Fall 2017

Wednesday, September 6 Intro & Overview of the Graduate Training Program Marcy Carlson, UW-Madison Sociology Michal Engelman, UW-Madison Sociology John Mullahy, UW-Madison Population Health Jenna Nobles, UW-Madison Sociology Jim Raymo, UW-Madison Sociology Wednesday, September 13 Writing a Strong Conference Abstract Michal Engelman, UW-Madison Sociology Wednesday, September 20 Workshop PAA Abstracts Jenna Nobles, UW-Madison Sociology Wednesday, September 27 The Institutional Review Board: What You Need to Know Casey Pellien, Social & Behavioral Sciences IRB Wednesday, October 4 Separating Social and Biological Processes: Relative versus Absolute Body Weight and Youth Outcomes Jinho Kim, UW-Madison Sociology Wednesday, October 11 Introducing the Health Disparities Postocs Chenoa Allen, Linnea Evans, Madelyne Greene, & Emily Hendrick, Health Disparities Research Scholars Megan Zuelsdorff, Center on Demography of Health and Aging, Postdoctoral Fellow Wednesday, October 18 Make Your Publications Public: Federal Access Requirements and Research Profiles Ryan Schryver, Ebling Library Trisha Adamus, Ebling Library Wednesday, October 25 Create Your Own Professional Website Caitlin Tefft, UW-Madison Social Science Computing Cooperative Wednesday, November 1 Age-Period-Cohort Models & Controversies Ethan Fosse, Princeton University Wednesday, November 8 R skills: dplyr & ggplot Nathan Jones, UW-Madison Survey Center Jenna Nobles, UW-Madison Sociology Wednesday, November 15 Formal Demography: State of the Field Michel Guillot, University of Pennsylvania Wednesday, November 22 Thanksgiving Break Wednesday, November 29 Methods for Panel Data Jim Walker, UW-Madison Economics Wednesday, December 6 Population Studies in Historical and Critical Perspective Michal Engelman, UW-Madison Sociology Wednesday, December 13 Framing and Developing Your Research Agenda Robert Hummer, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill