May 21, 5:30, Dekelboum Concert Hall, Marie Smith Performing Arts Center: Commencement. Please join us for a reception in the 3rd floor atrium of the Art/ Sociology Building from 3:00-4:30.

May 14, 2:00, LeFrak 1124; Ruth DeFries, Columbia, "Tropical Forests, Agriculture, and Sparing Land for Nature"

May 12-May 18, Exams.

May 10, 3:30-5:00, LeFrak 1124; Bhavik Bakshi, Ohio State University, "Learning from Nature for Sustainability of Technological Systems" Part of the Geographical Sciences/ Sociology Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Series.

May 3-May 5, San Francisco: Population Association of America annual meeting.

May 1, noon, Art/ Sociology 1101: Second Year Papers: Tyler Crabb, "Constitutional Revolution in early 21st Century Venezuela"; Sharon Edens, "Army Engineers: The Impact of Identity Hierarchies"; Mandy Martinez, "Changing Views on the Origins of Homosexuality, 1977‐2004".

April 30, noon-1:20, Morrill 1101; Jeffrey Johnson, East Carolina University, "Social Networks and Political Capital"

April 25, 12:00 noon, Art/ Sociology 1101, Kathleen Denny, Shanna Brewton-Tiayon, Lucia Lykke, and Melissa Milkie, University of Maryland, "Accounting for (Lack of) Involvement: Reasons for Fathers' Level of Involvement with Children in Parents' Magazine, 1926-2006 "

April 25, 2:30, Art/ Sociology 1101: Morgan Grove, Research Forester, US Forest Service, Center for Society and Environment Workshop Series: "Long Term Social Ecological Research in the Baltimore Ecosystem Study: examples of advances in theory, methods, and applications."

April 24, noon, Art/ Sociology 1101: Second Year Papers: Anya Galli, "The Tactical Innovation of Glitter Bombing"; Zach Richer, "The Istinye Bazaar"; Danny Swann, "Closet Atheists".

April 23, 12:00 noon, MPRC 0124B Cole; Melissa Milkie, University of Maryland "How Does Mothers' Time with Children Matter? "

April 18, 4:00, Art/ Sociology 1101: David Cotter, Union College, 3rd Annual William Form Alumni Lecture: "SLACer Life: Composing a Career at a Selective Liberal Arts College"

April 17, noon, Art/ Sociology 1101: Second Year Papers: Janelle Clark, "The Consequences of Being Mixed‐Race: An Experimental Test"; Yu Guo, "Urban/Rural Backgrounds and Women’s Decision‐making Power in Urban China"; Jonathan Jackson, "Gentrification in Washington, D.C.".

April 16, 12:00 noon, MPRC 0124B Cole; Amy Tsui, Director, The Bill & Melinda Gates Institute of Population & Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins. TBA.

April 14, Art/Sociology, University of Maryland. Theorizing the Web 2012 conference. The second Theorizing the Web Conference seeks to expand theory on how the internet, digitality, and technology have changed the ways humans live. Keynote speakers: Andy Carvin of NPR and Zeynep Tufekci.

April 12, 3:30-5:00, LeFrak 1124; Maureen Cropper, University of Maryland, "How Will the Nations of the World Deal with Climate Change?" Part of the Geographical Sciences/ Sociology Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Series.

April 11, 2:30, Art/ Sociology 1101: Stacy D. VanDeveer, Department of Political Science, University of New Hampshire, Center for Society and Environment Workshop Series: "The International Politics of Resource Over Consumption"

April 9, 12:00 noon, MPRC 0124B Cole; Alex Ortega, Professor of Public Health, UCLA School of Public Health, "Family and Neighborhood Interventions to Reduce Heart Disease Risk in East Los Angeles. "

April 2, 12:00 noon, MPRC 0124B Cole; John Robinson, Maryland Sociology, "Some New Social Trends for a New Century."

March 29, 7:00pm, Ulrich Recital Hall, Tawes; Eric Foner, Columbia, "The Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Origins of Birthright Citizenship", keynote address for Born in the USA: The Politics of Birthright Citizenship in Historical Perspective, a March 29-30 conference sponsored by The Center for the History of the New America.

March 29, 3:30-5:00, LeFrak 1124; Herman Daly, University of Maryland, "Growth, Debt, and the World Bank". Part of the Geographical Sciences/ Sociology Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Series.

March 28, 12:00 noon, Art/ Sociology 1101, Sarah Damaske, Penn State, "For the Family: How Class and Gender Shape Women's Work."

March 26, 12:00 noon, MPRC 0124B Cole; Elizabeth Grieco, chief of the U.S. Census Bureau's Foreign-Born Population Branch in the Population Division. "The Foreign Born Population in the United States."

March 21-24, Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans, Lousiana, Southern Sociological Society annual meeting: "Shifting Social Contracts."

March 18-25: Spring Break

March 15, 3:30-5:00, LeFrak 1124; Faye Duchin, RPI, "Toward a Social Science Research Agenda about Sustainable Development". Part of the Geographical Sciences/ Sociology Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Series.

March 14, 2:30, Art/ Sociology 1101: Venkatesh Dutta, Visiting Scholar, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Center for Society and Environment Workshop Series: "Urban Water Pricing, Affordability and Social Heterogeneity: A Choice Modelling Approach"

March 12, 12:00 noon, MPRC 0124B Cole; Georges Reniers, Princeton University. "Polygyny, Partnership Concurrency and HIV transmission in Sub Saharan Africa ".

March 5, 12:00, Art/ Sociology 1101: Janet Gornick, CUNY and Luxembourg Income Study, "Work-Family Reconciliation, Working Time, and Gender Equality: A Cross-National Analysis."

February 29, 2:30, Art/ Sociology 1101: Harriet Bulkeley, Dept. of Geography, Durham University. Center for Society and Environment Workshop Series: "Government by Experiment? Responding to climate change in global cities"

February 29, noon, Art/ Sociology 1101: Monica DasGupta, World Bank. "China's marriage market and upcoming challenges for elderly men."

February 27 12:00 noon, MPRC 0124B Cole; Jeffrey Werling, University of Maryland. "The Commission on the Impact of Immigrants in Maryland."

February 23-26, New York Broadway Millennium Hotel. Eastern Sociological Society annual meeting: "Storied Lives: Culture, Structure, and Narrative". Distinguished University Professor George Ritzer honored as the 2013-2014 Robin Williams Lecturer.

February 22 1:30 , 1101 Morrill Hall; Jan Marie Fritz, Fulbright Distinguished Chair for Human Rights and International Relations at the Danish Institute for Human Rights "Moving Toward a Just Peace".

February 22 Noon, Art/ Sociology 1101: Philip N. Cohen, University of Maryland, "Recession and Divorce in the United States: Economic Conditions and the Odds of Divorce, 2007-2009".

February 20 12:00 noon, MPRC 0124B Cole; Edmond D. Shenassa, University of Maryland, "Substance Use During Pregnancy and Maternal and Child Health: Findings from a Prospective, Population Based, Birth Cohort ".

February 16, 3:30-5:00, LeFrak 1124; Corene Matyas, University of Florida, "Tropical Cyclone Research from a Geographer's Perspective". Part of the Geographical Sciences/ Sociology Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Series.

February 15, 2:30, Art/ Sociology 1101: Marco Grasso, Visiting Scholar, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Center for Society and Environment Workshop Series: "Consequentialist Climate Ethics"

February 15, noon, Art/ Sociology 1101: Paul Dean, University of Maryland Graduate Program Colloquium: "The Sociology job market at liberal arts colleges."

February 6, 3:00, Maryland Room, 0100 Marie Mount Hall, Pawan Dhingra, Oberlin College and the Smithsonian Institution: "Hire a White Woman: Race and Gender Calculations for Business Owners."

February 6 12:00 noon, MPRC 0124B Cole; Karen Woodrow-Lafield, University of Maryland, "The Puzzle of Immigration and Population Projections".

February 1, 2:30, Art/ Sociology 1101: Christina Prell and Klaus Hubacek, Depts. of Sociology and Geography, University of Maryland. Center for Society and Environment Workshop Series: "Dealing with Uncertainty. Reflections from a participatory modeling research project in UK uplands.”

[postponed] , Art/ Sociology 1101: Jeff Hammer, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, "Who speaks for the poor in Karnataka, India?"

January 25: Start of Spring Semester