The Center of Family Studies supports the call for an interdisciplinary dialogue among faculty
in order to establish a common ground of mutual understanding across disciplines. Towards
this end, the Center has established and maintained a monthly speaker series which continues
to highlight the work of both members of the Center for Family Studies as well as national
and international speakers.


Fall Term

California Sociological Association Annual Meeting: November 11, 2006

Session on Marriage, Parenting and Adolescent Outcomes: A Focus on Family Structure, Ethnicity, and Immigration

Organizers: Scott Coltrane and Ernestine Avilia, Center for Family Studies, UCR
"The Effects of Economic Stress on Mexican American and European American families: A Replication of the Conger Model"
Kristy Shih, UC Riverside

"Marital Conflict, Parenting and Adolescent Development in Mexican American and European American Families"
Kate Luther, UC Riverside and Michelle Adams, Tulane University

"Toward Understanding Parenting Identity in Mexican American and European American Families"
Michael Harrod, UC Riverside

"The Ripple Effects of Ethnic Discrimination in Mexican American Families"
Eric Vega, Ernestine Avila, Shoon Lio and Mario Garcia, UC Riverside

Family studies Speaker Series: "Media Images of Fathers: New Trens or Old News?"
Scott Coltrane
November 30, 2006
Watkins 1126


Winter Term

"Mi Familia: Dividing Housework in Mexican American Families"
Katy M. Pinto, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher,
Thursday, January 25, 2007
12pm-1pm
UCMEXUS Conference Room
3324 Olmsted Hall

"During Lean and Fat Times: Work Devotion among Executive Men"
Mary Blair-Loy, Department of Sociology, UCSD
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
12pm-1pm
UCMEXUS Conference Room
3324 Olmsted Hall