Speaker Series Fall 2015 Date Time Room Presenter August 28 2:30-4:00 MLC 350 Sun Joo Ahn, University of Georgia-- "Reality, Virtual Reality, and Human Behavior: A Tripartite Interaction" September 4 2:30-4:00 MLC 213 Kait Boyle, University of Georgia-- "Self-Sentiments, Identity, and the Psychological Well-Being of ‘Victims’ and ‘Survivors’" September 18 2:30-4:00 MLC 213 Robert Nielsen, University of Georgia-- "Estimating the dynamics of material hardship and social assistance with the Survey of Income and Program Participation" September 25 2:30-4:00 MLC 213 Tara Sutton, University of Georgia-- "Mechanisms that Link Childhood Economic Disadvantage to Intimate Partner Aggression" October 2 2:30-4:00 MLC 350 Matthew Brashears, University of South Carolina-- "The enemy of my friend is easy to remember: Balance theory and the cognitive representation of social networks" October 9 2:30-4:00 MLC 213 Tim Gill, University of Georgia-- "The Venezuelan Government and the Global Field: The Legislative Battle over Foreign Funding for NGOs" October 23 2:30-4:00 MLC 213 Mark Berg, University of Iowa-- "The Cultural Context of Adolescent Sexual Behavior: Anderson’s Player Hypothesis Revisited" November 6 2:30-4:00 MLC 213 Jerry Shannon, University of Georgia-- "Stimulus or Stigma? Examining the expansion of Georgia's SNAP retailers during the Great Recession"