Colloquium

November 12
Time and Location TBA

Renee Rottner
Paul Merage School of Business
UCI

About the Speaker

Renee Rottner is a doctoral candidate at the Paul Merage School of Business, University of California-Irvine. Her research draws on organizational theory and strategy and focuses on the process of innovation in R&D-intensive organizations, including new ventures, research universities, and government labs. Renee’s dissertation, partly funded by NASA, examines how innovation is sustained in established organizations. Her related interests include entrepreneurship, public policy, and the social impact of technology. Prior to her doctoral studies, Renee earned a masters degree in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University and co-founded three ventures (one has since been acquired by a public company).

October 2009

October 29, 11:30am – 1:00pm
School of Business, 117

 Multiple Identities: Putting your Best Self Forward

Margaret Shih
Anderson School of Management
University of California – Los Angeles

Abstract

People carry multiple social identities simultaneously.  For instance, an Asian American Woman can be simultaneously identified by her ethnicity (i.e. Asian), nationality (i.e. American) or gender (i.e. female).  Each of these identities are associated with a different set of expectations or stereotypes.  Priming different identities can make different stereotypes salient. The talk will present a series of studies examining the effects of identity primes on different outcomes.

About the Speaker

Margaret Shih is an Associate Professor in Human Resources and Organizational Behavior at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Her research focuses on the effects of diversity in organizations. In particular, she focuses on social identity and the psychological effects of stereotypes, prejudice, discrimination and stigma in organizations. Prior to joining the faculty at the Anderson School of Management at UCLA, Professor Shih served on the faculty at the University of Michigan for 8 years, and also worked at the RAND Corporation. She serves on the executive committee for the International Society for Self and Identity and is a consulting editor for the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. She was also an editor for the special issue of the Journal of Social Issues. She has received fellowships and grants from the National Science Foundation, National Institute of Mental Health, Social Sciences and Humanities of Research Council of Canada, John Templeton Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.  She received her PhD in Social Psychology from Harvard University.

COR Seminar

End of the Year Event!

Featuring Presentations by Previous COR Fellows and Small Grant Recipients

June 5, 12:00-1:30
Social Ecology I, Room 306

This event will showcase the work of past COR Graduate Student Fellows and Faculty Small Grant Recipients:

Graduate Student Fellows
Scott Byrd, School of Social Sciences
    “Transnational movement gatherings and coalition work: Complex affiliations, framing strategies,         and multi-organizational fields”

Kelsy Kretschmer, School of Social Sciences
    “Origins and trajectories of breakaway organizations “

Kathryn Quick, School of Social Ecology
    “Questioning insider/outsider organizational boundaries: Examples from inclusive public                        management “

Karen Jeong Robinson, School of Social Sciences
    “From discipline to choice: The reconstitution of the university student “

Laurent Tambayong, Mathematical Behavioral Sciences
    “Strategic behaviors in entrepreneurial alliances: A simulated game-theoretic network model as a         theoretical framework in explaining empirical findings “

Norman Su, Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences
    “Visualizing the Temporal Dimensions of Interactions inModern Organizations”

Faculty Small Grant Recipients
Catherine Bolzendahl, School Social Sciences
    “Unintended consequences or organizing differences? Legislatures and legislators ‘doing gender’ in        Germany, Sweden and the United States “

David Frank, School of Social Sciences
    “The Worldwide Evolution of the University in the 20^th Century”

COR Seminar
Co-sponsored with Planning, Policy and Design

Web-based Solutions for Effective Planning

Brian Judd
Vice President of Community Planning and Design
The Planning Center

Kati Rubinyi
Senior Research and Development Specialist
The Planning Center

March 4, 11:30 – 12:20 PM
Social Ecology I, Room 306

Seminar Abstract

In this seminar, our speakers will present and describe the web platform they have created to support the integrated approach to governance and planning that Greg Devereaux (City Manager of Ontario, California) is discussing on February 25^th.  They will provide a demonstration of the web platform and discuss the differences between the web platform as an outcome and as a process that promotes collaboration. 

About the Speakers

Brian Judd, Vice President of Community Planning and Design at The Planning Center, pilots an integrated team of practiced policy planners and innovative designers to create resourceful solutions for the company’s often complex and always challenging projects. Prior to joining The Planning Center in 1999, Brian spent five years as a planner with the County of Orange, where he divided his tenure between the Advance Planning Division and the MCAS El Toro Master Development Program. Brian earned both his B.A. in Social Ecology and his Masters in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of California, Irvine. 

Kati Rubinyi, Senior Research & Development Specialist at The Planning Center, played a key role in The Ontario Plan project and was instrumental in the development of its web-based planning program. She has also been involved in a variety of research capacities for both project related and business development programs.  Before working with The Planning Center, Kati was an adjunct lecturer and design-studio reviewer at several colleges. She also worked on the creation of a design-based executive education program for the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. Kati’s approach to strategic planning and research, and her commitment to improving the built environment, was shaped by her prior practice as an architect working in a broad range of capacities from design to project management.

The Planning Center is a private consulting firm providing multi-disciplinary services to both government agencies and the private sector. Since its founding in 1975, The Planning Center has been devoted to the development of viable planning solutions to the physical, social and environmental problems that arise from urbanization. We provide imaginative solutions to the challenges associated with urban growth and land development. The company’s mission is to create better places, in collaboration with our clients, for people to live, work, learn and enjoy their lives.