UMN Sociology Workshop Series
UMN Sociology Workshop Series
The UMN Sociology Workshop Series provides a forum for faculty and students to present work and work in progress across a wide range of substantive areas, theoretical perspectives, and research methodologies.
Our Fall 2024 workshop series will be held on Mondays from 2:30 to 3:30 PM (CDT) in 1114 Social Sciences and on Zoom unless otherwise noted. All attendees are required to register.
If you have questions about our workshop series, please contact Communications Coordinator Elizabeth Cronin at ecronin@umn.edu.
Learn more about our Fall 2024 Workshop Series.
Fall 2024 Schedule
Video of Professor Penny Edgell's presentation "The Transformation of American Religion, Nonreligion, and Spirituality since 1990."
PhD Candidate Chris Robertson presented "Covenanted-Policing: How Does Historical Spatial Racism Shape Contemporary Policing Practices?" on September 16.
PhD Candidate Jillian LaBranche presented "Macro-Micro Interaction in Knowledge Construction: Structural and Communicative Memory in Rwanda and Sierra Leone" on September 23.
PhD Candidate Jean Marie Maier presented "Discover, Develop, Dedicate vs. Return on Athletics: Linking Athletics and Education in Small College Marketing" on October 7.
Assistant Professor Jelani Ince, University of Washington
"The Stained Glass Cliff: How a Diversity Project Collapsed in an Interracial Parish"
Professor Carl Elliott, UMN Philosophy
"The Occasional Human Sacrifice: Medical Experimentation and the Price of Saying No"
PhD Candidate Snigdha Kumar
"'Blessed by the State': Unpacking the Political Origins of Platformization in Finance"
Researcher Amy Teller, UMN Agronomy and Plant Genetics
"Building a Sociological Lens into an Ongoing Project for a Just Perennial Transition in Minnesota's Grain Agriculture"