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February 13, 2023
Sociology Colloquium, 2/15/2023
Violence Against Social Activism and the Rise of Criminal Politicians in Colombia Dr. Camilo Nieto-Matiz, University of Texas at San Antonio In civil conflicts, violence is instrumentally used to govern populations, sanction certain behaviors, and preserve the status quo. Can selective assassinations affect the quality of democracy in the long term? This paper argues that […]
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March 11, 2022
Dr. Holly Foster research on intergenerational abuse and childhood violence
Healio spoke to Dr. Holly Foster, Department of Sociology, about new research that shows intergenerational abuse and childhood violence may trigger the early onset of menopause. Healio article about how intergenerational abuse and childhood violence may cause earlier onset of menopause. Published paper about association between intergenerational violence exposure and maternal age of menopause by […]
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February 2, 2022
Sociology Colloquium, 2/9/2022
Frontiers: How Global Capitalism Creates Zones of Extreme Racial Violence Dr. Samuel Cohn, Texas A&M University Frontier Capitalism is drenched in blood. Most discussions of capitalism, social structure and race focus on the dynamics of settled areas. Recent work by Ecological Marxists suggests that capitalism is extremely dependent on its frontiers. The demographic, class and […]
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March 22, 2021
Sociology Colloquium, 3/24/2021
Deported to Death: Asylum, Drug Violence and Immigration Enforcement on the U.S. Mexico Border Dr. Jeremy Slack, The University of Texas at El Paso During the Trump administration a number of policies and practices led to a concentration of asylum seekers and deportees stuck at the U.S. Mexico border, this builds upon the past decade […]