Deborah Thorne
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presentations
invited talk
Bankruptcy Stigma: A Socio-Legal Study ,
Invited Panelist and Commentator,
The Center for Law, Economics, and Finance at The George Washington University Center for Law 2014
Law Seminar (Professor Sara Greene) ,
Duke University 2014
Sociological Perspectives on Bankruptcy ,
U.S. Solutions to Bankruptcy Problems 2014
Student Loan Debt: Can This Bubble Burst? ,
Rotary Club, Athens OH 2014
For Profit: The Exploitation of the American Student ,
Invited Panelist,
Ohio University, Athens OH 2013
The Future for Your Health Care ,
Invited Panelist,
Democracy Over Corporations, Athens OH 2013
Aging in America: It's Risky Business ,
Invited Panelist,
National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges 2010
Is Bankruptcy the Real Answer? Moral and Ethical Issues Attorneys (Should) Face When Deciding if Bankruptcy is in the Client's Best Interest ,
American Bankruptcy Institute 2008
Reality in Commercial Law ,
Joint Conference, Harvard University and University of Texas 2008
Wealth Creation Beyond Homeownership ,
Community Development Policy Summit of the Federal Reserve Bank 2008
Credit Scores, Reports, and Working Families ,
Invited Commentator,
Annie E. Casey Foundation, Brookings Institution, and Center for Financial Services Information 2007
Economic Transformations of American Families and Business ,
Invited Commentator,
Joint Conference, Harvard University and University of Texas 2007
Empirical Realities in Economic Transformations ,
Invited Commentator,
Joint Conference, Harvard University and University of Texas 2006
presentation
Causes, Consequences, and Cautionary Tales: Leading Findings on Consumer Bankruptcy ,
Parents' Weekend, Ohio University 2012
Bankrupt Debtors and Financial Education ,
Symposium on Insolvency and Financial Literacy Research 2011
The middle class at the bottom: how the recession harmed average americans ,
Session organizer and discussant,
The American Sociological Association Annual Meeting 2011
When Mom and Dad File for Bankruptcy: The Real Monster Under the Bed - The Effects of Bankruptcy on Children and the Parent-Child Relationship ,
University of Illinois Law School 2011
Debtor's Assessments of Bankruptcy Financial Education ,
Podcast,
American Bankruptcy Institute 2010
Gendered Labor, Damaged Marriages: Debt Management in Financially Distressed Families ,
Women's and Gender Studies Colloquim 2010
Adverse Health Consequences of Financial Distress ,
University of Iowa, University Hospital 2009
Bankruptcy and class status ,
The Obermann Summer Seminar: Borrowing to the Brink, Consumer Debt in America 2009
Negative Wealth (Debt), Young Adults, and Reduced Life Chances ,
University of Akron, Graduate Student Government Second Annual Colloquium 2009
The damage of debt: effects of severe indebtedness on children and the parent-child relationship ,
The Harvard & University of Texas-Austin Joint Conference on Reality in Commercial Law 2009
Dumped on by the world: explorations of debtors' anger prior to filing for personal bankruptcy ,
The Harvard & University of Texas-Austin Joint Conference on Reality in Commercial Law 2008
Gender, debt, and consumer bankruptcy: the research and policy implications ,
Panelist,
Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting 2008
Families in Bankruptcy: Causes and Externalities ,
Department of Consumer Science 2007
Teaching social problems with Dr. Seuss and Picasso ,
Session organizer,
The Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting 2007
The Relationship Between Personal Bankruptcy and Illness or Injury ,
Advocates for Healthcare Reform 2007
Debt, credit, and inequality ,
Session organizer,
The Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting 2006
Just prior to personal bankruptcy: privations of America's most indebted families ,
The Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting 2006
Students and Credit Card Debt ,
Ohio University Residential Life In-service 2006
Chapter 12 bankruptcy" families' final (and often futile) efforts to save their homes ,
The Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting 2005
Credit and Debt ,
Resident's Life Peer Professional Staff In-service Program 2005
The Relationship Between Personal Bankruptcy and Illness or Injury ,
Advocates for Healthcare Reform 2005
The inequities of credit, debt, and inequality ,
Session organizer,
The Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting 2005
Bankruptcy, debt, and inequality ,
Session organizer,
The Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting 2004
Indebtedness ,
Resident's Life Peer Professional Staff In-service Program 2004
Just how clean is the slate? Reduced life chances after personal bankruptcy ,
The Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting 2004
Reduced Life Chances After Bankruptcy ,
Honors Tutorial College-Sociology Program, Ohio University 2004
Anything but bureaucratic procedure: how bankrupt debtors experience the section 341 hearing ,
Feelings and Memories Conference 2003
Is debt a social problem? Personal bankruptcy across the lifespan ,
The Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting 2002
The Research of Personal Bankruptcy ,
Honors Tutorial College-Sociology Program, Ohio University 2002
When birds of a feather simply refuse... tactics employed by bankrupt debtors to distinguish themselves and lessen the stigma of financial insolvency ,
The Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting 2002
Bankruptcy reform: curtailing access, cultivating divorce ,
Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting 2001
We're not bad people, and we're not deadbeats: how bankrupt debtors manage their stigma and spoiled identify ,
The American Sociological Association Annual Meeting 2001
Paths of paradox: consequences of working-class women's upward social mobility ,
The American Sociological Association Annual Meeting 1998
Working-class women's upward social mobility: consequences for parental and sibling relations ,
Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting 1997
When mothers matter: gender, social origins, and the reproduction of social class ,
Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting 1996
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