2011 Joint IPR/OSC Workshop

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Inequalities, Neighborhoods, and Institutions in the United States and France

Hosted by the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University and co-sponsored by the Observatoire Sociologique du Changement (OSC) at Sciences Po with generous support from the Partner University Fund of the FACE Foundation, NYC

June 23-24, 2011
Harris 108
1881 Sheridan Road
Evanston Campus 

Faculty and graduate students from Northwestern's Institute for Policy Research and Sciences Po's Observatoire Sociologique du Changement will gather to share their research and discuss ideas and opportunities for further collaboration and exchange in related areas of research. 

Schedule - June 23

9:00-9:15a.m.	Welcome and Coffee
9:15-9:30a.m.	INTRODUCTIONS Fay Lomax Cook, Professor of Human Development & Social Policy and Political Science, IPR Director, Northwestern University Alain Chenu, Professor of Sociology, Sciences Po, OSC Director  David Figlio, Professor of Human Development & Social Policyand Economics and IPR Faculty Fellow, Northwestern University
9:30- 10:30a.m.	SESSION 1: Chair, Lincoln Quillian, IPR/Northwestern "Urban Segregation and School Inequalities: Structural Changes and the Impact of School District Policy Reform” (pdf) Marco Oberti, Chair and Professor, Sociology Department, Sciences Po OSC Edmond Préteceille, Emeritus Research Fellow, Sciences Po OS Click here for PowerPoint presentation (pdf) "Four Housing Voucher Experiments: Looking Under the Wrong Light” Thomas D. Cook, Professor of Sociology, Psychology, and Human Development & Social Policy and IPR Faculty Fellow, Northwestern UniversityCoady Wing, IPR Research Associate, Northwestern University
10:30- 10:45a.m.	Break
10:45a.m.- 12:15p.m.	SESSION 2: Chair, Mary Pattillo, IPR/Northwestern “School Choice and the Intergenerational Transmission of Advantage” David Figlio, Professor of Human Development & Social Policy and Economics and IPR Fellow, Northwestern University "Money vs. Networks: How Upper Middle-Class Groups Compete for Access to the Best Middle School in the Parisian Periphery” (pdf) Agnès van Zanten, Senior Research Fellow, Sciences Po OSC Click here for PowerPoint presentation (pdf) “What Can Parent Organizations Do? Parent-School Relationships and Parent Empowerment” (pdf) Dawna Goens, Doctoral Student in Sociology, Northwestern University
12:15- 1:30p.m.	Lunch
1:30- 2:30p.m.	SESSION 3: Chair, Joseph Ferrie, IPR/Northwestern “Childhood Exposure to the Food Stamp Program: Long-Run Health and Economic Outcomes” (pdf) Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, Associate Professor of Human Development & Social Policy and IPR Fellow, Northwestern University "Family Characteristics and Economic Well-Being in the United States: Comparing the Recent Recession with the Recessions of the Early 1980s" (pdf) Christine Percheski, Assistant Professor of Sociology and IPR Fellow, Northwestern University
2:30- 3:30p.m.	SESSION 4: Chair, Celeste Watkins-Hayes, IPR/Northwestern “The School-to-Work Transition Among Low-Income, Minority Youth: A View from Research on Mock Job Interviews” (pdf) Barton Hirsch, Professor of Human Development & Social Policy and IPR Associate, Northwestern University Click here for PowerPoint presentation (pdf) “Young People’s Ethnicity Trajectories in Disadvantaged Neighborhoods: Articulation Between Family, Peer Groups, and School” Agathe Voisin, Doctoral Student, Sciences Po OSC Click here for PowerPoint presentation (pdf)
3:30- 3:45p.m.	Break
3:45- 4:45p.m.	SESSION 5: Chair, Wesley G. Skogan, IPR/Northwestern “Ethnicity and Mores / Lifestyle Among Sons of Immigrants in France” (pdf) Hugues Lagrange, Senior Research Fellow, Sciences Po OSC “The Moral Entrepreneur's Bind: The Institutionalization of Silence in a Poor Neighborhood” Robert Vargas, Doctoral Student in Sociology, Northwestern University

Schedule - June 24

8:30-9:00a.m.	Coffee
9:00-10:00a.m.	SESSION 6: Chair, Diane W. Schanzenbach, IPR/Northwestern “Second Generation Immigrants’ Social Mobility in France: Comparing Class and Ethnic Origin Effects on Mobility Pathways" Philippe Coulangeon, Research Director CNRS, Sciences Po OSC Mirna Safi, Research Fellow, Sciences Po OSC Click here for PowerPoint presentation (pdf) “Lead Exposure, Socioeconomic Status, and Cognitive Disparities” (pdf) Joseph Ferrie, Professor of Economics and IPR Associate, Northwestern
10:00 - 11:30a.m.	SESSION 7: Chair, Hugues Lagrange, Sciences Po OSC “A Euro-American Perspective on Urban Renewal, Social Upgrading, and the Role of Upper Middle-Class Self-Segregation: The Case of Refounded Neighborhoods” (pdf) Bruno Cousin, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Lille  “Crime, Neighborhood Context, and Collective Action” (pdf) Wesley G. Skogan, Professor of Political Science and IPR Associate Director, Northwestern University Click here for PowerPoint presentation (pdf)  “Loss of Social Capital and the Rise of Political Abstention in Contemporary Urban France: An Ecological Approach” (pdf) Alain Chenu, Professor of Sociology, OSC Director, Sciences Po Click here for PowerPoint presentation (pdf)
11:30-11:45a.m.	Break
11:45a.m.- 12:45p.m.	SESSION 8: Chair, Agnès van Zanten, Sciences Po OSC “Can High Schools Reduce College Enrollment Gaps with a New Counseling Model?” (pdf) James Rosenbaum, Professor of Education & Social Policy and Sociology and IPR Fellow, Northwestern University Click here for PowerPoint presentation (pdf) “Differences in Long-Term Outcomes Between Successful Community College Students and Bachelor's Recipients” (pdf) Kelly Iwanaga Becker, Doctoral Student in Sociology and IPR Graduate Research Assistant, Northwestern University Click here for PowerPoint presentation (pdf)
12:45-2:00p.m.	Lunch
2:00-3:00p.m.	SESSION 9: Chair, Marco Oberti, Sciences Po OSC “The Racial Geography of Child Welfare: Exploring the Paradox” Dorothy Roberts, Professor of Law and IPR Fellow, Northwestern University Click here for PowerPoint presentation (pdf) “Immigration and Educational Inequalities in France: Statistical Evidence and Beyond” Mathieu Ichou, Doctoral Student, Sciences Po OSC Click here for PowerPoint presentation (pdf)
3:00-4:00p.m.	SESSION 10: Chair, James Rosenbaum, IPR/Northwestern “New School Principals' Framing of Urban Students: Occupational and Organizational Socialization into the Principal's Office” (pdf) James Spillane, Professor of Human Development & Social Policy and Learning Sciences, and IPR Associate, Northwestern University Click here for PowerPoint presentation (pdf) “Narratives of the Experience of Upward Social Mobility in France, India, and the United States” Jules Naudet, Postdoctoral Fellow, Sciences Po OSC Click here for PowerPoint presentation (pdf)

Contact

Chair, IPR's Urban Policy and Community Development Program
Lincoln Quillian • l-quillian@northwestern.edu

Chair, IPR's Education Policy Program:
David Figlio • figlio@northwestern.edu • Tel: 001.847.467.1503

Responsable scientifique, OSC, Sciences Po
Marco Oberti • marco.oberti@sciences-po.fr • Tel: 011.331.45.49.54.60