Hoffman Lecture in Sociology & Social Policy

Hoffman Lecture in Sociology and Social Policy

The Hoffman Lecture in Sociology and Social Policy is sponsored by The Sage Colleges’ Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice. It has been endowed by a gift from Linda Rosenfeld Hoffman, ’62. Ms. Hoffman is the executive director of the New York Foundation for Senior Citizens, an agency serving frail elderly persons in Manhattan.

 Previous Hoffman Lecturers

2007-2008      David Kaczynski and Bill Babbitt, "A Conversation with David Kaczynski and Bill Babbitt: Race, Class and the Death Penalty"

2006-2007      Robert Kinscherff, Ph.D., J.D., Massachusetts Bureau of Forensic Services

2005 - 2006    Rebecca Clarren, free lance journalist 

2003 – 2004   Catherine Cerulli, Ph.D. - “Addressing Domestic Violence in Your Practice”   Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester

2002 – 2003     Dame Anita Roddick - “Business as Unusual” - Founder & CEO, The Body Shop

2001 – 2002     Sr. Helen Prejean, CSJ - “Dead Man Walking: The Journey”

2000 – 2001      Ellen Ratner - “The Effect of Talk & News Media on Social Policy” – White House Correspondent

1999 - 2000       Cynthia M. Duncan, Ph.D. - “Worlds Apart: Why Poverty Persists in Rural America” University of New Hampshire

1997 – 1998       Shulamit Reinharz, Ph.D. - “Gender Trouble in Judaism: Escalating Dilemmas at a Crucial Time” - Brandeis University

1997                   Henry J. Steadman, Ph.D. - “Mental Illness and Violence: The Problem of Prediction” President, Policy Research Associates, Inc.

1995                   Christine Bose, Ph.D. - “Race, Class, Gender, and Women’s Work at the Turn of the Century” University at Albany

1994                   Linda Nee - “The Social-Cellular Survival Complex: Social Factors and Longevity” National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

1993                    Women in Prison Symposium:

Deborah Baskin, Ph.D. & Ira Sommers, DSW - “The Political Economy of Female Street Crime” - John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Karen Casey, Ph.D. - “Who Visits Women in Prison?” - SUNY- Brockport

Alice Green, Ph.D. - “The Empowerment of African American Women in Prison” Executive Director, Center for Law and Justice

1992                       Charles Willie, Ph.D. - “Multiculturalism in Higher Education” -  Harvard  University

1990                       Cornelius Riordan, Ph.D. - “Women’s Colleges: Passe or Avant-Garde?” - Providence College

1989                      Graeme Newman, Ph.D. - “The Crimes of Punishment” - University at Albany

1988                      Florence Bonner, Ph.D. - “Women and Work: The New York State Policy Agenda” Center for Women in Government, SUNY Albany