How can moments with potential for transformational change be recognized and acted upon? What can be learned from the dramatic change in efforts to loosen the grip of organized crime on public institutions in America in the 1960s, the reform of the Teamsters Union in the 1970s-1990s, and the current battle against corruption in…
KTC Student Affiliates have the opportunity to present their work. Sociology doctoral student Megan Kang presents her ongoing work on what it means to exit a violent social network, over lunch, Friday, March 24, 12:15pm.
In this talk, Dr. Mbuya will explore how the World Bank views nutrition within the context of competing global health priorities. He will discuss how this critical but often overlooked issue (and others like it) can be framed to build its profile on national and international agendas.
As the world grapples with how to address climate change, at the heart of the issue is justice. Globally, the nations that are projected to suffer the worst impacts of climate change are those that are least responsible for causing it and that have fewer resources to adapt. The same is true in the United States, where…
Danae is an Assistant Professor at the School for the Future of Innovation in Society and the School of Sustainability in Arizona State University. Danae's research studies the distributional consequences of environmental policy and environmental justice. Her work uses applied causal inference methods with remote sensing…
Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Medicine, Health, and Society; Director of the Center for Medicine, Health, and Society.
Author of Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease, and Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment is Killing America’s Heartland.
Sponsored by: Dept…
KTC Student Affiliates have the opportunity to hear about ways to disseminate behavioral science insights among and beyond the academic community in this informal lunchtime chat with Behavioral Scientist Editor-in-Chief Evan Nesterak on Friday, March 3 at 12:15pm.
Education Research Section – Seminar Series – Spring 2023
Open to faculty, staff, and all students
Wednesdays – Hybrid Seminar – Noon-1pm
Seminar Zoom Link
In-person seminars - 165 Wallace Hall (lunch provided)
Join SPIA’s Graduate Career Development and Alumni Relations, SPIA in NJ, and the Gender Policy Network for an afternoon of alumni panels, including:
Careers in Domestic Social Policy: Alumni on the Realities of Implementing Equitable Federal and Local Policy
Careers in Gender Policy
