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