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news workshop: non-academic jobs november 7 2020 workshop: non-academic jobs the sociology workshop on non-academic careers happened on november 6 2020 it really was an informative session with representatives from very varied non-academic positions present we had dr bethany desalvo from us census dr emily knox from texas juvenile justice department dr monica williams from rand dr nicholas guittar from wiley education solutions and dr david orta from university of chicago consortium on social research you can find the recording of the session at the graduate student workshop google drive if you are already a member of this drive you already have access to the recording if you do not have access to the graduate student workshop google drive but would like to have access please email dr heili pals the upcoming sociology workshops are the following: december 4: publication january (tbd): dissemination of work on online platforms february (tbd): annual evaluation march/april (tbd): job market news sociology workshop
news sociology colloquium 10/28/2020 october 23 2020 sociology colloquium 10/28/2020 the effects of income on birth rates: the case of a universal cash transfer dr sarah k cowan new york university governments around the globe institute income policies in order to alleviate poverty whether these policies have unintended fertility effects is an open question and the answer has implications for fertility theory policy design and inequality this question has been addressed in prior literature primarily by examining the introduction of means-tested relief to families with children this limits analysis to families in poverty and provides insight only into the presence or absence of a policy we overcome these weaknesses by examining the alaska permanent fund dividend which has provided all alaskan residents with a substantial annual cash payment since 1982 the amount of the payment varies year to year and is exogenous to individual alaskans behavior and the states economy we examine the relationship between income and fertility among a large and diverse population that has received varying amounts of money over time october 28 2020 wednesday 12–1:30pm zoom session meeting id: 928 5222 8506 passcode: 343142 if you cannot join with video you can connect to the zoom session via phone: 1–346–248–7799 colloquium news birth rates income universal cash transfer
news sociology colloquium 10/21/2020 october 18 2020 sociology colloquium 10/21/2020 association of income inequality and migration with intergenerational mobility dr ernesto amaral dr arthur sakamoto shih-keng yen texas a&m university dr sharron wang-goodman delaware state university link to presentation a meta-analysis of the association between income inequality and intergenerational mobility we provide an overview of associations between income inequality and intergenerational mobility in the united states canada and eight european countries we analyze whether this correlation is observed across and within countries over time we investigate great gatsby curves and perform meta-regression analyses based upon several papers on this topic results suggest that countries with high levels of inequality tend to have lower levels of mobility intergenerational income elasticities have stronger associations with the gini coefficient compared to associations with the top one percent income share once models are controlled for methodological variables country indicators and paper indicators correlations of mobility with the gini coefficient lose significance but not with the top one percent income share this result is an indication that recent increases in inequality at the top of the distribution might be negatively affecting mobility on a greater magnitude compared to variations across the income distribution (link to paper) what about immigration the closed-population assumption in research on intergenerational income mobility research on intergenerational income mobility is highly informative and increasingly popular a neglected aspect of these studies however is their implicit target population research on income mobility studies are typically biased towards the representation of third-and-higher generation persons we refer to this practice as the closed-population assumption first-generation second-generation and undocumented immigrants are less likely to be included because adequate data on income for their parental generation is more likely to be missing given significant international migration ignoring the foreign stock is potentially inaccurate when making generalizations about entire societies we discuss analytical issues associated with the closed-population assumption and provide some exploratory findings which suggest significant interrelationships between immigration and intergenerational income mobility october 21 2020 wednesday 12–1:30pm zoom session meeting id: 963 3738 5938 passcode: 577241 if you cannot join with video you can connect to the zoom session via phone: 1–346–248–7799 colloquium news income inequality intergenerational mobility meta-analysis migration
news sociology professor working as a posse mentor october 2 2020 sociology professor working as a posse mentor dr alexander hernandez started working as a posse mentor in the fall 2020 the posse foundation is a non-profit organization that identifies recruits and trains student leaders to pursue their academics and to help promote cross-cultural communication on campus the posse foundation was one of ten bodies to which president barack obama donated a portion of his $14 million nobel peace prize award money in 2010 dr hernandez is working with a specially selected group of ten students for the next four years he will be mentoring them in academics and professional development during that time the group is made up of ten students from houston tx they are racially and ethnically diverse moreover the majority of the group is made up of first-generation students for more information check out their website: https://wwwpossefoundationorg/ news alexander hernandez posse foundation posse mentor
news sociology colloquium 10/14/2020 september 11 2020 sociology colloquium 10/14/2020 becoming brokers: building thailands brand in public health dr joseph harris boston university from hiv prevention to universal health coverage to coronavirus response thailands public health policies have garnered international acclaim what has enabled a resource-constrained country in the global south to exercise such outsized influence in global public health what mechanisms have led thailands policies to travel abroad and more broadly how does a nation in the global periphery exercise influence in international affairs based on fulbright-funded research conducted in thailands division of global health and the who in 2017-18 this talk will examine the organizational basis of thailands success its relationship to nation branding and implications for developmental states aspiring to meet the worlds pressing health challenges through comparative historical analysis of four policy domains (tobacco control access to medicine health technology assessment and global health diplomacy) i find autonomous non-profit and parastatal organizations to play key roles addressing complex problems and enhancing national reputation even as they stand apart from a government that reaps the symbolic rewards october 14 2020 wednesday 12–1:30pm zoom session meeting id: 968 1107 6322 passcode: 761491 if you cannot join with video you can connect to the zoom session via phone: 1–346–248–7799 colloquium news global health health technology public health policies thailand tobacco control
news sociology colloquium 10/7/2020 september 10 2020 sociology colloquium 10/7/2020 examining the causal effect of skin color in online dating dr emilce santana texas a&m university this project seeks to measure the causal effect of an individuals skin color on their likelihood of engaging in interethnic/interracial romantic relationships the literature on skin color inequality is limited by issues such as a heavy reliance on observational data and inconsistent measures of skin color which hinder researchers capacity to make causal inferences about the role of skin color in perpetuating discrepancies in outcomes within ethnoracial groups to address these issues i field a survey experiment that features online dating profiles of black daters i test how the skin color of the profiled individuals affects the likelihood that respondents of other ethnoracial groups will be interested in dating them the results of this study will improve the sociological understanding of a particular mechanism that may determine contact across ethnoracial groups october 7 2020 wednesday 12–1:30pm zoom session meeting id: 934 2571 4176 passcode: 425155 if you cannot join with video you can connect to the zoom session via phone: 1–346–248–7799 colloquium news emilce santana interethnic relationships interracial relationships online dating skin color
news 2020–2021 aces fellows program september 5 2020 2020–2021 aces fellows program texas a&m universitys college of liberal arts invites applications for the accountability climate equity and scholarship (aces) fellows program in recognition of texas a&m universitys diversity plan the aces faculty pipeline initiative promotes the research teaching and scholarship of early career scholars who embrace the belief that diversity is an indispensable component of academic excellence aces fellows will benefit from: prescriptive mentoring access to instructional best practices a vast array of world-class research and productivity resources and a robust network of renowned texas a&m scholars from across disciplines fellows will begin their appointment in fall 2021 in partnership with the college of liberal arts the aces fellows program is funded by the office of the provost and administered by the office for diversity at texas a&m university the college welcomes applications from scholars whose work aligns with a field or department in the liberal artswith preference being extended to scholars of africana studies and latino/a and mexican american studiesand with demonstrated strength in and evidence of a respect for diversity and inclusion for more information about the program and its application requirements visit the aces program description the application must be submitted online and is available at: https://applyinterfoliocom/74760 applications are due by 9 am cst on october 1 2020 for any questions related to eligibility or technical issues with the application please email aces@tamuedu for questions pertaining the college of liberal arts please email l-dorsey@tamuedu texas a&m university is committed to enriching the learning and working environment for all visitors students faculty and staff by promoting a culture that embraces inclusion diversity equity and accountability diverse perspectives talents and identities are vital to accomplishing our mission and living our core values texas a&m university is an equal opportunity/affirmative action/veterans/disability employer committed to building a culturally diverse educational environment applications from women minorities and members of other underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged and will be actively sought the university is aware that attracting and retaining exceptional faculty often depends on meeting the needs of two careers and therefore implements policies that contribute to work-life balance news aces aces fellowship fellows program fellowship
news sociology colloquium 9/30/2020 september 5 2020 sociology colloquium 9/30/2020 diversifying the uae and russia: how national higher education policies attract international students dr karin johnson texas research data center (txrdc) dr johnsons core interest is in how policy can attract skilled migrants particularly to developing areas with a low or declining population in her recent research johnson compared higher education internationalization policies in the uae and russia that aim to recruit international students the uae and russia are both oil and resource rich (and looking to diversify their national economies) but people poor (they depend on migrants to maintain the population) from expert interviews with forty-three university administrators and public officials johnson concluded that while russias recruitment goals are to enroll students uae policy targets foreign institutes to come to build branch campuses differing outcomes are the results of the composition of international students and state motivations in contrast to traditional destination countries such as the us or uk interviews revealed that an underlying agenda of global political cooperation trumps purely economic intentions to recruit foreign students moving forward johnson continues to employ mixed-method techniques to examine the relationship among international higher education skilled migration migrants transition into the labor force policy and demographic deficits september 30 2020 wednesday 12–1:30pm zoom session meeting id: 931 6886 7156 passcode: 889202 if you cannot join with video you can connect to the zoom session via phone: 1–346–248–7799 colloquium news higher education international students policies russia united arab emirates
news book club colloquium 9/28/2020 september 5 2020 book club colloquium 9/28/2020 this is an early announcement that we are going to have a book club colloquium at 12pm on monday september 28th with jessica calarco (@jessicacalarco) the author of a field guide to grad school: uncovering the hidden curriculum why are we telling you this now so you can start the book of course! you can download a copy of the ebook from the tamu library if that link doesnt work for you submit a get it for me from the library this is the calendly link to register to the book club colloquium by registering you will get an email with the zoom link and a reminder 24 hours before the event colloquium news field guide graduate school jessica calarco
news sociology colloquium 9/16/2020 september 4 2020 sociology colloquium 9/16/2020 demagogue for president: the rhetorical genius of donald trump dr jennifer r mercieca texas a&m university a demagoguea leader of the peoplecould be a hero or a villain what kind of demagogue is donald trump he is both a hero and a villaina hero to his supporters and a villain to everyone else demagogue for president tells the story of donald trumps 2016 presidential campaign and shows how trump took advantage of pre-existing distrust polarization and frustration to attack america within a crisis of public trust in which the very viability of democracy was at risk trump ran a campaign that was designed to increase distrust for government and traditional leadership within a crisis of polarization in which americans believed that they had little common ground with their political opposition did not share the same values and that their opposition was an enemy of the state trump ran a campaign that was designed to increase polarization within a crisis of frustration in which americans believed that government was the biggest issue facing the nation that the nation was on the wrong track and that anybody else would do a better job running the country than current leaders trump ran a campaign that was designed to increase frustration trump used rhetoric as a weaponas a counterpunchand in so doing trump attacked americas public sphere and its democratic process demagogue for president gives americans a vocabulary to use to understand trumps rhetorical strategies and explains why those strategies are dangerous for democratic stability more here: https://wwwjennifermerciecacom/demagogueforpresident september 16 2020 wednesday 12–1:30pm zoom session meeting id: 913 4925 0255 passcode: 492243 if you cannot join with video you can connect to the zoom session via phone: 1–346–248–7799 colloquium news demagogue for president donald trump jennifer mercieca
news sociology colloquium 9/9/2020 september 4 2020 sociology colloquium 9/9/2020 taking america back for god: christian nationalism in the united states dr andrew whitehead indiana university–purdue university indianapolis (iupui) dr samuel perry the university of oklahoma why do so many conservative christians continue to support donald trump despite his many overt moral failings why do many americans advocate so vehemently for xenophobic policies such as a border wall with mexico why do many americans seem so unwilling to acknowledge the injustices that ethnic and racial minorities experience in the united states why do a sizeable proportion of americans continue to oppose womens equality in the workplace and in the home to answer these questions taking america back for god points to the phenomenon of christian nationalism the belief that the united states is-and should be-a christian nation christian ideals and symbols have long played an important role in american public life but christian nationalism is about far more than whether the phrase under god belongs in the pledge of allegiance at its heart christian nationalism demands that we must preserve a particular kind of social order an order in which everyone–christians and non-christians native-born and immigrants whites and minorities men and women recognizes their proper place in society the first comprehensive empirical analysis of christian nationalism in the united states taking america back for god illustrates the influence of christian nationalism on todays most contentious social and political issues drawing on multiple sources of national survey data as well as in-depth interviews andrew whitehead and samuel perry document how christian nationalism shapes what americans think about who they are as a people what their future should look like and how they should get there americans stance toward christian nationalism provides powerful insight into what they think about immigration islam gun control police shootings atheists gender roles and many other political issues-very much including who they want in the white house taking america back for god is a guide to one of the most important-and least understood-forces shaping american politics september 9 2020 wednesday 12–1:30pm zoom session meeting id: 997 2258 7671 passcode: 699330 if you cannot join with video you can connect to the zoom session via phone: 1–346–248–7799 this event is co-sponsored with texas a&m religious studies colloquium news christian nationalism ethnic and racial minorities god injustice religious studies united states xenophobic
news dr jane sell graduate fellowship august 18 2020 dr jane sell graduate fellowship dr jane sell will be retiring soon from texas a&m university she has spent her whole career dedicated to the students staff and faculty at texas a&m university and promoting rigorous social psychological research throughout the profession dr sell received her phd from washington state university in 1979 joined the faculty in 1978 and has been a vital member of the department ever since dr sell is widely recognized across social science disciplines as a leader in the fields of experimental methods mathematical sociology and small group processes in 2017 she won the cooley-mead award for distinguished scholarship from the american sociological associations section on social psychology the highest award that can be given in the sociological social psychology field to honor her many years of service and dedication to mentoring students her colleagues students and friends established the endowed dr jane sell fellowship if you would like to donate to the fellowship fund please go to this link: https://spiritofgivingtamuedu/o/texas-am-university/i/spirit-of-giving/s/jane-sell-fellowship the first dr jane sell annual fellowship will be awarded in 2021 news fellowship graduate jane sell sociology department
news academic building flow map fall 2020 august 13 2020 academic building flow map fall 2020 this flow map indicates exit and entry access to the academic building during the fall 2020 the building will also have signs on all doors news academic building flow map sociology department
news 2020 sociology welcome party august 13 2020 2020 sociology welcome party the sociology department invites you to the fall 2020 welcome party on friday august 21st at 6pm on zoom be ready to chat and mingle! we will have some (semi)formal greetings interactive activities and a chance to chat in smaller groups (using breakout rooms) to make it more fun please fill out this survey (https://formsgle/j274j9gr4bevxqxe6) by midnight sunday august 16th this helps us to prepare some fun interactive activities at the party please contact dr heili pals (hpals@tamuedu) for the zoom link information news party sociology welcome
news 2020 sociology phd graduation celebration august 13 2020 2020 sociology phd graduation celebration the sociology community is invited to the sociology phd graduation celebration on friday august 14th at 6pm on zoom! we will congratulate and cheer on our new doctors! the new phds are: – dr asheli atkins – dr vanessa gonlin – dr kelly mcnamara – dr gabe miller – dr jeffrey opaleye – dr stephanie ortiz – dr monica williams – dr karl zou at the celebration each of the graduates and their chairs will talk we will cheer them on congratulations to our newest phds!! please contact dr heili pals (hpals@tamuedu) for the zoom link information news celebration graduation sociology
news sociology professor interview to office for diversity july 30 2020 sociology professor interview to office for diversity dr emilce santana is a visiting assistant professor in the department of sociology at texas a&m university and an accountability climate equity and scholarship (aces) fellow the a&m office for diversity interviewed dr santana about her recent publication is white always right skin color and interdating among whites which focuses on skin color and interethnic/ interracial relationships she also talks about her aces fellowship participation read full interview here: http://diversitytamuedu/santana news aces fellowship diversity emilce interdating interethnic relationships interracial relationships santana skin color
news everybody eats! facilitating a reduce reuse recycle supply chain for the residential food garden july 21 2020 everybody eats! facilitating a reduce reuse recycle supply chain for the residential food garden presenter: dr sarah gatson tamu sociology professor this presentations focus is on incorporating earthkind (agrilife extension) and regenerative agricultural principles into residentially-based food gardens it summarizes everyday and research-based practices with graphic examples and raises questions for the ongoing facilitation of these gardens in the face of the covid-19 pandemic and provides a suggested way forward that recognizes the intersecting needs upon which holistic systemic health is built dr gatsons narrated powerpoint for the tamu virtual earth month https://tamucs-mysharepointcom/:p:/g/personal/gatson_tamu_edu/ex_tnnbiu_loqfkgpzjqdjsbapovj_6t3g3z-g84nwyiagrtime=acy_8ab22eg texas a&m university virtual earth month http://sustainabilitytamuedu/virtual-earth-monthaspx everybody eats community participant gardeners blogs constructed from visits to the gardeners and digital conversations and emailed photos from the gardeners written by daisy castillo who served as both a sociology undergrad research fellow and a paid research assistant for two years and recently completed the blogs this summer after her graduation! both of these gardeners have long experience with food gardening in the brazos valley and had established gardens that my project helped expand as part of the service-learning research project across the sociology of community sociology of law and marriage institution/contemporary family courses between 2015-2020: https://everybodyeatssitestamuedu/about/ https://everybodyeatssitestamuedu/lucy-garden/ https://everybodyeatssitestamuedu/daphne-garden/ news earth eats everybody gatson month sarah virtual