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Rocha Beardall Named Associate Editor of Youth & Society and a Finalist for the William T. Grant Scholars Class of 2031

 CSDE Affiliate Theresa Rocha Beardall’s (Sociology) contributions to her field were recently recognized in two ways. First, Rocha Beardall was selected to serve as an Associate Editor for Youth & Society, a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal that focuses on issues related to the 10-24 year old population. Second,Rocha Beardall was selected as one of eleven finalists for the William T. Grant Scholars Class of 2031. The Scholars Program began in 1982 and has a rich history of supporting the development of early-career researchers in the social, behavioral, and health sciences. Applicants for the Scholars Program propose five-year research and mentoring plans  that expand their expertise with new methods and content areas.

CSDE Science Core – Upcoming Workshops

Each quarter, CSDE offers 3-5 workshops on data sources, statistical and biomarker methodology, introductions to analysis programs, and more, all given by CSDE staff and faculty affiliates. These workshops can include hands-on training in novel methods and programming, lectures on innovative data sources, and discussions of important issues in research and data collection. Over the course of the academic year, CSDE will offer a diverse and exciting set of workshops, some of which will be offered in person and others remotely via Zoom. Students, faculty, and staff are all welcome to register for our workshops and we welcome registrants from outside the University of Washington for our remote workshops as well.

You can find our workshop website and register for our Winter 2026 workshops in the links below. We will be filling in our schedule for Spring workshops soon, so stay tuned!

Please reach out to CSDE if you have additional workshops you would like to see offered in the future and we will do our best to accommodate those requests.

Winter Workshops

CSSCR Workshop Offerings Winter Quarter 2026

The Center for Social Science Computation and Research (CSSCR) is offering seven workshops during Winter 2026 Quarter, open to all members of the UW community, whether student, faculty or staff.  See a full list with workshop descriptions and registration links here. 

Introduction to Python

  • Date:  Wednesday, January 21, 2026
  • Time: 10:30am – 11:50am

Efficient R Programming: Working with Many Columns, Functions, and Models

  • Date:  Thursday, January 22, 2026
  • Time: 12:00pm – 1:20pm

Geospatial Analysis in Python

  • Date:  Monday, February 2, 2026
  • Time: 2:00pm – 3:20pm

Introduction to Thematic Analysis in Atlas.ti

  • Time: 3:00pm – 4:20pm
  • Location: Savery 121 (Small Lab)

Introduction to STATA 13

  • Date:  Friday, February 6, 2026
  • Time: 9:00am – 10:20am

Data Wrangling in R

  • Date:  Friday, February 6, 2026
  • Time: 2:30pm – 3:50pm

Machine Learning Methods for Supervised Single-Label and Multi-Label Classification

  • Date:  Thursday, February 12, 2026
  • Time: 1:00pm – 2:20pm

FemQuant Launches Spring Seminar Series

FemQuant is a network of researchers whose goal is to explore the use of feminist theory in current quantitive, empirical research across the social sciences, including sociology, economics, demography, social policy, psychology, health and international relations. They are hosting a monthly seminar series via zoom with scholars from around the world. The program of online FemQuant events for the coming term is now available, with FemQuant’s first event of the new year taking place next week on January 14. As always, all FemQuant events are free, online and open to all, but registration is required.

January – Research Seminar – Wednesday 14 January 2026
8-9:00 (EST) / 13-14:00 (GMT) / 14-15:00 (CET) (Check time in your time zone)

Outsider Orbit: Segmentation of Employment Trajectories and Feminisation of Outsiders in South Korea
Dr. Hyojin Seo, King’s College London

This paper investigates the labour market segmentation patterns based on employment trajectories using group-based multi-trajectory modelling on Korean Labor & Income Panel Study data. We find clear evidence of a segmented labour market, where outsiders have distinct employment trajectories from insiders, and women’s overrepresentation in outsider trajectories. Furthermore, outsiders are trapped in an ‘outsider orbit’, indicating a structural barrier that limits women to outsider jobs in Korea.

Hyojin Seo is a gender and labour market researcher, with expertise on gendered precarity and the role of institutions shaping gendered labour market patterns in Europe and East Asia. She is a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow at King’s College London, having recently been granted a Leverhulme Trust Fellowship to investigate gendered experience of precarity in workers’ long-term career amid digitalisation in the UK and South Korea.

February – Research Seminar – Thursday 12 February 2026
10-11:00 (EST) / 15-16:00 (GMT) / 16-17:00 (CET) (Check time in your time zone)

Deroutinization of Labor and Second Birth in West Germany: The Moderating Role of Childcare
Dr. Honorata Bogusz, University of Warsaw

Further details to be announced soon.

Honorata Bogusz is an empirical economist and demographer employed in the Interdisciplinary Centre for Labour Market and Family Dynamics (LabFam), Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw. Her research interests lie in inequalities related to labor, gender, family, and LGBTQ+ issues.

March – Conversation – Tuesday 3 March 2026
10-11:00 (EST) / 15-16:00 (GMT) / 16-17:00 (CET) (Check time in your time zone)

A Conversation with FemDem: The Feminist Demography Collective

This event is an opportunity to be in conversation with folks from the FemDem collective, hear about their plans, and chat about the future of feminist demographic research.

The Feminist Demography Collective is a group of scholars that seeks to advance the field of demography by critically assessing the historical roots of the field, pushing rigorous research informed by feminist theories, and demanding accountable research practices that are human- and community-centered.

May – Research Seminar

Chae Eun Kim, Cornell University

Further details to be announced soon.

June – Panel – Tuesday 23 June 2026
10 -11:00 (EDT) / 15-16:00 (BST) / 16-17:00 (CEST) (Check in your time zone)

Panel: Navigating the Peer Review Process with Queer/Feminist Quantitative Work Dr. Ridhi Kashyap, Dr. Rin Reczek, & Dr. Wendy Manning

In this panel, we will have a moderated discussion about the peer review processes with three scholars who have insights from perspectives as an editor, author, and reviewer of feminist/queer quantitative work. We will be collecting questions from audience members in the registration form and doing live Q&A during the event.

Ridhi Kashyap is Professor of Demography & Computational Social Science at University of Oxford, Rin Reczek is Professor of Sociology at The Ohio State University, and Wendy Manning is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Bowling Green State University.

ASA International Migration Webinar: Navigating Methodological & Ethical Challenges in Migration Research (02/06/26)

What are some of the key risks and challenges facing migration researchers in our current political climate? How do we protect our interlocutors and ourselves? Join our panelists for a discussion on methodology and ethics in contemporary migration research.

Speakers: Nilda Flores-Gonzalez (Arizona State University); Heba Gowayed (CUNY Hunter College/Graduate Center); Ariela Schachter (Washington University in St. Louis)

Hosted by: ASA International Migration Section

When: Friday, February 6 at 2 PM EST / 11 AM PST

Register here: https://NewSchool.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gU4VB49lS2OWH-kWfjfBYg