Prior Colloquia
Fall 2008 Colloquium Series
Note: Since we will be hiring this fall and bringing in several job candidates, we had only two colloquia during the semester.
October 3, 2008. Dr. Terence Thornberry. University of Colorado. “The origins of antisocial behavior: Intergenerational influences.”
October 31, 2008. Pre-ASC conference Graduate Student Colloquium.
Also note that two of our faculty will be presenting their research during the fall semester as part of the Department of Sociology’s Workshop on Social Psychology, Health, and the Life Course. Dr. Pridemore will present on Friday, November 21, at 12:00. The title of his presentation is “Increasing vulnerability: The homeless, alcohol, and mortality in Russia.” Dr. Spano will present on Friday, December 12, at 12:00. The title of his presentation is “Disentangling the effects of violent victimization and violent behavior on gun carrying for minority inner city youth living in extreme poverty.” Both of these presentations will be held in the first floor conference room of the Schuessler Institute for Social Research. Further, another faculty member will be presenting his research as part of the IU Department of Geography’s Colloquium Series. Dr. Verma will present on Friday, November 21, at 4:00 in the Student Building Room 150. All are invited to attend all three presentations!
Colloquium Spring 2008
January 18, 2008. Dr. Lynn Addington. American University. “Beyond the NCVS: Identifying emerging issues in victimization and assessing our current ability to study them.”
February 29, 2008. Dr. Bert Useem. Purdue University. “Prison state: The challenge of mass incarceration.”
March 28, 2008. Dr. Richard Rosenfeld. University of Missouri – St. Louis. “The impact of collective economic perceptions on crime rates.”
April 14, 2008. Graduate Student Distinguished Speaker Series: Dr. David Garland. New York University. “Peculiar institution: Capital punishment and American society.”
April 18, 2008. Dr. Kathryn Hendley. University of Wisconsin – Madison. “The demand for law in Putin’s Russia.” (Co-sponsored with Departments of Political Science, Economics, and Russian and East European Studies.)
Colloquium Fall 2007
September 28, 2007. Dr. David Bayley. SUNY-Albany. “Policing and democracy: Learning from India.”
October 26, 2007. Pre-ASC conference Graduate Student Colloquium.
November 8, 2007. William Garriott. Princeton University. “Concerned citizens: Community policing in the midst of a methamphetamine epidemic.” (Co-sponsored with the Department of Anthropology and the American Studies Program.)
Colloquium Spring 2007
January 23, 2007. Dr. Ekaterina Botchkovar. Northeastern University. “Testing Western-based theories of crime and deviance in Russia: Findings, caveats, and lessons for the future.”
March 6, 2007. Dr. Henry Hale. George Washington University. “The Russian presidency: The influence of the balance of power on politics in Russia.”
March 30, 2007. Dr. Brian Taylor. Syracuse University. “Policing the Russian state: Coercion and corruption.”
April 6, 2007. Dr. Patricia Van Voorhis. University of Cincinnati. “On behalf of women offenders: New strategies for rehabilitation.”
April 13, 2007. Graduate Student Distinguished Speaker Series: Dr. Candace Kruttschnitt. University of Minnesota. “The cultural context of women prisoners’ mental health: A comparison of two prison systems.”
Colloquium Fall Semester 2006
September 22, 2006. Dr. Hillary Potter. “‘Looters and shooters’: Perceptions, reality and criminalization of survival among African Americans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.”
October 13, 2006. Dr. Richard Quinney. “Serving time, abolishing the prison.”
October 20, 2006. Pre-ASC conference Graduate Student Colloquium.
November 10, 2006. Dr. Thomas Stuckey. IUPUI. “Land use and crime.”
Colloquium Spring 2006
March 24, 2006. Dr. Michael Hallett. University of North Florida. “Private prisons in America: A critical race perspective.”
March 31, 2006. Dr. Gary LaFree. University of Maryland. “A test of deterrence and reactance models of terrorist violence in Northern Ireland.”
April 21, 2006. Graduate Student Distinguished Speaker Series: Dr. Jeff Ferrell, Texas Christian University. “Empire of scrounge: Inside the urban underground of dumpster diving, trash picking, and street scavenging.”
Colloquium Spring 2005
January 14, 2005. Dr. Phillip Parnell. Indiana University. “Hegemony, crime, and the powers of exclusion.”
January 27, 2005. Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad. Indiana University. “‘A sinister and terrible figure still to be dealt with’: A history of race and criminality before the 1960s.”
February 11, 2005. Dr. Steven Chermak. Michigan State University. “Reducing violent crime and firearms violence: The Indianapolis lever-pulling experiment.”
March 4, 2005. Dr. Charis Kubrin. George Washington University. “Deindustrialization, disadvantage, and suicide among young black males.”
March 25, 2005. Dr. Colin Loftin. SUNY-Albany. “Social stratification and homicide: A critical review.”
April 1, 2005. Graduate Student Distinguished Speaker Series: Dr. John Laub. University of Maryland. “Shared beginnings, divergent lives: Delinquent boys to age 70.”
April 8, 2005. Dr. Kelly R. Damphousse. University of Oklahoma. “Empirical examination of terrorism: In search of data.”
Colloquium Fall 2005
September 30, 2005. Dr. Joshua D. Freilich. John Jay College of Criminal Justice. “Toward a systematic investigation of the domestic far right and its criminal activities.”
November 4, 2005. Pre-ASC conference Graduate Student Colloquium.
Colloquium Fall 2004
October 1, 2004. Dr. S. Japhet. National Law School of India University – Bangalore. “Dalits and the law in India.”
October 9, 2004. Dr. Kiran Bedi. Civilian Police Advisor to the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations. “Policing the world: Peacekeeping by the United Nations.” (Co-sponsored with India Studies.)
November 5, 2004. Dr. Jody Sundt. Indiana University. “Moving beyond the treatment/ custody dichotomy: Task performance and role orientation among correctional officers.”
November 12, 2004. Pre-ASC conference Graduate Student Colloquium.
December 3, 2004. Alfred C. Aman, Jr. Indiana University, Director of the Institute for Advanced Study. “The democracy deficit: Taming globalization through law reform.”
