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Colloquia and events
P. Reese J. Ziv
nication Studies
and Sociology
and IPR Faculty
Fellow, May 22
Fall 2006
“The Origins of
Stereotypes: How
Observations of
Groups’ Social
Roles Shape Stereotype
Content”
by Alice Eagly,
Aurie Pennick, executive director of the Field
Foundation, asks a question at a policy briefing.
James Padilla
Chair in Arts
and Sciences, Professor of Psychology and
Department Chair, and IPR Faculty Fellow;
with Anne Koenig, Graduate Student in
Psychology; October 2
Éva Nagypál lectures on the
cost of and political support for
employment protection.
“The Foreign Policy Disconnect” by Benjamin
Page, Gordon S. Fulcher Professor
of Decision Making, Professor of Political
Science, and IPR Faculty Associate; October
16. Co-sponsored with Northwestern’s Center for
International and Comparative Studies
“The Role of Community Colleges in Bachelor
Degree Attainment and Teacher Labor
Supply” by Michelle Reininger, Assistant
Professor of Human Development, Social
Policy, and Learning Sciences, and IPR
Faculty Fellow, October 23
“The Cost of and Political Support for
Employment Protection” by Éva Nagypál,
Assistant Professor of Economics and IPR
Faculty Fellow, October 30
“Policy Responsiveness in New Democracies:
Economic Reform and Public Opinion”
by Andrew Roberts, Assistant Professor of
Political Science and IPR Faculty Fellow,
November 6
“How George W. Bush’s Grand Plans for
Social Security Failed: Did Public Opinion,
Organized Interests, and Policy Feedback
Matter?” by Fay Lomax Cook, Professor of
Human Development and Social Policy and
IPR Director and Faculty Fellow; with Amy
DeSantis, IPR Graduate Research Assistant
in Human Development and Social Policy,
November 13
“Culture, Stress, and Health: A Multi-
Method Examination of Everyday Lives
of Urban African American Youth” by
Thomas McDade, Associate Professor of
Anthropology, Associate Director of C2S,
and IPR Faculty Fellow; with Elizabeth
Sweet, Graduate Student in Anthropology,
November 20
“Preliminary Findings from the Chicago
Readiness Project” by Cybele Raver, Associate
Professor of Child and Family Policy and
Director of the Center for Human Potential
and Public Policy, Harris School of Public
Policy, University of Chicago, November 27
8 C2S Colloquia
Winter 2006
“Blackness and Biology: Skin Color and
Blood Pressure in the African Diaspora” by
Lance Gravlee, Assistant Professor of Anthropology,
University of Florida, February 6
“Socioeconomic Status and Health in Children:
Thinking About Pathways” by Edith
Chen, Canada Research Chair and Associate
Professor of Psychology, University of
British Columbia, March 13. Co-sponsored with
Northwestern’s Department of Psychology
“Stress, Immunity, and Disease: Tales from
Psychoneuroimmunology” by Greg Miller,
Associate Professor of Psychology, University
of British Columbia, March 13. Co-sponsored
with Northwestern’s Department of Psychology
“Health Disparities in Cardiovascular
Disease: Social and Psychological Correlates
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