Fall 2016
Wednesday, September 7
Intro & Overview of the Graduate Training Program
Marcy Carlson, UW-Madison Sociology
Michal Engelman, UW-Madison Sociology
Pamela Herd, UW-Madison Public Affairs & Sociology
John Mullahy, UW-Madison Population Health
Jenna Nobles, UW-Madison Sociology
Jim Raymo, UW-Madison Sociology
Jim Walker, UW-Madison Economics
Wednesday, September 14
Doing Interdisciplinary Research
Ben Domingue, Stanford School of Education
Wednesday, September 21
Preparing Abstracts for the PAA Meeting
Michal Engelman, UW-Madison Sociology
Wednesday, September 28
Grant-Writing in Graduate School: Opportunities and Strategies
Pamela Herd, UW-Madison Public Affairs & Sociology
Marcy Carlson, UW-Madison Sociology
Wednesday, October 5
Displaying Quantitative Data
Karl Broman, UW-Madison Biostatistics
Wednesday, October 12
Yom Kippur – no seminar
Wednesday, October 19
Careers in and outside Academia
J. Michael Collins, UW-Madison Human Ecology & Public Affairs
Kristen Malecki, UW-Madison Population Health
Michal Engelman, UW-Madison Sociology
Wednesday, October 26
Building Relationships with Research Mentors
Amber Smith, Wisconsin Institute for Science Education & Community Engagement
Wednesday, November 2
Restricted Data: What, Why, and How?
Jack Solock, UW-Madison Data and Information Services Center
Wednesday, November 9
Rigorous Research and Standards of Evidence: Randomized Trials
John Mullahy, UW-Madison Population Health
Peter Steiner, UW-Madison Educational Psychology
Wednesday, November 16
Social Research in the Digital Age
Jenna Nobles, UW-Madison Sociology
Wednesday, November 23
Happy Thanksgiving! No seminar this week
Wednesday, November 30
The Ethical Consequences of Population Change: Examples from Population Aging and
Reproductive Health Research
Jenny Higgins, UW-Madison Gender & Women’s Studies
Michal Engelman, UW-Madison Sociology
Wednesday, December 7
So, What Do You Study? Craft a 3-minute Talk That Appeals to the Public
Naomi Salmon, UW-Madison Writing Center
Wednesday, December 14
How and Where to Publish Your Research
Jason Fletcher, UW-Madison Public Affairs & Sociology
Christine Schwartz, UW-Madison Sociology