Seminars and Other Events
Spring 2017
Thursday, January 18
Book Talk: Uneasy Peace: The Great Crime Decline, The Renewal of City Life, and the Next War on Violence
Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm
Location: Institute for Public Knowledge, 20 Cooper Square, 5th Floor
NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge invites you to join for a book talk for Uneasy Peace: The Great Crime Decline, The Renewal of City Life, and the Next War on Violence. The author Patrick Sharkey will be present in conversation with Matt Desmond and Maya Wiley.
[Co-sponsored with IHDSC]
Wednesday, January 25
Imagining the Future of Urban Education and Mental Health
Putting Research to Work for Children, Families, and Communities
Time: 5:30pm-8:00pm
Location: Global Center for Academic and Spiritual Life, 238 Thompson Street, 5th Floor Grand Hall
Please join us in celebrating IHDSC's 10th anniversary! We will be featuring short presentations highlighting work by IHDSC-affiliated students, faculty, and alumni, as well as a panel discussion between representatives of community-based organizations and foundations.
Thursday, March 22
Wagner Seminar
Dr. Jason Corburn, Professor of City & Regional Planning, University of California Berkeley
Time: 12:00pm-1:30pm
Location: Puck Building, 295 Lafayette Street, 2nd Floor Rudin Family Forum
Title: "Toward Urban Health Equity: From Local to Global Sustainability Science"
Abstract
As the world urbanizes and social inequalities increase, cities are a key site for pursuing greater health equity for all. In this talk, Professor Jason Corburn of UC Berkeley, will highlight how the pursuit of health equity is essential for addressing related social injustices, such as persistent poverty, residential segregation, violence, climate change vulnerability and social exclusion, particularly for people of color and immigrants. Using examples from his own work in the San Francisco Bay Area, Medellín, Colombia and Nairobi, Kenya, Professor Corburn will highlight how residents, scientists and decision-makers are co-producing evidence and solutions for healthier and more just cities. He will discuss the on-going challenges for this work, focusing on the persistence of urban informal settlements, and how innovative community-led solutions are generating sustainable and social just development around the world.
[Co-sponsored with IHDSC]
Wednesday, March 28
Applied Psychology Seminar
Dr. Emilie Smith, Janette McGarity Barber Distinguished Professor and Department Head, Human Development and Family Science, University of Georgia
Time: 12:00pm-1:30pm
Location: Kimball Hall, 246 Greene Street, 1st Floor Loung
Title: "Fostering youth self-regulation and co-regulation in community-based youth settings"
Abstract
This talk will explore the nature of community-based youth settings and the ways in which the dyadic and multifaceted interactions with influential adults and peers can foster youth self-regulation and “co-regulation.” Research from 75 settings and hundreds of youth from diverse racial-ethnic, geographic, and social backgrounds reveals nuances in how to foster connectedness, competence, and cultural awareness using the frameworks of cultural-ecological developmental models.
[Co-sponsored with IHDSC]
Monday, April 16
CASSR/Pop Center Seminar
Dr. Jennifer Lee, Professor of Sociology, Columbia University
Time: 12:30pm-1:50pm
Location: Puck Building, 295 Lafayette Street, Room 4156
Title: "Who Counts As Asian? Stereotypes, Boundaries, and Narratives"
Abstract
Asian Americans are the fastest growing group in the country whose population soared from less than 1% in 1970 to 6% today. Driving the growth is immigration, which has not only increased the U.S. Asian population but also diversified it. In 1970, Asian immigrants hailed primarily from East Asia, but today, South Asians are fueling most of the growth. Despite the rapid growth and diversity of the U.S. Asian population, the field lacked systematic survey data to study how Americans—especially Asian Americans—cognitively construct the Asian category. The 2016 National Asian American Survey (NAAS) rectifies this shortcoming. Based on analyses of NAAS, we find that Americans cognitively construct Asian as East Asian, and draw a sharp boundary between East Asians and South Asians that excludes the latter from the categorical fold. In addition, we find that stereotypes about competence and warmth are strongly associated with who we consider Asian. Our findings have implications for inequality and stratification more broadly. Who we count as Asian affects the narratives of Asian Americans’ outcomes and opinions—including their stance on affirmative action—and challenges the assumption that Asians are “honorary Whites.”
[Co-sponsored with IHDSC]
Monday, April 23
**THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED**
CASSR/Pop Center Seminar
Dr. Michael Massoglia, Romnes Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Time: 12:30pm-1:50pm
Location: Puck Building, 295 Lafayette Street, Room 4156
Title: TBD
Abstract
TBD
[Co-sponsored with IHDSC]
Wednesday, April 25
Applied Psychology Seminar
Dr. Jamilia Blake, Associate Professor of Educational Psychology, Texas A&M University
Time: 12:00pm-1:30pm
Location: Kimball Hall, 246 Greene Street, 1st Floor Loung
Title: "More than an afterthought: A critical examination of the exclusionary discipline experiences of Black females"
Abstract
African American female students’ elevated suspension risk has received national attention. Despite a number of studies documenting racial/ethnic disparities in African American females’ school suspension risk, few investigations have attempted to explain why these disparities occur. The purpose of this study was to examine the role of colorism in explaining suspension risk using a nationally representative sample of adolescent females.
[Co-sponsored with IHDSC]
Thursday, May 10
Psychology Seminar
Dr. Hazel Markus, Davis-Brack Professor in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University
Time: 4:00pm-5:30pm
Location: Meyer Hall, 4 Washington Place, Room 551
Title: TBD
Abstract
TBD
[Co-sponsored with IHDSC]
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