Date: Sunday, August 10

Time: 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM

Session 075: Works-in-Progress
Room: Price Room

Sponsor: Family, Aging, and Youth

Organizer: Aida Villanueva, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Description: 

This roundtable of Works-in-Progress is sponsored by the Family, Aging, and Youth division. It features a diverse set of papers addressing topics such as union formation and dating; youth under the carceral system; attitudes toward reproductive health; culture capital, education, and attitudes toward feminism over the life course.

Roundtable #1 Title: Family, Aging, and Youth: Roundtable 1

Presider: Betsy J. Miller, Marquette University

Papers:

“Cultural Capital and Postsecondary Enrollment: Findings from the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009,” Jessica Creasy, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

“Education’s Effect on Feminist Attitudes,” Lindsey Kausmeyer, Wilkes University

“Negotiating Reproductive Realities: Findings from a Community-engaged Study of Asian American Young Adults,” Paige Logan Prater, University of California, San Francisco

“The Significance of Early ‘Significant Others’: How Family Members and Childhood Friends Influence East Asian Women’s Romantic Lives,” Olivia Y. Hu, University of Pennsylvania

“What Does it Mean to be Called ‘Delinquent’? Negotiating Master Narratives in Re-entry from Juvenile Incarceration,” Betsy J. Miller and Ed de St. Aubin, Marquette University

Roundtable #2 Title: Family, Aging, and Youth: Roundtable 2

Presider: Yu-Ri Kim, University of Iowa

Papers:

“‘Just Pay the Fine’: Benevolent Ageism as an Illegitimate Opportunity Structure of Older Adults’ Dance Clubs in South Korea,” Yu-Ri Kim, University of Iowa

“Changing Perceptions of Parenthood in Iceland,” Asdis Arnalds and Sigrún Ólafsdóttir, University of Iceland

“Rejecting the Medicated State: From Medications to Marijuana,” Loren Beard, The University of Chicago

“Rethinking the American Dream: Exploring Motivations for Different Pathways to Adulthood,” Kea Saper, University of California, San Diego

“Slovakian Migration in the Aftermath of the Velvet Revolution: A Qualitative Study Exploring Gender Relations through Migration to the United States,” Taylor A. Kanuk, Illinois State University

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