THINKING TOGETHER: An Event in Recognition of Christopher Winship’s Formal Retirement from Harvard

Although the day is in part about Chris, the hope is that it will also be day for intellectual engagement, to see old friends and talk about past times. Most important is that the day be a time to celebrate the intellectual communities that you and Chris have been part of over the years, the communities within which so much great, fun, and stimulating thinking has been done together. 

WAYS TO PARTICIPATE

No one is expected to spend the full day at the event

Easiest: Write a message to Chris. Link to group greeting card.

Next easiest: The day will be broadcast over Zoom and recorded. Listen to whatever sessions or parts of the day that are of interest to you. Zoom Link.

Be there: Come to the sessions that interest you. 
If you have not received the Paperless Post invitation, email a request to be added to the list.

Come to lunch. RSVP through Paperless Post invitation.

Former students will have an opportunity to offer reflections. These should preferably be three minutes or less, certainly no longer than five. If you wish to do so, please email your request.

Come to the reception. RSVP through Paperless Post invitation.

Whatever way you decide to participate. We appreciate that people’s lives are busy, but do participate somehow. 

APRIL 4 SCHEDULE

8:30       Coffee and Pastries
9:00       Welcome – Mary Waters, Harvard University
               Schedule Overview – Event Leader: Chris Muller, Harvard University
9:30       Session I
               Chair: Peter Dewan, Dartmouth College
               Ethan Fosse, University of Toronto – New Methods for Cohort Analysis
               Weihua An, Emory University – Bayesian Pooling of Self- and Peer-reports to Improve Measurement of Sensitive Behaviors
10:35    Break
10:50    Session II
              Chair: Xiaolin Zhuo, OpenAI
              Felix Elwert, University of Wisconsin-Madison - Three Paths to Equality
              Steve Morgan, Johns Hopkins University – Causal Inference: Man or Machine
12:00    Lunch – Chair: Margot Gill, Executive Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 1994-2015
              Students Reflections
1:30      Session III
             Chair: Josh Wakeham, Plymouth State University
             Simone Ispa-landa, Northwestern University – Attendance Metrics in the Lonely School: A Case Study of the Hallway Walkers at Franklin High
             Van Tran, CUNY Graduate Center - Vulnerable Asian Americans: From Intra-Asian Diversity to Narrative Plentitude
2:35     Break
2:50    Session IV
            Chair: Jackie Rivers, The King's College
            Karyn Lacy, University of Michigan: Strategic Assimilation: How an Affinity for Blacks Shapes Black Parents’ Beliefs about Inclusion
             David Harding, UC Berkeley: Narratives and Destigmatization: The Case of Criminal Record Stigma in the Labor Market
3:55    Break
4:10    Session V: Panel - Thinking with Chris: Soc 2203 and Beyond
            Chair: Rob Sampson, Harvard University
            Panelist: Marissa Combs, Harvard University,  Dan Schrage, USC, Charles Loeffler, University of Pennsylvania
5:00    Reception
5:45   Conclusion – Chair: Chris Muller
            Peter Bearman, Jonathan Coles Professor of Sociology, Columbia University
            Gene Corbin, Assistant Dean of Harvard College for Public Service 2003-2018
            Nancy Maull, Administrative Dean and Executive Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, 1993-2008
            Mary Waters, John Loeb Professor Sociology, Professor of Sociology and Interim Sociology Chair –             Comments and Department Present
            Chris Winship – Closing Remarks