Spring 2017 Schedule
Mondays 12:30 - 1:45pm in SCANCOR (1st Floor of CERAS)
April 3
Institutional Effects in the Worldwide Expansion of Innovation
Becas Chile scholarship project
Gonzalo Valdés
April 10
Mentions of Gender-Based Violence in School Textbooks, 1950–2010: A Cross-National Analysis
Garnett Russell, Julia Lerch* & Christine Min Wotipka
April 17
Political Sway: Neoliberalism and the Post-Political Paradox of the World Economic Forum
Adrienne Sörbom
April 24
Global Structural Changes in Education Systems: High Stakes Examinations and Tracking, 1960-2010
Jared Furuta
May 1
International Student Networks as Transnational Social Capital: Illustrations from Japan
Rennie J. Moon (Yonsei University)
May 8
Institutionalization of the Development Office
Nadine Skinner
May 15
Exploring Ideas for 2nd year QP
Gabi Gavrila
Poverty and Economic Inequality Narratives in U.S. Social Science Textbooks
Lisa Overbey
May 22
An analysis of the American university mission statements
Naejin Kwok
May 29
No Workshop (Memorial Day)
June 5
The Rise in UK Universities’ Professional Administrators — From the Maintenance of Things to the Maintenance of Purpose
Roxana-Diana Baltaru (University of Essex, UK)