Fall 2014

Friday, September 5
Individual Development Plans
Jenna Nobles, UW Madison Sociology

Friday, September 12
Introductions and Overview of the Semester
Pamela Herd, UW Madison Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs

Friday, September 19
Constructing Abstracts for the Population Association of America Meeting
Pamela Herd, UW Madison Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs

Friday, September 26
Genetics in the Social Science
Dalton Conley, NYU Sociology

Friday, October 3
Decomposition, Reweighting & Other Methods
Christine Schwartz, UW Madison Sociology

Friday, October 10
Giving a Great Talk
Christina Diaz, UW Madison Sociology, PhD candidate

Friday, October 17
Genetics and Race
Jason Fletcher, UW Madison Sociology
Pamela Oliver, UW Madison Sociology
Joan Fujimura, UW Madison Sociology
Merlin Chowkwanyun, Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar

Friday, October 24
Working in a Think Tank
Brian Goesling, Mathematica

Friday, October 31
Practice Job Talk
Eric Vogelsang, UW Madison Sociology PhD candidate

Friday, November 7
No seminar this week

Friday, November 14
Exploring Post Doctoral Options
Stephanie Robert, UW Madison School of Social Work
John Mullahy, UW Madison Population Health Sciences

Friday, November 21
NIH Funding Opportunities
Pamela Herd, UW Madison Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs

Friday, November 28
No seminar Thanksgiving break
Friday, December 5
Data Visualization
Doug Hemken, UW Madison SSCC

Friday, December 12
Genetics and Race in Vitamin D Deficiency
Corrine Engelman, UW Madison Population Health Sciences