Past Events

Rachel Kranton (Duke) - Political Economy Seminar

Tuesday, April 19, 2016 - 11:45
11:45am-1:00pm

Location: 

707 IAB

Speaker: 

Rachel Kranton

James B. Duke Professor of Economics

To Be Young, Gifted, Black, and a Woman: A Comparison of the Presidential Candidacies of Charlene Mitchell and Shirley Chisholm

Tuesday, April 12, 2016 - 01:15
12:10pm-1:30pm

Location: 

Lindsay Rogers Room (707 IAB)

Black female candidates often face institutional obstacles as they seek political office. This chapter argues that the presidential runs of Charlene Mitchell (1968) and Shirley Chisholm (1972), as the first black women to run on an alternative and a dominant party respectively, assist us in thinking more critically about the inherent political limitations black female candidates face when thinking about transitioning to elite level executive politics.

Speaker: 

Christina Greer

Associate Professor of Political Science

Gergely Ujhelyi (Houston) - Political Economy Seminar

Tuesday, April 12, 2016 - 01:00
12:00pm-1:15pm

Location: 

1027 IAB

Speaker: 

Disciplinary Perspectives on Gene-Environment Interactions: Economics, Sociology, and Political Science

Wednesday, May 9, 2012 - 08:30
8:30am-1:00pm

Location: 

Room C05, School of Social Work 1255 Amsterdam Avenue (at 122nd St) New York, NY 10027

8:30 Light Breakfast

9:00 Welcome

9:10 Overview and Opportunities in Gene-Environment Research

Christopher Chabris, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Co-Director of the Neuroscience Program, Union College and Assistant Professor of Neurology, Albany Medical College

9:50 Session I – Economics

Moderator: Irwin Garfinkel, Mitchell I. Ginsberg Professor of Contemporary Urban Problems, Columbia University

Daniel Benjamin, Assistant Professor of Economics, Cornell University

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