Join the Department of Sociology from 9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 5 and 6 in Hayes Hall 109. (Remember that daylight savings time ends at 2 a.m. on Nov. 6.)

Saturday, Nov. 5

Hegemony in Contemporary Society

  • 9 a.m. "Protecting a Vulnerable Planet: "Socialization of Nature" in the Inflation Reduction Act?" Owen Hevly
  • 9:30 a.m. "Notions of Court Packing: A Case Study in Legal Hegemony," Jackson Killilea
  • 10 a.m. "Bimbos in the Conjuncture: Digital Feminist Movements as a Response to Hegemony," Julia Majesky

College and the Reproduction of Inequality

  • 11 a.m. "Understanding the Gap: Women Achieve Credentials While Men Receive Jobs," Isabel Cody
  • 11:30 a.m. "For the Love of the Game or Profit?" Tatumn Eccleston

Youth, Stratification and Identity

  • 1 p.m. "Stratified Valley: Socioeconomic Stratification in Silicon Valley’s K-12 Schools, as Exposed by the COVID-19 Pandemic," Anastasia Langner
  • 1:30 p.m. "Classroom Divide: Segregation and the School-to-Prison Pipeline in LA." Samantha Lingard
  • 2 p.m. "Who Am I? Youth Identity and the Shifting Category of Whiteness," Cynthia Oyarce

Sunday, Nov. 6

Gender, Culture and Change

  • 9 a.m. "The Ideological Construction of the Slow Fashion Movement," Maia Cornish-Keefe
  • 9:30 a.m. "Whiteness, Masculinity and Childhood Abuse: Case Study Research of Their Impact on the Motivations of Serial Killers." Lilly Richart
  • 10 a.m. "Meat and Masculinity: How gendered understandings of food impede needed dietary shifts," Honor White

Institutions and Interventions

  • 11 a.m. "Opportunities for Better Care: How Telehealth, a Pandemic-era Mental Health Resource, Can Benefit LGBTQ+ People Post-Pandemic," Sophia Markey
  • 11:30 a.m. "Understanding The Center of Hope: The Modern Food Distribution Center and It's Role in Rural Social Life," Elliot Moore

Making, Representing and Reproducing Knowledge

  • 1 p.m. "Monolith of Success, Bodies of Knowledge," Va Gruskoff
  • 1:30 p.m. "Paradigm Differences in Scientific Research: Academia vs. Industry," Ellie Haljun
  • 2 p.m. "Understanding 'Content:' The Importance of Personal Expression and Nuance," Bijan Khaghani

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