Colloquia

Presenter: Kimberly A. Tyler, Professor, Department of Sociology,University of Nebraska – Lincoln Abstract: Homeless youth in the United States face numerous health disparities over the life course. They are at increased risk for negative outcomes including victimization, substance abuse, criminal activity, and poor mental health. Childhood abuse and family conflict are common occurrences in the homes of many young people prior to their leaving…

Presenter: Patti Giuffre*, Professor, Department of Sociology, Texas State University Abstract:  The world of elite chefs is almost exclusively male. How is it that being a chef—a job based on the feminized skill of cooking—is considered a masculine occupation? This book combines content analysis of food media with interviews with 33 women chefs in Texas to address how the chef occupation became and remains male-dominated. We found that…

Presenter: Katherine Hankins, Associate Professor of Geosciences, Georgia State University Abstract: “Intentional neighbors” are middle class Christians who seek to achieve spatial solidarity with people living in impoverished and marginalized inner city neighborhoods.  This large and growing movement in U.S. cities follows a model for achieving social justice that was laid out and practiced by an African-American veteran of the Civil…

Presenter: Ron Simons, Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Georgia Abstract: Unprecedented growth in the proportion of older adults in the U.S. has placed inequalities in healthy aging at the forefront of the public health agenda. Individuals often differ dramatically in their speed of aging. Some demonstrate accelerated aging and suffer early onset of chronic illness whereas others manifest decelerated aging…