Fall 2023

Sept 6 Casey Pellien, UW IRB: What Demographers Need to Know About the IRB Sept 13 No class Sept 20 Katherine Curtis, UW C&E Sociology: PAA Abstracts Workshop Sept 27 No class—Institute on Aging Colloquium …

Spring 2023

Jan 25: “Data Management” – Jim Walker (UW Economics) Feb 1: No in person meeting. Individual research consultations. Feb 8: “Promoting Research and Media Tips” – Malia Jones (UW C&E Sociology) Feb 15: “The Academic Job Market” – Christine …

Fall 2022

September 7: Introductions September 14: PAA Abstract Panel Michal Engelman (UW Sociology), Corina Mommaerts (UW Economics) September 21: The Publication Process, Matt Wiswall (UW Economics) September 28: PAA Abstract Workshop, Max Besbris (UW Sociology) October 5: No …

Spring 2022

Spring 2022 Schedule January 26: Introductions February 2: Causal Decompositions of Group Disparities, Felix Elwert (UW) February 9: Coding: Best Practices, Jenna Nobles (UW) February 16, 10:30-noon:* Structural Racism and Quantitative Causal Inference, Nick Graetz (Princeton) and …

Fall 2021

September 8: Introductions September 15: Art of the Abstract Jenna Nobles (UW Sociology) September 22: PAA Abstract Workshop Panel Felix Elwert (UW Sociology), Michal Engelman (UW Sociology), Corina Mommaerts (UW Economics) September 29: Publishing as …

Spring 2021

January 27: Introduction Jordan Conwell, UW-Madison Sociology February 3: Academic Job Market: Networking and Negotiation Christine Schwartz, UW-Madison Sociology February 10: Introduction to Spatial Analysis Megan Bea, UW-School of Human Ecology February 17: How I Found My Dissertation Topic …

Fall 2020

September 2: Introduction Jordan Conwell, UW-Madison Sociology September 9: In-Person Meeting* POSTPONED September 16: PAA Abstract Workshop Jordan Conwell, UW-Madison Sociology Michal Engelman, UW-Madison Sociology September 23: Online ‘Marketing’: Personal Websites Caitlin Tefft UW-Madison SSCC …

Spring 2020

Wednesday, January 22: Giving A Good Research Talk Michal Engelman, UW-Madison Sociology Wednesday, January 29: Preparing Scientific Posters Renee Kremer, UW-Madison Population Health Sciences Mike King, UW-Madison Sociology Sandra Spirovska, UW-Madison Economics Wednesday, February 5: …

Fall 2019

Fall 2019 Wednesday, September 4: Reproducible Research Lars Vilhuber, Cornell Economics Wednesday, September 11: Writing a Strong PAA Abstract Michal Engelman, UW-Madison Sociology Wednesday, September 18: PAA Abstract Workshop Michal Engelman, UW-Madison Sociology Wednesday, September …

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 …