Fall 2017

Anthony S. Chen, Associate Professor of Sociology and Political Science, Northwestern University. This paper chronicles the advent of race-conscious affirmative action programs in college admissions, and it argues that they should be understood as a...

Christopher Uggen, Regents Professor and Martindale Chair in Sociology and Law, University of Minnesota. In December 2017, sexual harassment is commanding a degree of public attention not seen since the 1998 Clinton/Lewinsky case. In the ensuing two...

Richard V. Reeves, Senior Fellow in Economic Studies and Co-Director of the Center on Children and Families, Brookings Institution. In conversation with David T. Ellwood, Director of the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy and Isabelle and Scott Black...

Caroline M. Hoxby, Scott and Donya Bommer Professor of Economics, Stanford University. Two papers will be presented: Returns to College Majors in the U.S. Raw differences in first-job earnings across college majors are often publicized as "returns to...

Thomas M. Shapiro, Pokross Professor of Law and Social Policy, Brandeis University. Wealth is not just a matter of money. As our interviews reveal, wealth is also about power, status, opportunity, identity, and self-image. Wealth confers transformative...

Frank R. Baumgartner, Richard J. Richardson Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Read a chapter from the speaker's forthcoming book, Suspect Citizens: What 20 Million Traffic Stops Tells Us about...

Kenneth Scheve, Professor of Political Science, Stanford University. Authoritarian values have long been thought to be an important determinant of public opinion and political behavior, including most recently for surging waves of populist candidates...

David E. Campbell, Packey J. Dee Professor of American Democracy, University of Notre Dame. There is growing evidence that secularism in America is on the rise. Over one-in-five Americans report not having a religious affiliation, making them the second...

Nicholas A. Bloom, William Eberle Professor of Economics, Stanford University. This paper documents using US administrative data that individual income and firm growth volatility in the United States have both declined by about 1/3 since 1980—a phenomenon...

Celeste Watkins-Hayes, Professor of Sociology and African American Studies, Northwestern University. How do women remake, not simply rebuild, their lives after traumas associated with social and economic disadvantage? Drawing upon interviews with over one...