Shirley Kennedy Lecture Series

Lawrence D. Bobo holds appointments in the Department of Sociology and the Department of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. His research focuses on the intersection of social inequality, politics, and race. His research has appeared in American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology, Social Forces, American Political Science Review, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Social Psychology Quarterly, and Public Opinion Quarterly. He is a founding editor of the journal Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race, published by Cambridge University Press. He is co-author of the award winning book Racial Attitudes in America: Trends and Interpretations (Harvard University Press, 1997, with H. Schuman, C. Steeh, and M. Krysan) and senior editor of Prismatic Metropolis: Inequality in Los Angeles (Russell Sage Foundation, 2000, with M. L. Oliver, J. H. Johnson, and A. Valenzuela). His most recent book Prejudice in Politics: Group Position, Public Opinion, and the Wisconsin Treaty Rights Dispute (Harvard University Press, 2006, with M. Tuan) was a finalist for 2007 C. Wright Mills Award. He is currently working on the "Race, Crime, and Public Opinion" project.

Reception to follow - 5:30 - 7:00 pm