Spring 2019

Spring 2019

Wednesday, February 6: The Academic Job Market: What Do Hiring Committees Look For? Jason Fletcher (public affairs; sociology) and Christine Schwartz (sociology)

Wednesday, February 13: Job Market Tips for International Students, Chaeyoon Lim and Alberto Palloni (sociology)

Wednesday, February 20: Research Ethics Case Studies, Michal Engelman (sociology)

Monday, February 27: Regression Diagnostics, Mark Banghart (SSCC)

Wednesday, March 6: Media Relations and Communications Strategies, Veronica Rueckert and Eric Hamilton (university communications)

Wednesday, March 13: PAA practice talk

  • Leafia Ye: Assimilation for Whom? Country of Origin and Immigrant Men’s Working Life
  • Rachel Rosenfeld: Migratory Response to Climate Change in Viet Nam
  • Won-tak Joo: Educational Differences in Health Discussion Mobilization through Social Networks

Wednesday, March 20: Spring Break – No seminar

Wednesday, March 27: PAA practice talks

  • Qian He: Multigenerational Class Gradients in Housing Tenure Trajectories during Young Adulthood
  • Julia Thomas: Segregation and Violence Reconsidered: Do Whites Benefit from Residential Segregation?
  • Won-tak Joo: Changes in Social Networks after Retirement: Comparison of the USA and European Countries
  • Kelsey Quinn Wright: Intersectionality and Intentionality: The Effects of Tolerance for Risk of Unintended Pregnancy, Side Effects, and Identity on Contraceptive Practices over Time

Wednesday, April 3: PAA practice talks

  • Ariane Ophir: Caring and Working Life Expectancy at 50: A Comparative Analysis of Gender Differences in Europe
  • Yiyue Huangfu: Population-Level Impact of Adverse Early Life Conditions on Adult Trajectories of Morbidity, Disability and Mortality for Low- and Middle- Income Countries
  • Leafia Ye: Does Destination Matter? Geographic Patterns of Immigrant Health in the US

Wednesday, April 10: PAA Conference – No seminar

Wednesday, April 17: Introducing the UW Survey Center, Nora Cate Schaeffer (sociology; UW Survey Center)  Please note: This seminar will take place at the UW Survey Center in Room 4327 Sterling Hall.

Wednesday, April 24: Embodying Landscapes of Violence: Impacts of Conflict- and Displacement-related Stressors on Women’s Health at the Thai-Burma Border, Stephanie Koning

Wednesday, May 1: Information Design and Presentation Best Practices, James R. Carey (Davis)