ICPSR’s Blalock Lecture Series on Quantitative Methods
Posted: 7/14/2020 (Local Events)
Check out this opportunity to virtually attend the ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research’s Blalock lectures series tuition-free. Blalock Lectures are an integral part of the ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research. They are presented in the evening from 7:30 to 9 p.m. EDT outside of the regular curriculum. The lecture series is held in honor of Tad Blalock (https://sociology.unc.edu/hubert-morse-blalock-jr/), a distinguished statistician and sociologist who was an Official Representative to the Consortium and a member of its Executive Council.
These lectures are all FREE to join and open to the public. Each lecture will be available via this Zoom link: 2020 Blalock Zoom Webinars.
In addition, each lecture is recorded and will be available on the Summer Program YouTube channel in this playlist: 2020 Blalock Lecture Series
The remaining schedule for the 2020 Summer Program Blalock Lecture Series (text version below):
July 22: “Research Developments in the Study of Racialized Resentment” – David Wilson, University of Delaware
July 28: “The American National Election Study and Archived Data at ICPSR” – Vincent Hutchings, University of Michigan; David Thomas, University of Michigan
July 29: “Citizen Forecasting: The Formation of Voter Expectations and Their Aggregate Accuracy” – Mary Stegmaier, University of Missouri
July 30: “Preparing to Teach for the First (or Second) Time” – Lynette Hoelter, University of Michigan; Esther Wilder, Lehman College; Andrea Benjamin, University of Oklahoma
August 4: “Statistical Models of Election Outcomes” – Andrew Gelman, Columbia University
August 5: “Health Disparities across the Life Cycle” – DeAnnah Byrd, Wayne State University
August 6: “Detroit Metropolitan Area Community Study and Archived Data at ICPSR” – Jeff Morenoff, University of Michigan
August 11: “The Chitwan Valley Family Study and Archived Data at ICPSR” – Bill Axinn, University of Michigan; Lynette Hoelter, University of Michigan
August 12: “Identity Development among Young Black Men” – Lloyd Talley, University of Michigan