Inequality Working Group at FSU

Mission Statement

The purpose of the Inequality Area Work Group is to help graduate students and faculty improve their research and writing. Members will bring in working drafts of their papers and ask the group for feedback and advice. The aim of the feedback is to help each member improve, complete, and publish her/his work. The work that comes through the group will generally be academically oriented, and address some aspect of inequality broadly defined. Disciplinary and sub-disciplinary diversity is welcome.

Each paper will be distributed to all group members approximately two weeks prior to the scheduled meeting. Papers should be a reasonable length. Also, it is best if the member “presenting” the paper can provide, with the paper, a brief memo that describes the paper and what s/he wants to get out of the session. The memo, in other words, tells the group what sorts of comments would be most helpful.

At each meeting, the presenter will take a few minutes to introduce the work, but this will not be a formal presentation. The point will be to initiate discussion among group members. Since all members will have read the paper beforehand, discussion will proceed in an informal way, with people offering comments on the paper, relevant literature, publication outlets, and so forth. One paper will be presented at each session and the session will last between 45 and 60 minutes.

All questions and comments may be directed to Deana Rohlinger at drohling@fsu.edu.

Talks from 2008-2009 School Year

McCabe, Janice and Brandon Jackson. "Social Capital and Financial Aid."
Tope, Daniel. "Political Partisanship and the Changing Character of the NLRB."
Sheka, Rusty. "Transnational Activism in Latin America."
Vaccaro, Christian. "Fighting Fear."

Talks from 2007-2008 School Year

Talks from 2006-2007 School Year

Marc Dixon and Andrew Martin, "Forgotten but not Gone: Unions and Strike Activity Across the United States, 1984-2002."
Emily Boyd, John Reynolds, Kathryn Tillman and Patricia Yancey Martin, "Adolescent Girls' Race/Ethnic Status, Identities, and Drive for Thinness." See also: Original USF Reviews, Original USF Reviews continued, and Outcome and More Reviews
Janice McCabe, Jeni Loftus, John Bancroft, and J. Scott Long, "Sexual Well-Being: Comparing the Self-Assessments of Black and White Women in Heterosexual Relationships."
Andy Cislo, “Ethnic Identity and Self-Esteem: Contrasting Cuban and Nicaraguan Young Adults in South Florida."
Carrie Sawtell, “Depression and Wife Abuse: Predicting the Impact of Physical, Emotional, and Power/Control Abuse for Women” and Table.
Doug Schrock, "'Sometimes we take it too far': Resistant and Racialized Joking in a Batterer Intervention Program."

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	Home News Undergrad Grad - Applied Masters in Aging & Health - Applied Masters in Social Research - Traditional Masters - Doctoral Program - Ph. D. Areas of Study: - Health & Aging - Stratification & Social Justice - Social Demography - Social Psychology - Admissions - Advisement Information - Financial Aid - Course Descriptions - Course Schedules - Guide to Graduate Studies in Sociology - Publications - Recent Dissertations - COGS Travel Support - Scholarship/Fellowship - Grad Student Kudos 07 - Inequality Working Group - Sociologists for Women in Society Prospective Students - PhD - MS in Aging and Health - MS in Applied Social Research People Department Contact			Inequality Working Group at FSU Mission Statement The purpose of the Inequality Area Work Group is to help graduate students and faculty improve their research and writing. Members will bring in working drafts of their papers and ask the group for feedback and advice. The aim of the feedback is to help each member improve, complete, and publish her/his work. The work that comes through the group will generally be academically oriented, and address some aspect of inequality broadly defined. Disciplinary and sub-disciplinary diversity is welcome. Each paper will be distributed to all group members approximately two weeks prior to the scheduled meeting. Papers should be a reasonable length. Also, it is best if the member “presenting” the paper can provide, with the paper, a brief memo that describes the paper and what s/he wants to get out of the session. The memo, in other words, tells the group what sorts of comments would be most helpful. At each meeting, the presenter will take a few minutes to introduce the work, but this will not be a formal presentation. The point will be to initiate discussion among group members. Since all members will have read the paper beforehand, discussion will proceed in an informal way, with people offering comments on the paper, relevant literature, publication outlets, and so forth. One paper will be presented at each session and the session will last between 45 and 60 minutes. All questions and comments may be directed to Deana Rohlinger at drohling@fsu.edu. Talks from 2008-2009 School Year McCabe, Janice and Brandon Jackson. "Social Capital and Financial Aid." Tope, Daniel. "Political Partisanship and the Changing Character of the NLRB." Sheka, Rusty. "Transnational Activism in Latin America." Vaccaro, Christian. "Fighting Fear." Talks from 2007-2008 School Year Fish, Jon. "A Dual Identity Crisis: Social Location and stratification among African American Homosexual Men." Rohlinger, Deana and Jill Quadagno. "When Frames Fail: Religion, Politics and the Collapse of the Conservative Christian Movement." Kail, Ben Lennox. "Institutions, Politics, and Legacies: State Generosity in the Twilight Years of AFDC." McCabe, Janice. "Feeling Like I'm Home: Race, Ethnicity and Network Density in Undergraduate Friendships." Talks from 2006-2007 School Year Marc Dixon and Andrew Martin, "Forgotten but not Gone: Unions and Strike Activity Across the United States, 1984-2002." Emily Boyd, John Reynolds, Kathryn Tillman and Patricia Yancey Martin, "Adolescent Girls' Race/Ethnic Status, Identities, and Drive for Thinness." See also: Original USF Reviews, Original USF Reviews continued, and Outcome and More Reviews Janice McCabe, Jeni Loftus, John Bancroft, and J. Scott Long, "Sexual Well-Being: Comparing the Self-Assessments of Black and White Women in Heterosexual Relationships." Andy Cislo, “Ethnic Identity and Self-Esteem: Contrasting Cuban and Nicaraguan Young Adults in South Florida." Carrie Sawtell, “Depression and Wife Abuse: Predicting the Impact of Physical, Emotional, and Power/Control Abuse for Women” and Table. Doug Schrock, "'Sometimes we take it too far': Resistant and Racialized Joking in a Batterer Intervention Program."