Written in Stone Monthly Newsletter of Purdue Sociology

March 2017

Nine women from the Greater Lafayette Area will be hon-ored as YWCA Women of Distinction for their work in the community including Mangala Subramaniam.

Publications

Breckman, Risa, David Burnes, Sarah Ross, Phillip Marshall, J. Jill Suitor, Mark Lachs, and Karl Pil-lemer. In press. "When Helping Hurts: Non-Abusing Family, Friends and Neighbors in the Lives of Elder Mistreatment Victims." The Ger-ontologist.

Jung, Jong Hyun, and Daniel V. A. Olson. 2017. "Where Does Religion Matter Most?: Personal Religiosity and the Acceptability of Wife-Beating in Cross-National Perspective." Socio-logical Inquiry.

Thomas, Patricia A. and Debra Umberson. 2017. “Do Older Parents’ Relationships with Their Adult Children Affect Cognitive Limitations, and Does this Differ for Mothers and Fathers?” Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences.

Name that Sociologist

This sociologist currently is a Professor and Co-Chair of a university on the west coast. They earned their Ph.D. from Purdue University in May 2001. Their advisor while at Purdue was Roger Finke. Some of the courses they teach are Ameri-can Religious Movements, Marriage and Family, Research Methods, Sociology of Family and Social Psychology. Who is it?

March Birthdays

Yun Lu 3/1

Jared Wright 3/7

Rachel Einwohner 3/13

Our people in the news…

Rachel Einwohner was quoted in a recent arti-

cle in the Sacramento Bee on the anti-Trump

protests.

Philo Wasburn has a new book, "Making Citi-

zens: Political Socialization Research and Be-

yond" published by Palgrave Macmillan.

Mangala Subramaniam wrote an article for the

Deccan Herald, entitled “Women Weavers as

Entrepreneurs”.

Daniel Winchester accepted a position

as Associate Editor for Sociology of Religion.

Jean Beaman was interviewed for PRI Interna-

tional regarding race terminology in France.

Mangala Subramaniam was interviewed on

WLFI-TV 18 as YWCA Woman of Distinction.

And the Winner Is…

Everyone was a winner in the faculty vs.

graduate student bake-off held on February

20. The graduate students officially won the

event and are proud owners of The Golden

Spatula. Rachel Einwohner received the

top individual score.

Graduate Recruitment Event

Potential graduate students were invited

to spend Sunday, February 19th and

Monday, February 20th on campus. After

a tour of Greater Lafayette and campus

on Sunday afternoon, a dinner was held

at the Renzulli-Reynolds home. On Mon-

day were Interest Group meetings and

one-on-one meetings with faculty mem-

bers. It concluded with a dinner with cur-

rent graduate students. There were 13

visitors who participated. In addition, 3

international applicants were inter-

viewed by Skype. Kudos to Graduate

Director Dan Olson and Graduate Secre-

tary Nicole Remley—Well Done!

The Center for Research on Young People’s Health's "Beyond Risk" Symposium on Friday, February 24th was a great success. The five talks covered a variety of topics rele-vant to young women's health in Africa including: communi-ty influences on female genital cutting; women's time spent using healthcare services in Malawi; the flexibility of fertility preferences in the context of fertility de-cline; and consumption, modernity, and sexuality among young women in Kenya. There were over 80 people in at-tendance throughout the afternoon and lively question-and-answer sessions followed each talk. Thank you to everyone who participated in the event.

Pictured above are Brian Kelly, Sarah Hayford (OSU), Jenny Trinitapoli (Chicago), Sara Yeatman (Colorado-Denver), Sanyu Mojola (Colorado-Boulder), and Christie Sennott.

Selected Events and Important Dates

3/1 SOC Colloquium - Shawn Bauldry 3:30pm STON 217

3/8 SOC Colloquium - Claudio Benzecry 1:30pm "The World at her Fit.

Scale-Making, Uniqueness" BRNG B268

3/13 - 3/18 Spring Break - no classes

3/22 CLA Faculty Dev. Fellows - Rachel Einwohner 12:00 pm NLSN 1215

3/22 SOC Faculty Meeting 3:30pm - 5:00pm BRNG 1284

4/5 SOC Primary Committee Meeting 3:00pm - 5:00pm BRNG 1284

4/7 SOC Colloquium - Brian Uzzi- 1:30pm BRNG B268

4/11 CLA Faculty Dev. Fellows - Beth Hoffmann 10:30 am BRNG 1245

4/19 SOC Primary Committee Meeting 3:00pm - 5:00pm BRNG 1284

4/24 SOC Student Awards Reception 3:00pm - 4:00pm PMU 304 –Anniv. Rm.

4/25 Purdue University Faculty Awards 4:00pm-6:00pm PMU ballrooms

4/26 SOC Faculty Meeting 3:30pm - 5:00pm STON B2

Edited by Karen Studebaker and Linda Renzulli, with contributions from Candy Lawson, Patti Thomas, and Christie Sennott. WIS 19

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