Bultena Lecture in Sociology – Newcomers to Old Towns: Suburbanization of the Heartland
Sonya Salamon
Tuesday, 05 Mar 2002 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Sonya Salamon is professor of Community Studies and director of Community and Rural Studies Concentration at the University of Illinois. Her publications include Prairie Patrimony: Family, Farming and Community in the Midwest and the forthcoming Newcomers, Old Towns: Community Change in the Postagrarian Midwest. She received her doctorate from the University of Illinois, her masters in anthropology from University of California at Berkeley, and her B.F.A. in Painting & Design from Carnegie Institute of Technology,Stay for the entire event, including the brief question-and-answer session that follows the formal presentation. Most events run 75 minutes.
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