Graduate Student Workshop Days
Graduate student affiliates and their coauthors share projects for discussion.
Workshop days take place on one Friday each semester.
The Fall 2023 Workshop is scheduled to take place in the NYU Sociology Department on Friday, December 1, 2023. More details to follow.
Previous workshops have taken place each semester over the past two years. See agendas below.
For details about upcoming workshop days, apply to become an affiliate.
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Spring Workshop, May 12th 2023
12:30pm-1:15pm: Lunch
1:15pm-1:25pm: Welcome & Introductions
1:25pm-2:15pm: Discussion of “A National Reckoning: How Dominant Groups Learn from their Troubled Histories,” by Mark Williamson
2:15:3:05pm: Discussion of a Research Design Proposal “The Impact of Variations in Ethnoracial Pairings and Gender Congruence on Support for Interracial Unions in the U.S ” by Safa Salim
3:10-3:40pm: Coffee/Tea break
3:40pm-4:30pm: Discussion of “Reducing Prejudice and Support for Religious Nationalism Through Conversations on WhatsApp,” by Rajeshwari Majumdar
5pm-7pm: Reception, Standard Hotel
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Fall Workshop, December 2nd, 2022
12:30-1:00pm: Lunch.
1:00pm-1:10pm: Welcome and introductions.
1:40pm-2:30pm: Discussion of “Who Can(not) be Chinese and Why? The Construction of Symbolic Boundaries Against Immigrants in Online Chinese Discourse” by Xinyi Zhang.
2:10-3:00pm: Discussion of “Explicit Ethnic Rhetoric in African Politics” by Jimmy Graham.
3:00-3:30pm: Coffee/tea break.
3:30pm-4:20pm: Discussion of a research design proposal “Multiple Panethnicity: Igbos in Tokyo” by Nnamdi Jogwe.
4:30pm-6:30pm: Reception (Details TBA)
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Spring Workshop, May 6th, 2022
12:45-1:30pm: Optional lunch available outside Room 217 in the Politics Department.
1:30pm-1:40pm: Welcome and introductions.
1:40pm-2:30pm: Discussion of research design/proposal for “The Future of Latinos’ Policy Attitudes Amid the Rising Diversity in the United States” by Melissa Vega (coauthored with Eric Knowles and Jaime Napier).
2:30-3:20pm: Discussion of working paper “Mobilizing to Influence Public Historical Narratives: Evidence from the Early 20th Century U.S. South” by Roxanne Rahnama.
3:20-3:50pm: Coffee/tea break.
3:50pm-4:40pm: Discussion of working paper and pre-analysis plan for “The Political Legacy of Violent Inter-Group Contact” by Giacomo Lemoli (co-authored with Gloria Gennaro)
5:00pm-7:00pm: Reception at White Oak Tavern.
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Fall WorkShop, December 10th, 2021
12:45-1:00pm: Welcome and introductions.
1:00pm-1:50pm: Discussion of “Perceptions of White Allies’ (Ulterior) Motives in Racially Diverse Political Coalitions” by Michelle Lee (coauthored with Maureen Craig)
1:50pm-2:40pm: Discussion of Pre-Analysis Plan for “Can Arts Change Political Perceptions?” by Sorana Acris (co-authored with Elisabeth King)
2:40-3:10pm: Break for Outdoor Coffee
3:10-4:00pm: Discussion of “Comparing Mass and Elite Trends in Polarization, Sorting, and Dimensional Alignment” by Stuart Perrett
4:00pm-4:50pm: Discussion of “Top-down identity politics in a globalized world: Elite cues, identity and their effects on protectionism” by Felipe Balcazar
5:00pm- Outdoor Gathering