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Session D, Session E & Session F – 11:30 am to 12:30 pm


Session D: Migration
Room 1.302B
11:30 am – 12:30 pm


Chair: Abigail Weitzman, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, UT Austin

Fernando Riosmena, Professor, Department of Sociology and Demography, The University of Texas at San Antonio 
Overlap and Interrelations Between (Im)mobility Motivations

Masatoshi Kuniyoshi, PhD Student, Department of Sociology, Texas A&M University
Social Identity and Attitudes Toward U.S. Immigration: Interactions Between Race and Generation
Co-authors:
Ernesto Amaral, Department of Sociology, Texas A&M University

Matthew Blanton, Graduate Student, Department of Sociology, UT Austin
A Legacy of Displacement: Underlying Historical Propulsions of Guatemalan Migration


Session E: Voting and US Politics
Room 1.302D
11:30 am – 12:30 pm


Chair: Liz Gershoff, Professor, Population Research Center and Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, UT Austin

Bang Quan Zheng, Postdoctoral Fellow, Strauss Institute, UT Austin
Measuring Voter Turnout Disparities in Presidential and Non-Presidential Elections: Demographic Trends, 2008–2022
Co-authors:
Bailey Inglish, Department of Communication and Media Studies, UT Austin; Mark Strama, Department of Communication and Media Studies, UT Austin

Cole Carter, Student, Department of Economics, UT Austin
Who Paid to Vote? Poll Tax Records from Travis County, 1908-1913

Mac Clapper, PhD Student, Department of Psychology, UT Austin
A Novel Intervention for Reducing Political Animosity and Social Media Consumption


Session F: Violence and Discrimination
Room 1.302E
11:30 am – 12:30 pm


Chair: Laura Dosanjh, Postdoctoral Scholar, Population Research Center, UT Austin

Alexander Testa, Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Policy, and Community Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Violent Victimization Trajectories Over the Life Course and Past Year Dental Care Use in Adulthood
Co-authors:
Luis Mijares, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; Dylan B. Jackson, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University; Daniel Semenza, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice, Rutgers University-New Brunswick; Richard Stansfield, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice, Rutgers University-Camden; Ian Silver, Center for Legal Systems Research, RTI International; Rahma Mungia, Department of Perodontics

Lydia Okabe, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, UT Austin
The “Silent Killer”: Domestic Violence During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Brielle Bryan, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Rice University
Conviction Status, Neighborhoods, and Rental Discrimination
Co-authors:
Seth Williams, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University

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