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Spring 2008

Note: All relevant papers are in PDF format unless otherwise noted.


Wednesday, January 23
No meeting scheduled for this week.

Wednesday, January 30
Zhen Zeng, University of Wisconsin, Sociology
Bob Hauser, University of Wisconsin, Sociology
Personality Stability in a Young-Old Population
2:30-4:00 PM, 215 Van Hise Building

Wednesday, February 6
Paula Lantz, University of Michigan, Public Health
A Disease-Specific Expansion of Medicaid: Rationale and Early Evidence of Impact
2:30-4:00 PM, 8411 William H. Sewell Social Science Building

Wednesday, February 13
No meeting scheduled for this week.

Wednesday, February 20
Zhen Zeng, University of Wisconsin, Sociology
Discussion on the Behavior-genetic Methodology

Background reading:
Martin, Nicholas, Dorret Boomsma and Geoffrey Machin. 1997. "Commentary: a Twin-Pronged Attack on Complex Traits." Nature Genetics 17(4):387-392.
Hettema, John M., Carol A. Prescott, John M. Myers, Michael C. Neale and Kenneth S. Kendler. 2005. "the Structure of Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors for Anxiety Disorders in Men and Women." Archives of General Psychiatry 62(2):182-189.

2:30-4:00 PM, 215 Van Hise Building

Wednesday, February 27
Hill Goldsmith, University of Wisconsin, Psychology
Temperament and Risk for Childhood Behavioral Problems: Genetic Considerations
2:30-4:00 PM, 215 Van Hise Building

Wednesday, March 5
Jeff Niederdeppe, University of Wisconsin, Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar
Does Local Television News Coverage Cultivate Fatalistic Beliefs about Cancer Prevention?
2:30-4:00 PM, 215 Van Hise Building

Wednesday, March 12
Sheryl Magzamen, University of Wisconsin, Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar
Causal Factors in Asthma-Related Morbidity: A Marginal Structural Models Approach
2:30-4:00 PM, 215 Van Hise Building

Wednesday, March 19
Spring Break. No seminar scheduled for this week.

Wednesday, March 26
Sarah Burgard, University of Michigan, Sociology
Who's Counting Sheep? Working Conditions and Sleep Quality among U.S. Workers
2:30-4:00 PM, 8411 William H. Sewell Social Science Building

Wednesday, April 2
Michelle Jefferson, Rutgers University, Dean of Students and the Interim Director for the Rutgers Organizational Leadership Department
Sociology Department Climate and Minority Recruitment and Retention

Note: CDHA regular seminar is cancelled this week. Please attend this Diversity workshop sponsored by the Sociology and Rural Sociology Minority Recruitment and Retention Committee.

2:30-4:00 PM, 8417 William H. Sewell Social Science Building

Wednesday, April 9
Haslyn Hunte, University of Wisconsin, Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar
Adversity of Interpersonal Discrimination and Excess Body Fat: The Weight of the Evidence
2:30-4:00 PM, 215 Van Hise Building

Wednesday, April 16
PAA annual meeting. No seminar scheduled for this week.

Wednesday, April 23
Jessica Schumacher, University of Wisconsin, Population Health Sciences
Cancer and Stress: The Effect of a Cancer Diagnosis on Health Care Utilization and Health Outcomes (CDHA seminar is cancelled this week.)
2:30-4:00 PM, 215 Van Hise Building

Monday, April 28
Kristen Springer, Rutgers University, Sociology
Deborah Carr, Rutgers University, Sociology
The Health Consequences of "Good Breadwinner" and "Good Parent" Work-Family Strategies for Three Cohorts of Men and Women (Joined seminar with FEMSEM)
12:00-1:30 PM, 5231 William H. Sewell Social Science Building

Wednesday, May 7
Jeong Hwa Ho, University of Wisconsin, Sociology
Retirement in WLS: Definitions of Retirement and Their Consistency
2:30-4:00 PM, 215 Van Hise Building

Wednesday, May 14
Bettina Kubicek, University of Vienna, Economic Psychology, Educational Psychology, and Evaluation
Christian Korunka, University of Vienna, Economic Psychology, Educational Psychology, and Evaluation
Adjustment to Retirement: A Model Test Based on Longitudinal Data
2:30-4:00 PM, 8108 William H. Sewell Social Science Building

Zhen Zeng, organizer (262-4436; zzeng@ssc.wisc.edu; 4406 William H. Sewell Social Science Building)

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