The Young and the Restless: Dating, Marriage, and Career Mobility in China
11:00 a.m., Monday, Oct. 29, 2007
Webster Hall Auditorium
Admission: free

A look at the lives of adult Chinese — how they negotiate life and choose a school, career, and a mate amid issues of privacy, family, community, and upward mobility routes. And, where do politics, the party, the military, the Falon Gong, and religion fit in? Oh, and your in-laws? Is there a place for social work here?

Christine Jorgensen, a licensed clinical social worker, and her husband, Professor James Jorgensen, have taught in China on four separate occasions. She lived in the work unit for the China Youth College of Political Science and taught various aspects of social work. Her travels in China include Harbin, Tibet, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Guilin, Xian, Chengdu, the Panda Research Center, Chengde, Tianjin, Chongqing, Yangtze River, Three Gorges, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, and Macau. Ms. Jorgensen’s background includes casework experience in the Cook County Department of Welfare, Denver County Social Services and at The Children’s Hospital, Denver, as coordinator and co-director of the Child Advocacy Team as well as assistant director of clinical social work and adjunct professor at the University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work.