IPR - Institute for Policy Research - Northwestern University

Colloquia and Events
IPR Colloquia
Winter 2008
January 14, “Managing Teaching and Learning Inside Schools” by James Spillane, Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Professor in
Learning and Organizational Change and IPR Faculty Associate
January 28, “Generalizing about the Persuasive Effects of Gain- and Loss-Framed Messages: Some Meta-Analytic Findings
and Implications” by Daniel O’Keefe, Professor of Communications Studies and IPR Faculty Associate
February 4, “Implicit Performance Awards: An Empirical Analysis of the Labor Market for Public School Administrators”
by Michael Mazzeo, Associate Professor of Management and Strategy, Kellogg, and IPR Faculty Associate
February 11, “Economic Inequality and the American Public” by Benjamin Page, Gordon S. Fulcher Professor of Decision
Making and IPR Faculty Associate
February 18, “The Effects of Family Resources on Children’s Outcomes” by Jens Ludwig, Professor of Social Service
Administration, Law, and Public Policy, University of Chicago
February 25, “Should Feminists Aim for Gender Symmetry? Why a Dual-Earner/Dual-Career Society Is Not Every
Feminist’s Utopia” by Ann Orloff, Professor of Sociology and IPR Faculty Fellow
March 3, “Do African American Mothers Love Their Sons and Raise Their Daughters? Implications for Parent-Training
Interventions” by Jelani Mandara, Assistant Professor of Human Development and Social Policy and IPR Faculty Associate
March 10, “Public Housing and the Spatial Concentration of Poverty” by Lincoln Quillian, Associate Professor of Sociology,
AT&T Research Scholar, IPR Faculty Fellow, and Chair, IPR Program in Urban Policy and Community Development
Spring 2008
April 7, “Welfare Reform: Long-Term Implications for the Development of Children,
Adolescents, and Adults” by P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, Professor of Human
Development and Social Policy, IPR Faculty Fellow, and Director of C2S
April 14, “Segmented Representation: The Reagan White House and
Disproportionate Representation” by James Druckman, Associate Professor of
Political Science and IPR Faculty Fellow
April 21, “When to Promote—and When to Avoid—a Population Perspective” by
Greg Duncan, Edwina S. Tarry Professor of Education and Social Policy and IPR
Faculty Fellow; President, Population Association of America
April 24, “Stress and Thinking: How Neuroendocrine Reactivity Influences
Cognition, Behavior, and Person Perception” by Wendy Berry Mendes, Assistant
Professor of Psychology, Harvard University (C2S Colloquium)
Greg Duncan talks with Éva Nagypál
after his colloquium reviewing
the benefits and drawbacks of a
population perspective.
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