The Gender, Race, and Class Workshop is a special community of graduate
students and selective faculty that come together in a comfortable, round
table environment which gives great feedback on projects at all levels
ranging from works in progress to dissertation chapters and published
articles. The scholarly works presented in GRC are on pertinent issues
relating to race, class, gender, and/or inequality. This semester features
some intriguing research being conducted by graduate students in the
Department of Sociology. Like in years past, the GRC Workshop is sponsoring
a departmental colloquium that features Associate Professor Prudence Carter
from Harvard University, who recently had an awarding book entitled,
Keepin’ It Real: School Success Beyond Black and White. Recent GRC
colloquium visitors include Tukufu Zuberi, Professor of Sociology, Lasry
Family Professor of Race Relations, and Director of the Center for Africana
Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and author of Thicker than
Blood: How Racial Statistics Lie, and Deirdre Royster, Associate
Professor at William and Mary College and author of Race and the
Invisible Hand: How White Networks Exclude Black Men from Blue Collar Jobs.
Upcoming presentations for the spring 2007 semester include:
February 2- Jason Cummings
"Racial Inequality as a Fundamental Cause of Disease: Embracing an Upstream Approach to Race, Health and Social Inequality"
February 16- Prudence Carter from Harvard University-Note time change
(11am-12:30pm in SISR 100)
March 9- Emily Meanwell
“Cobbling Together a Worthy Self: Homeless Mothers and Shelter Culture”
March 30-Abigail Sewell
“The Language of the Black Family: Exploring Intracultural Variation in the Affective Meaning of Everyday Words”
April 27- Emily Fairchild
"Communicating Meaning through Ritual: Negotiating Culture and Self in Weddings and Commitment Ceremonies"
The Gender, Race, and Class Workshop meets on selected Fridays in the Sociology Department Qualitative Lab in Ballantine Hall 342A. During the spring semester, we meet from 2- 3:30pm. During the fall semester, we meet from 12-1:30pm. GRC welcomes participation by all scholars. If you would like to receive email reminders about upcoming presentations or get additional information on the workshop contact the workshop organizers Rashawn Ray (rajray@indiana.edu) and Tim Hallett (hallett9@indiana.edu).
Upcoming presentations for the spring 2007 semester include:
February 2- Jason Cummings
"Racial Inequality as a Fundamental Cause of Disease: Embracing an Upstream Approach to Race, Health and Social Inequality"
February 16- Prudence Carter from Harvard University-Note time change
(11am-12:30pm in SISR 100)
March 9- Emily Meanwell
“Cobbling Together a Worthy Self: Homeless Mothers and Shelter Culture”
March 30-Abigail Sewell
“The Language of the Black Family: Exploring Intracultural Variation in the Affective Meaning of Everyday Words”
April 27- Emily Fairchild
"Communicating Meaning through Ritual: Negotiating Culture and Self in Weddings and Commitment Ceremonies"
The Gender, Race, and Class Workshop meets on selected Fridays in the Sociology Department Qualitative Lab in Ballantine Hall 342A. During the spring semester, we meet from 2- 3:30pm. During the fall semester, we meet from 12-1:30pm. GRC welcomes participation by all scholars. If you would like to receive email reminders about upcoming presentations or get additional information on the workshop contact the workshop organizers Rashawn Ray (rajray@indiana.edu) and Tim Hallett (hallett9@indiana.edu).
