A comparative, life course perspective on the early origins of inflammation"
November 2, 2009
Samuel H. Preston, Frederick J. Warren Professor of Demography, University of Pennsylvania
Title: "What's Causing US Life Expectancy to Fall Behind Peers?"November 9, 2009
Mark D. Hayward, Professor of Sociology, University of Texas, Austin
Title: "Childhood Nutritional Deprivation and Cognitive Impairment among Older Adults in China"November 16, 2009
Kyle Crowder, Howard W. Odum Distinguished Professor, UNC Chapel Hill
Title: "Fleeing from the Foreigner? Neighborhood Immigration and Native Out-Migration"November 23, 2009
Christopher Browning, Associate Professor of Sociology, Ohio State University
Title: "Neighborhood Stressors and Health: Crime Spikes, Social Cohesion, and Short-Term Variability in BMI"November 30, 3009
Sarah A. Tishkoff, David and Lyn Silfen University Associate Professor of Biology, University of Pennsylvania
Title: "Genetic Diversity and Population History of Africans and African Americans"
December 7, 2009
David Lindstrom, Associate Professor of Sociology, Brown University
Title: "Survey Estimates of Risky Sexual Behaviors among Ethiopian Youth: Improved Estimates Using a Non-Verbal Response Card"