We’re excited to announce Lauren Schmitz as our new Associate Director of Training! Lauren is an Associate Professor of Public Affairs at the La Follette School of Public Affairs. Schmitz is a dedicated member of the CDHA community with her research interests spanning social genomics, health economics, population health and aging, the economics of aging, biodemography, …
Name: Michael Topping, Graduate Student in Sociology Hometown: Burlington, Wisconsin Educational Background: B.S. in Social Work & B.A. in Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point; M.A. in Sociology, University of Memphis 1. How did you first connect to your field of research? Looking back, I grew curious about health, aging, and the life course through much of the …
Jan 31 Chris Taber (UW–Madison Econ): Weighting Survey Data Feb 7 Nick Mark (UW–Madison Sociology): How Graduate Students Should Think about Grants and Fellowships Feb 14 Carol Ryff (UW–Madison Psychology): Getting Out of Disciplinary Silos to Address Urgent Societal Problems Feb 21 Tamkinat Rauf (UW–Madison Sociology): Open Science Feb 28 Isaac Sasson (Tel Aviv University …
Congratulations to CDHA Associate Director Christine Schwartz, who has been awarded a Kellett Mid-Career Award by UW–Madison. The Kellett Award recognizes and provides support with a $75,000 research award to mid-career faculty seven to twenty years past their first promotion to a tenured position. Schwartz is a Professor in the Department of Sociology and an …
Name: Jiaxin Shi, Postdoctoral Researcher Hometown: Zhejiang, China Educational Background: BA Journalism, Beijing Foreign Studies University; MPhil Social Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; European Doctoral School of Demography; PhD Sociology, University of Oxford in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 1. How did you first connect to your …
Name: Gina Lee, Postdoctoral Researcher Hometown: Born in Austin, TX but grew up in South Korea Educational Background: BS in Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS), Iowa State; MS in Gerontology, Iowa State; PhD in HDFS, Iowa State 1. How did you first connect to your field of research? I wasn’t planning on pursuing Gerontology/HDFS …
Congratulations to Kerryann DiLoreto, Senior Project Director with the UW Survey Center, who has been awarded Distinguished Status. Distinguished status is awarded to academic staff members with extensive experience, and advanced knowledge and skills by UW–Madison. Kerryann has been with the UW Survey Center for 25 years, many of them spent working on the Wisconsin …
CDE & CDHA affiliates and graduate students were a powerful presence at the 2024 PAA annual meeting in Columbus! Both centers were well represented with 30 faculty affiliates and 28 graduate student affiliates appearing 106 times on the program as authors, discussants, and chairs. Emma Rommell, graduate student in the Department of Sociology at …
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