i’m blogging lightly until i can get some work back to eager coauthors, but wanted to invite folks to a couple talks next week.

on friday the 23rd, i’m really looking forward to visiting indiana university. IU grads seem to be off the charts in terms of creativity and skills, so i’ll see what i can learn about their program. i’m doing a talk on “public criminologies and social research” as part of their public sociology workshop:

Title: Public Sociology Workshop
Date: Friday, Jan 23, 2009
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Calendar: Sociology Department IUB
Contact: Send e-mail
Description: Chris Uggen, University of Minnesota. “Public Criminologies and Social Research”
More Contact Info: emibowma@indiana.edu
Location: Dogwood Room, IMU

on tuesday the 20th, i’ll be giving a talk in my department’s sociology workshop (with mike vuolo, ebony ruhland, hilary whitham, and sarah lageson). we’re workshopping a paper just submitted for the american sociological association meetings on how a misdemeanor arrest record affects employability. most of the talk will focus on our (part one) experimental results, but we’ll also discuss our new (part two) interviews with employers.

Tuesday, 4:00-5:15 pm, 1114 Social Science
University of Minnesota Department of Sociology
“An Experimental Audit of the Effects of Low-level Criminal Records on Employment.”