Here’s the listing for the Family Demography and Public Policy Seminar this semester:

Fall 2006, Tuesdays 1:00 – 2:15
School of Social Work
1255 Amsterdam Ave
Room 1109

Sept 12 Julien Teitler, Assistant Professor of Social Work, CUSSW. “Mental Illness as a Barrier to Marriage among Mothers with Out-of-Wedlock Births.”
Sept 19 Irv Garfinkel, Mitchell I. Ginsburg Professor of Contemporary Urban Problems, CUSSW. “The American Welfare State: Laggard or Leader.”
Sept 26 Rodolfo De La Garza, Eaton Professor of Administrative Law and Municipal Science, Political Science, CU. “Expanding or changing the mainstream: Latino political incorporation.”
Oct 3 Elliott Sclar, Professor of Urban Planning and International Affairs, CU. Title: TBA.
Oct 10 Bentley Macleod, Professor of Economics, International and Public Affairs and Law, CU. “First Do No Harm?:Tort Reform and Birth Outcomes.” (w/co-author, Janet Currie).
Oct 17 Luisa Borrell, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health. Title: TBA.
Oct 24 Lenna Nepomnyaschy, Associate Research Scientist, CUSSW. “Socioeconomic Gradients in Early Child Health.”
Oct 31 Gordon Berlin, President, MDRC. “Rewarding the Work of Single Adults: A Counterintuitive Approach to Reducing Poverty and Strengthening Families.”
Nov 7 Election Day, NO SEMINAR
Nov 14 David Weiman, Alena Wels Hirschorn ’58 Professor of Economics, Barnard. “The Social Effects of Mass Incarceration: A Labor Market Perspective.”
Nov 21 Robert Lieberman, Associate Professor of Political Science, CU. Title: TBA.
Nov 28 Doug Almond, Assistant Professor of Economics, CU. Title: TBA.
Dec 5 Ronald Mincy, Maurice V. Russell Professor of Social Policy and Social Work Practice, CUSSW. Title: TBA.
Dec 12 Fred Ssewamala, Assistant Professor of Social Work, CUSSW. Title: TBA.