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JACOB AVERY

Presentations

"The Micro-Sociology of Performative Exhaustion and Erotic Reality: Re-assessing Dancer/Customer Interactions in Strip Clubs" at the annual meeting of the ASA, August 11-14, 2007, NYC

RACHELLE BRUNN

Research Manuscripts

Brunn, Rachelle and Grace Kao. "Where are all the Boys?  Examining the Black Gender Gap in Post-Secondary Attainment." Under Review.

Brunn, Rachelle and Grace Kao. “ Do Teacher Expectations Matter for the Achievement and Expectations of African Americans? A Comparison of African American and White Boys and Girls.” In Progress.

Charles, Camille, Rachelle Brunn, and Monica Trujillo. “Still They Rise: The Characteristics of High-Achieving Black and Latino/a College Students.” In Progress.

Charles, Camille, Kimberly Torres, and Rachelle J. Brunn. “ Black Like Who? Exploring the Racial, Ethnic, and Class Diversity of Black Students at Selective Colleges and Universities.” In Progress.

Conference Papers

Charles, Camille Z., Kimberly C. Torres, and Rachelle J. Brunn. 2006. “Black Like Who? Exploring the Racial, Ethnic and Class Diversity of Black Students at Selective Colleges and Universities.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 13th, Montreal, Canada.

 Brunn, Rachelle and Grace Kao. 2005. “Examining the Black Gender Gap in Post-Secondary Enrollment.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 13 th, Philadelphia, PA.

Brunn, Rachelle and Faye Allard. 2005. “Exploring the Role of Preference and Policy in the Reduction of Racial Residential Segregation.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, April 1 st, Philadelphia, PA.

Brunn, Rachelle and Faye Allard. 2005. “Exploring the Role of Preference and Policy in the Reduction of Racial Residential Segregation.” Paper presented at the annual Fontaine Society Graduate Student Research Conference, March 18 th, Philadelphia, PA.

Brunn, Rachelle and Faye Allard. 2005. “Exploring the Role of Preference and Policy in the Reduction of Racial Residential Segregation.” Paper presented at the Urban Studies Graduate Student Colloquium Series, March 2 nd, Philadelphia, PA.

Brunn, Rachelle and Grace Kao. 2004. “What’s Holding Boys Behind? Explaining the Black Gender Gap in Educational Outcomes.” Paper presented at the Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute Conference, September 26 th, Washington, D.C.

Brunn, Rachelle and Grace Kao. 2004. “What’s Holding Boys Behind? Explaining the Black Gender Gap in Educational Outcomes.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 17 th, San Francisco, CA.

Brunn, Rachelle and Grace Kao. 2004. “What’s Holding Boys Behind? Explaining the Black Gender Gap in Educational Outcomes.” Paper presented at the Fontaine Society Research Conference, University of Pennsylvania, March 26 th, Philadelphia, PA. “Census 2000: A comparison of Black Men and Women’s Wages.” 2003. Paper presented at the Fontaine Society’s “Sun Works Research Conference: Giving Light to the Mind, Body and Community” University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, March 2003.

Brunn, Rachelle. 2003. “Census 2000: A Comparison of Black Men and Women’s Wages.” Paper presented at the Fontaine Society Research Conference, University of Pennsylvania, March 28 th, Philadelphia, PA.

Brunn, Rachelle. 2002. “Socialization for Success: African American Students at a Predominantly White University.” Paper presented at the Undergraduate Research Program Symposium, University of Delaware, May 4 th, Newark, DE.

Brunn, Rachelle. 2001. “Parental Practices, Aspirations, and Expectations: A Comparative Study of Black and White Middle-Class Families.” Paper presented at the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program Research Conference, Pennsylvania State University, August 9 th, State College, PA.

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COLETTE JOYCE

PRESENTATIONS
“Cultural Images of Impaired Cognition: Hope, Inevitability, and Challenges to “Successful Aging.” March 2003.

"How do caregivers resolve disagreements with patients in a decision to treat Alzheimer's disease?"  To be presented at the annual meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, San Diego, CA, November 2003. (with B.D. James, D.J. Casarett, S.X. Xie, and J. Karlawish).

"Why do caregivers not involve their relatives in a decision to treat Alzheimer's disease?"  To be presented at the annual meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, San Diego, CA, November 2003. (with B.D. James, D.J. Casarett, S.X. Xie, and J. Karlawish).

SARAH KAPLAN

PUBLICATIONS
“Social Capital and the Family,” in The Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Families. (with Frank F. Furstenberg) Jacqueline L. Scott, Judith Treas, and Martin M.P. Richards (eds.). Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishers. 2003

PRESENTATIONS
“Please allow me to introduce myself… What child care providers say in ads and values of child-rearing.” To be presented at the Carework Conference, San Francisco, CA, August 2004.

“The best thing is I can eat as many cookies as I want: Children’s views of self-care during the after-school hours.” To be presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA, August 2004.

“Real-Life Methodological Pickles and How We Made it Through.” Co-Organizer/Presider and Panelist, 2003 Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, February 2003, Philadelphia, PA.

Family Section Roundtable Presentation, “Passing Time in the New Neighborhood: How working parents view the choice to send their children to a low cost after-school program.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Anaheim, CA, August 2001.

“After-school care as academic and social enrichment for low-income urban children.” Paper presented at the Spencer Symposium on Urban Research and at the Ethnography in Education Forum, the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, March 2000, Philadelphia, PA.

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STEFAN KLUSEMANN

Otto and Gertrude K. Pollack Summer Research Fellowship 20062006 SSHA-Rockefeller Graduate Student Award

August 2006: Presentation at the 'Microsociology' Session of the 2006 Annual Meeting of the ASA: "Micro-Situational Antecendents of Violent Atrocity"

November 2006: Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Social Science History Association (SSHA) in Minneapolis: "Micro-situational Antecedents of Violent Atrocity"

December 2006: Presentation at the 'Culture and Interaction' Workshop at the University of Pennsylvania: "Micro-situational Antecendents of Violent Atrocity"

ARIELLE KUPERBERG

Publications:

Stone, Pamela and Arielle Kuperberg. 2006. "Anti-Discrimination vs.
Anti-Poverty: An Analysis of Pay Equity and Living Wage Reforms." In Women, Work and Poverty: Women Centered Research for Policy Change. Ed. Heidi Hartmann. Hawthorne Press

Kuperberg, Arielle. 2006. “Abstract: Parenthood and the Pursuit of Postgraduate Education, 1970-2000.” In “Sex and Gender Graduate Student Showcase.” Sex and Gender News (ASA Section Newsletter), May 2006: 7

Stone, Pamela and Arielle Kuperberg. 2005. "Anti-Discrimination vs.
Anti-Poverty: An Analysis of Pay Equity and Living Wage Reforms." Journal of Women, Politics and Policy: 27(3/4): 23-39.

Kuperberg, Arielle. 2003 “Westernization and Women’s Bodies: An Analysis of Chinese Magazines.” Hunter Review: 6 (Spring): 41-47.

Under Review:

Stone, Pamela and Arielle Kuperberg "A New Feminine Mystique: The Rhetoric and Reality of Women who Opt Out", Revise and Resubmit from Gender & Society, Currently under revision

Presentations and Posters:

Forthcoming: Kuperberg, Arielle. "Complementarity, Gender Dynamics, Homogamy and Divorce" at the annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society in Philadelphia, PA, March 2007 in a regular session on "Divorce, Remarriage, Custody"

Forthcoming: Harknett, Kristen and Arielle Kuperberg “Gender Race and Class differences in Ideal Marriage partner” Poster Session, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, March 2007

Kuperberg, Arielle. “Parenthood and the Pursuit of Postgraduate Education 1970-2000” Presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society in Boston, MA, February 2006 in a regular session on “Childbearing, Marriage and Education”

Stone, Pamela and Arielle Kuperberg. “’The New Traditionalist:’ A Content Analysis and Assessment of Backlash in the Print Media Depiction of Women Who Exchange Careers for Motherhood.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society in Washington D.C., March 2005 in a regular session on “Gender Ideology in News and Information Media”

Stone, Pamela and Arielle Kuperberg. “Fairness or Justice? A Comparison of Pay Equity and Living Wage Reforms” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in San Francisco, August 2004, in a regular session on “Jobs Occupations and Professions”

Kuperberg, Arielle. “Dungeons and Dragons: Social Processes in a Role Playing Game.” Presented at the Eastern Sociological Society conference in New York City, February 2004, in a paper session entitled “American Subcultures and Peer Groups.”

Kuperberg, Arielle. “Westernization and Women’s Bodies: An Analysis of Chinese Magazines.” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in Atlanta, August 2003, in a student panel session entitled “Visual Sociology and Image Based Research.”

Stone, Pamela and Arielle Kuperberg. “Anti-Discrimination vs. Anti-Poverty? A Comparison of Pay Equity and Living Wage Reforms.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research in Washington D.C., June 2003, in a panel session entitled “Examining Policies to end Sex-Based Discrimination.

Awards: National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2004

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KE LIANG

PRESENTATIONS
“Social Support and the Cultural Adaptation for Chinese Elderly Immigrants: Familial or Peer Relations.” (Coauthored with Grace Kao) Presented at the 2004 Annual Meeting of Association for Asian American Studies.

“Trust: Theoretical Consideration on the Doctor-Patient Relationships.” 2003. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Eastern Sociological Society, Philadelphia, PA, February 2003.

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CATHERINE MAYER VAN DE RUIT

PUBLICATIONS
Van de Ruit, C and May, J. 2003. “Triangulating qualitative and quantitative approaches to the measurement of poverty: A Case study in the Limpopo Province, South Africa” IDS Bulletin Vol 34 no 4

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LARYSSA MYKYTA

Laryssa Mykyta, “Factors Influencing the Spatial Distribution of Lung Cancer Mortality in the United States, 2000 – 2002” to be presented at the 2007 Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, New York, NY.

Laryssa Mykyta, Irma T. Elo and Rachel Margolis, Neighborhood Characteristics:
Objective versus Subjective Measurement” to be presented at the 2007 Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, New York, NY.

Laryssa Mykyta, “Influences on Relationship Stability Among Economically Disadvantaged New Parents” presented at the Fall 2006 Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Madison, WI.

Laryssa Mykyta, “Behind the White Picket Fence: Economic Stability and Marital Dissolution among Fragile Families” presented at the 2006 Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Montreal, Quebec.

Laryssa Mykyta, “Residential “Integration” and Racial Isolation in Northwest
Philadelphia: An Examination of Community-Level Segregation” presented at the
2006 Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, Los Angeles, CA.

Laryssa Mykyta, “Behind the White Picket Fence: Meeting the “Marriage Bar” and Marital Stability,” poster presented at the 2006 Population Association of America Annual Meetings, Los Angeles, CA.

Irma T. Elo, Laryssa Mykyta and Jennifer F. Culhane, “Paternal Support and Father-Child Contact: Evidence from a Low-Income, Inner-City Population”, presented at the 2005 Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Dana Barron and Laryssa Mykyta, “Who’s At Home With the Kids?: The Demographics of Full-Time Parenthood in the U.S., 1976-2003” presented at the 2004 Conference of the Carework Netowrk of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA, August 13, 2004.

LAURA NAPOLITANO

Co-presented a paper with Jessica Keating at the 2004 American Society of Criminology conference in Nashville entitled "We Never Call the Cops and Here's Why: A Qualitative Examination of Legal Cynicism and Informal Social Control in Three Philadelphia Neighborhoods"

Presented a paper at the 2003 Eastern Sociological Society's annual meeting on the preliminary findings from the Philadelphia Youth and Crime Control Study.

SIMONE POLILLO

2007. NSF Dissertation Improvement Grant.

2007. Structuring Financial Elites: Economic and Political Bonds in Italy, 1860-1910. Paper to be presented at "The Thunder of History: Taxation in Comparative and Historical Perspective" Conference, Northwestern University, May.

2006. The Dark Side of Embeddedness: The Construction of a National Economic Space in Italy, 1860-1910s. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of American Sociological Association, Montreal.

2006. Interdisciplinary Graduate Workshop in Post Keynesian, Institutionalist, & Feminist Economics. University of Missoury-Kansas City: Tuition and Travel Award.

2006. Provost Award for Interdisciplinary Innovation. University of Pennsylvania.

2005. Globalization Pressures and the State: the Worldwide Spread of Central Bank Independence.American Journal of Sociology, volume 110: pages 1764-1802 (first author; second author: Mauro F. Guillen)

2005. The Network Structure of the Self: A Theory of Identity Politics. Presented at the ASA Theory Symposium, Sociological Theory: The Next Generation. (By invitation). Philadelphia, PA. Awarded Best Graduate Student Paper by the Sociology of Emotions Section.

ALLESANDRO PRATESI

PUBLICATIONS

2006 “Genitori soli nel welfare mix al Centro e nel Nord-Est,” in Bimbi, F. and Trifiletti, R. (ed.) Madri Sole e Nuove Famiglie, Roma, Edizioni Lavoro. Chapter written in collaboration with Rossana Trifiletti e Simonetta Simoni, pp. 81-149.

2005 “Tipi di famiglie, vulnerabilità e percorsi nel Centro e nel Nord-Est” in Bimbi, F. (ed.) Madri sole, sfide politiche e genitorialità alla prova, Roma, Edizioni Lavoro, pp. 86-123.

2003 NATIONAL REPORTS ON “SOCCARE” PROJECT
On-line publication http://www.uta.fi/laitokset/sospol/soccare/reports.htm.

2001 A. Pratesi, S. Sbordoni, “Modifica degli orari scolastici e nuovi servizi per le famiglie,” Florence: Florence City Council, [total pages 114].

2001 A. Pratesi, S. Sbordoni, “Modifica e ampliamento degli orari dei servizi comunali: Indagine sul gradimento dei nuovi orari e sulle abitudini di utilizzo da parte dell’utenza,” Florence: Florence City Council, [total pages 53].

1993 “Considerazioni sui processi di ridefinizione del sé che si sperimentano nel passaggio alla paternità,” Rivista di Ostetricia e Ginecologia 6.3 (1993) 93-99.

PRESENTATIONS/CONFERENCE PAPERS

2006 Doing Care, Doing Difference. Towards a Multidimensional Analysis of Informal Care , paper presented at the 101 st Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA), Section on Sociology of Emotions / Roundtables in the Sociology of Emotions. Saturday, August 12, 2006, Palais des congrès de Montréal.

2002 Percorsi familiari e lavorativi di migranti: il caso degli immigranti marocchini in Italia (Professional and Family Trajectories of Morocco Migrants in Italy )

Conference on “Nuove famiglie, nuovi modelli di Care – New Kinds of Families, New Kinds of Social Care” ASL Florence, Italy

AWARDS

2006 POLLAK RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP Department of Sociology – University of Pennsylvania

2005 POLLAK RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP Department of Sociology – University of Pennsylvania

2000-03 EUROPEAN UNION RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP for a three-year comparative research project – University of Florence, Italy.

SOCCARE PROJECT – V European Program, Sociology of Family.

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KRISTIN TURNEY

PUBLICATIONS

Turney, Kristin, Susan Clampet-Lundquist, Kathryn Edin, Jeffery Kling, and Greg Duncan. 2006. “Neighborhood Effects on Barriers to Employment: Results from a Randomized Housing Mobility Experiment.” Pp. 137-187 in Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs, edited by Gary Burtless and Janet R. Pack. Washington,
D.C.: Brookings Institution Press.

Papers Under Review

Turney, Kristin, and Grace Kao. “Home and School Involvement of Minority Immigrant Parents of Young Children.”

Rutherford, Lindsay Taggart, Kristin Turney, and Grace Kao. “Pre-Kindergarten Child Care and School Readiness among Children of Immigrants.”

Turney, Kristin, and Kristen Harknett. “Neighborhood Socioeconomic Disadvantage, Residential Stability, and Perceptions of Social Support among New Mothers.”

Turney, Kristin, and Grace Kao. “Perceptions of Social Support among Minority Immigrant Parents and Its Association with Elementary School Test Scores.”

PRESENTATIONS

Turney, Kristin. “Intergenerational Instrumental Support, the Construction of Kinship, and the Transition to Marriage among New Parents.” Annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. March 2007.

Nakagawa, Mana, and Kristin Turney. “Grandchildren as Unifiers in Intergenerational Relations in Fragile Families.” Annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. March 2007.

Turney, Kristin, and Grace Kao. “Beyond Parental Educational Attainment: How Parents’ High School Experiences and Grandparents’ Educational Attainment Affect Young Children’s Test Performance.” Annual meeting of the Population Association of America, New York, New York. March 2007.

Turney, Kristin, and Grace Kao. “Home and School Involvement of Minority Immigrant Parents of Young Children.” Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. August 2006.

Turney, Kristin, and Kristen Harknett. “Neighborhood Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Perceptions of Social Support among New Parents.” Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. August 2006.

Turney, Kristin, Susan Clampet-Lundquist, Kathryn Edin, Jeffrey Kling, and Greg Duncan. “Neighborhood Effects on Barriers to Employment: Results from a Randomized Housing Mobility Experiment.” Brookings-Wharton Conference on Urban Affairs, Washington D.C. December 2005.

Turney, Kristin. “Search Mismatch: A Qualitative Analysis of Job Search Strategies among Low-Income African-American Women.” Annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Philadelphia, PA. August 2005.

Rosenberg, Alanna, Kimberly Tester, and Kristin Turney. “Oppositional Culture:
Fact or Myth? A Quantitative Analysis of Racial and Gender Differences in the Achievement Gap at Evanston Township High School.” Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, GA. August 2003.

 

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