We have a speaker series this semester in our department. All students are welcome. Prof. Sperry ______________________________________________________ Professor Ryan C. Sperry, PhD Department of Sociology, Queens College CUNY Director, MA in Data Analytics & Applied Social Research email: ryan.sperry@qc.cuny.edu<mailto:ryan.sperry@qc.cuny.edu> http://qcbigdata.org<http://qcbigdata.org/> ________________________________ From: Christine Jang <Christine.Jang@qc.cuny.edu> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2024 3:33 PM To: QCSOCFULLTIMER <qcsocfulltimer@CUNY907.onmicrosoft.com>; QCSOCLIST <QCSOCLIST@CUNY907.onmicrosoft.com>; QCSOCFAC <QCSOCFAC@CUNY907.onmicrosoft.com> Subject: Tomorrow: Henry Gomory (MIT) in Sociology Seminar Hi All, The next speaker for our seminar series will be here tomorrow, Wednesday October 23rd. We will be hosting Henry Gomory, a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and an incoming Assistant Professor at the University of Southern California (USC). His talk, "Racialized Rents: White Ownership of Rental Housing in Majority-Black Neighborhoods in Four Metro Areas," analyzes the scale and implications of white ownership of rental housing in Black neighborhoods. He leverages a novel dataset that traces through shell companies to identify the racial identities of the owners of 43 million rental units in four metro areas. Please join us in PH-347 from 12:15pm – 1:30pm. The meeting will be in-person. Light lunch and beverages are provided. Moving ahead, please mark your calendars for the two remaining speakers this semester: * November 13th, Thomas Chung * November 20th, Nicholas Wilson Please let us know if you have any questions! Warm regards, Anna, Christine, Peter and Yinxian Christine Jang-Trettien Assistant Professor, Sociology CUNY Queens College https://www.christinejangtrettien.com/