Rachel Sherman

New School for Social Research

December 4, 2025

Thursday, Zoom
2:00-4:30 PM EST

2:00-3:30 PM EST: “Inside the Ethnographers’ Studio: The Challenge of ‘Studying Up” with Rachel Sherman, The New School for Social Research, Moderated by Miranda Dotson, Northeastern University

3:30-4:30 PM EST: Community Hour and Project Troubleshooting, Moderated by Allison Sullivan, Emory University

Rhacel Salazar Parreñas

Princeton University

November 6, 2025

Thursday, Zoom
1:00-3:30 PM EST

1-2:30 PM EST: “The Heart and Soul of Major Projects” with Rhacel Salazar Parreñas, Princeton University, Moderated by Mónica Salmón-Gómez, The New School for Social Research

2:30-3:30 PM EST: Community Hour and Project Troubleshooting, Moderated by Allison Sullivan, Emory University

Timothy Pachirat

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

April 24, 2025

Thursday, Zoom
12-2:30 PM EST

12:00-1:30 PM EST: “Technique and the Text” with Timothy Pachirat, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Moderated by Thomas Corcoran, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

1:30-2:30 PM EST: Community Hour and Collective Project Problem-Solution Sharing and Advice, Moderated by Phattra Marbang, University of Georgia

Ruth Behar

University of Michigan

April 17, 2024

Thursday, Zoom
2-4:30 PM EST

2-3:30 PM EST: “The Warp and Weft of Ethnographic Writing” with Ruth Behar, University of Michigan, Moderated by Andrea Roman-Alfaro, University of New Mexico

3:30-4:30 PM EST: Community Hour and Project Troubleshooting, Moderated by Jana Wattenberg, Aberystwyth University

Arlie Hochschild 

University of California, Berkley

Michael Walker 

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 

October 3, 2024

Thursday, Zoom
3-6 PM EST

3:00-4:00 PM EST: “Accessing the Field” with Arlie Russell Hochschild, University of California, Berkeley, Moderated by Miranda Dotson, Northeastern University

4:00-5:00 PM EST: “Writing in High Resolution” with Michael L. Walker, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Moderated by Aaron Benavidez, Harvard University

5:10-6:00 PM EST: Community Hour and Project Troubleshooting, Moderated by Tom Corcoran, University of Massachusetts, Amherst and Mónica Salmón Gomez, The New School

Claire Laurier Decoteau 

University of Illinois, Chicago

Sharmila Rudrappa, 

University of Texas, Austin

April 18, 2024

Thursday, Zoom
3-6 PM EST

12:00-1:00 PM EST: “Nuts and Bolts of Fieldwork” with Claire Laurier Decoteau, University of Illinois, Chicago, Moderated by Mónica Salmón Gómez, The New School

1:00-2:00 PM EST: “Theory and Ethnography” with Sharmila Rudrappa, University of Texas, Austin, Moderated by Dr. Letisha Engracia Cardoso Brown, University of Cincinnati

2:10-3:00 PM EST: Informal Conversations, Community-Building and Closing, Moderated by Tom Corcoran, University of Massachusetts, Amherst and Aaron Benavidez, Harvard University

Javier Auyero 

University of Texas, Austin

November 2, 2023

Thursday, Zoom
3-6 PM EST

3:00-3:50 PM EST: Welcome and Informal Open Group Conversation, Moderated by Tom Corcoran, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

4:00-5:00 PM EST: “Let’s Hustle, Together, Again,” with Javier Auyero, University of Texas, Austin

5:10-6:00 PM EST: Community Troubleshooting, Conversation and Closing, Moderated by Aaron Benavidez, Harvard University