Fall Social 2009 (4:00PM - 5:30PM)
Lane Room, Ellison Hall 3824

Faculty Meeting (12:30PM - 2:00PM)
Lane Room, Ellison Hall 3824.

Race Matters Series: "The Latina Moment" (6:30PM - 8:00PM)
As part of its Race Matters series,the UCSB Multicultural Center will present a discussion, "The Latina Moment: The Nomination and Appointment of Sonia Sotomayor as Supreme Court Justice."  The discussion will be led by Political Science Professor Pei-te Lien, who is also co-principal investigator of the Gender and Multicultural Leadership Project.  She will be joined by Edwina Barvosa, Associate Professor, Chicana/o Studies.

Professor Lien is co-principal investigator for the Gender and Multicultural Leadership Project and author of the award-winning book, The Making of Asian America Through Political Participation.  Professor Barvosa has recently published Wealth of Selves: Mestiza Consciousness and the Subject of Politics. 

The discussion will be held in the Multicultural Center Lounge.

Meeting-Research Focus Group On Identity (4:00PM - 5:30PM)
Lane Room, Ellison Hall 3824.

Presentation By Brian Walker (4:00PM - 5:30PM)
"Learning from the Confucians: Three Themes in Chinese Public Service."  (New topic.)  Brian Walker is Associate Professor of Political Science at UCLA.  Lane Room, Ellison Hall 3824.

Brief Abstract:
"Recent comparative work on Confucianism has tended to focus on the question of whether or not China has some equivalent to the Western public sphere. This paper looks instead at the Confucian idea of public service, where comparison with Western experience is somewhat easier. Especially during the Song dynasty, when Confucians were trying to win converts from Buddhism and Daoism, China developed a public service ethic of considerable sophistication. Confucian public service thinkers made a good case for public service as the most reliable path to enlightenment, one considerably more promising than anything offered by Buddhists or Daoists. This paper tours the highlights of Chinese public service thinking and suggests that Western pragmatists have a great deal to learn from the Confucians about the role of culture and individual guidance in the formulation of a service ethic."

T.A. Training (4:30PM - 6:00PM)
Lane Room, Ellison Hall 3824.

Faculty Meeting (12:30PM - 2:00PM)
Lane Room, Ellison Hall 3824.

Professional Skills Forum (12:00PM - 1:00PM)
Topic to be announced.  Lane Room, Ellison Hall 3824.

Presentation By Pei-te Lien (4:00PM - 5:30PM)
"Race, Gender, and Political Representation: Findings from the Gender and Multicultural Leadership Project."  Pei-te Lien is Professor of Political Science at UCSB and was a co-Principal Investigator of the Gender and Multicultural Leadership Project (GMCL), a national study of America’s political leadership in the 21st century, with a focus on race, ethnicity, and gender.  The project specifically addresses African American, Latina/o, Native American, and Asian American elected officials in U.S. politics.

Lane Room, Ellison Hall 3824.

Work In Progress: Stuart Kasdin (12:30PM - 1:30PM)
"Performance Measures, Incentives, and Organizational Design."  A presentation by Stuart Kasdin, Ph.D. '09.

"In this talk, I examine the basis for structuring and motivating organizations using performance measures.  I start by considering the different goals of government agencies and the distinctive elements in their institutional environment.  I then discuss when and how performance measures may be used both as an incentive and as a means to determine the organizational design."

Lane Room, Ellison Hall 3824.

T.A. Training (4:30PM - 6:00PM)
Lane Room, Ellison Hall 3824.

Faculty Meeting? (12:30PM - 2:00PM)