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