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Dr. Anna Zajacova “Sociodemographic Perspective, Findings, and Paradoxes in Chronic Pain and Pain Treatments” 

In this year’s Kaspar Naegele Honorary Lecture, Dr. Anna Zajacova will argue that chronic pain should play a central role in the sociodemographic study of health and health care and policy because it is a sensitive measure of population health, reflects social conditions, sociopolitical context, and beliefs and prejudices of society.

“’Childcare Experts’ and ‘Wiping Older People’s Ass’: The Stratification in the Domestic Work Market in Contemporary China” Suowei Xiao

Suowei Xiao’s study explores how different nurturant care jobs become stratified in the emerging market for domestic work in contemporary China, as childcare jobs come to be higher-paid “semi-professions” while elderly care is marginalized and under-compensated.

Dr. Ezra Zuckerman Sivan “What Day is It and Who Cares about the Date? Social Media Expressions of Temporal Disorientation Before and After Pandemic Onset”

Dr. Ezra Zuckerman Sivan’s talk exploits the natural experiment represented by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic to illuminate how institutionalized social rhythms provide a foundation for the lives of contemporary Americans.