|
| Noon-3:00 PM |
Afternoon arrival and check-in |
| 3:00-4:45 PM |
Welcome reception and introductions
Taubman A (5th Fl), Kennedy School of Government |
| 4:45 PM |
Depart for Boston Duck Tour
Followed by dinner at Marche Movenpick |
MONDAY (June 14)
All Monday sessions in Fainsod Room (L-324), Kennedy School
| 8:30 AM |
Breakfast |
| 9:00-10:45 AM |
Katherine Newman (Kennedy School)
Workshop on No Shame in My Game |
| 11:00-12:30 PM |
Xavier de Souza Briggs (Kennedy School)
"Growing up in poor neighborhoods: How and Why It Matters" |
| 12:30-2:00 PM |
Lunch |
| 2:00-3:00 PM |
Stephanie Parsons (GSAS Minority Recruitment and Student Programming Officer)
Introduction to the Ph.D. programs and Ph.D. admissions |
| 3:00-4:00 PM |
Workshop with Michael Dawson (African American Studies and Government Department) |
| 6:45 PM |
Dinner at Fire + Ice in Harvard Square
With graduate students
(Meet in front of the Charles Hotel) |
TUESDAY (June 15)
Tuesday sessions in Fainsod Room, Kennedy School, unless otherwise noted
| 8:30 AM |
Breakfast |
| 11:00 AM |
Jennifer Hochschild (African American Studies and Government Department) and Traci Burch (Ph.D. candidate in Government & Social Policy)
Discussion of their current research project, "From Race to Skin Color, From Racial to Multiracial" |
| 12:15-1:30 PM |
Lunch |
2:00-3:00 PM
(Depart from
Kennedy School
at 1:30 PM) |
Issues and questions in immigration research
Location: Sociology Dept., William James Hall 601
- Helen Marrow (Ph.D. candidate in Sociology & Social Policy)
"Immigrant Incorporation and Race Relations in the U.S. South"
- Wendy Roth (Ph.D. candidate in Sociology & Social Policy)
"Racial Identity at Home and Abroad: Its Impact on Puerto Ricans' and Dominicans' Social Networks and Economic Mobility"
|
| 3:00-4:00 PM |
Mary Brinton (Sociology Department)'
Discussion of the high-school to work transition: what can be learned from Japan? |
| 7:00 PM |
Dinner at Brother Jimmy's BBQ in Harvard Square
Dinner with graduate students |
WEDNESDAY (June 16)
Wednesday sessions in Taubman 401 (morning) and Fainsod Room (L-324) (afternoon), Kennedy School
| 8:30 AM |
Breakfast |
| 9:00-10:45 AM |
David Ellwood (Kennedy School)
"Explaining the Rise of Single-Parent Families in the United States" |
| 11:00-12:00 PM |
Helaine Daniels (Director of the MPP Program, Kennedy School)
An introduction to the Master's in Public Policy Program |
| 12:15-2:00 PM |
Lunch |
| 2:00-4:00 |
Karla Ballard (President and CEO, The Catalyst Project)
"The Next Generation Urban Catalysts: Making the Connections between Research and Social Change Practices" |
| Evening |
Dinner and evening on your own |
THURSDAY and FRIDAY (June 17-18)
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