The Chinese Question: The Gold Rushes and Global Politics Mae Ngai, Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies and Professor of History, Columbia University Co-sponsors: Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) and Asian American Studies Program & Center, Hunter College Register here to receive Zoom link.
Speaker: Jacob Faber, Associate Professor of Sociology and Public Service, New York University Title: "New Deal Policy and the Racialization of Homeownership" A growing body of literature has documented the long-term consequences of federal housing policies during the New Deal--most notably the Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC)--on a wide variety of outcomes. HOLC's infamous redlining... Read more »
Immigrant Labor and the New Precariat Ruth Milkman, Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center and the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies Register here to receive Zoom link.
Speaker: Wendy Roth, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania Title: "Genetic Options and Constraints: How Genetic Ancestry Tests Change Ethnic Identities" An estimated 15% of all U.S. adults have taken genetic ancestry tests (GATs). Recent studies have found that many test-takers change their ethnic and racial identities based on the test results, viewing them... Read more »
Figures of the Future: Latino Civil Rights and the Politics of Demographic Change
Headhunters, also known as recruiters, are power brokers in the tech industry. Yet there are no sociological studies of recruiters that have examined how they adapted to the demands of... Read more »
The Black Pacific: Militarism, Race, and the Native/Settler Divide in the Hawaiian Islands
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This is a hybrid event. Join us in-person in the Sociology Student Lounge (Room 6112) or via Zoom to learn more about the program. To attend in-person, please register here. In... Read more »
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