Day 2 – October 23, 2015, 8:30 am
Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College
47-49 East 65th Street (btwn. Park and Madison Avenues)
8:30 am
Registration and coffee
9:00 am
Welcoming remarks
Lynn Chancer, Professor and Chair of Sociology, Hunter College, City University of New York and Martín Sánchez-Jankowski, Professor of Sociology, University of California at Berkeley; Director, Institute for the Study of Societal Issues
9:10 am
Panel 1. A ‘Macro’ Overview of the Problem
Moderator: Shyama Venkateswar, Distinguished Lecturer and Director, Public Policy Program, Roosevelt House
Panelists:
Michael Hout, Professor of Sociology; Director, Center for Advanced Social Science Research, New York University
Arne Kalleberg, Kenan Distinguished Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
10:15 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am
Panel 2. Youth Un/employment: Diverse Effects on Working Class/Poor Young People
Moderator: Norma Fuentes-Mayorga, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Latin American and Latina/o Studies Program, City College, City University of New York
Panelists:
Richard Alba, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, The Graduate Center, City University of New York and Nancy Foner, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York
Shawn Bushway, Professor of Public Administration and Policy, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany, State University of New York
Andy Stern, former President, Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm
Panel 3. Youth Un/employment: Affluent and Middle Class Youth—How much of a Difference?
Moderator: Jessica Halliday Hardie, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Hunter College, City University of New York
Panelists:
Yasemin Besen-Cassino, Associate Professor of Sociology, Montclair State University
Maria Kefalas, Professor of Sociology; Director, Richard Johnson Center for Anti-Violence, Saint Joseph’s University and Patrick Carr, Associate Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Martín Sánchez-Jankowski, Professor of Sociology, University of California at Berkeley; Director, Institute for the Study of Societal Issues
2:30 pm
Coffee break
2:45 pm
Panel 4. Policy Proposals – In and Out of the Box
Moderator: Christine Trost, Associate Director of the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues, University of California at Berkeley
Panelists:
Stanley S. Litow, Vice President, Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs & President, IBM International Foundation
Jamie McCallum, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Middlebury College
Jonathan Cutler, Chair and Associate Professor of Sociology, Wesleyan University
Lynn Chancer, Professor and Chair of Sociology, Hunter College, City University of New York
4:15 pm
Summary Discussion and Roundtable: Where Do We Go From Here?
Moderator: Corey Abramson, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Arizona
Panelists:
Grace Protos, Regional Administrator, Women’s Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor
Roberta Reardon, Commissioner Nominee, New York State Department of Labor
Andre White, Deputy Chief of Staff, NYC Department of Youth and Community Development
Stanley S. Litow, Vice President, Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs & President, IBM International Foundation
