Fall 2009 Colloquia
Population Studies and Training Center, Brown UniversityPlease note: All talks will be held at 12:00pm in the Seminar Room of Mencoff Hall at 68 Waterman St., unless otherwise noted.
For more information about this series or to make an appointment with a visiting speaker, please contact Katelyn Clary.
Click here to view the previous semester's schedule.
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Thursday, September 17
Leo Chavez
Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, University of California at Irvine
“The Latino Threat, Public Discourse and Immigration Reform”Thursday, September 24
IUSSP Preview
Gayatri Singh - "'Creating a Frame': Random Sampling of Difficult-to-Access Inner City Migrant Populations in Johannesburg, South Africa"
Inku Subedi - "Adolescents' and Young Adults' Transition into Premarital Romantic Relationship, Sexual Activity, and Marriage in the Gilgel Gibe Region of Ethiopia"
Salome Wawire - "The Role of Male Circumcision in Sexual Networks and Sexual Behavior among Youth in Kisumu, Kenya"
Thursday, October 1
No Colloquium - IUSSP Meetings in Morocco
Thursday, October 8
Djavad Salehi-Isfahani
Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Virginia Tech
"Family Planning and Rural Fertility Decline in Iran: A Study in Program Evaluation”Thursday, October 15
Leah Vanwey
Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology and PSTC, Brown University
“Migration and Remittance Impacts on Agricultural Production in the Brazilian Amazon”
Thursday, October 22
Kaivan Munshi
Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and PSTC, Brown University
“Identity and Mobility: Linking the Past to the Present in the American Midwest”Thursday, October 29
Joseph Potter
Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin
“Oral Contraceptive Use Along the US-Mexico Border: Does a Prescription Matter?”Thursday, November 5
Megan Klein Hattori
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Population Studies, PSTC, Brown University
TBAFriday, November 12
Parfait Eloundou-Enyegue
Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Cornell University
"Dividends from Fertility Transitions: Preliminary Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa"Thursday, November 19
Rosamond L. Naylor
Professor of Environmental Earth Systems, Environmental Earth Systems Department, Stanford University
“Assessing Risks of Climate Variability and Climate Change for Indonesian Rice Agriculture”Thursday, November 26
No Colloquium - Thanksgiving
Thursday, December 3
Mary Fischer
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Connecticut
“Immigrant Educational Outcomes in New Destinations: An Exploration of High School Attrition"_________________________________________