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