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Panel: Applied Demography Insights from Washington State

Posted: 11/10/2022 (CSDE Seminar Series)

Please join us for our CSDE seminar this week to hear about applied demography from the perspective of Washington state government researchers.

This week’s seminar features two external affiliates Dr. Taylor Danielson and Dr. Deleena Patton who practice applied demography via their work in the Research and Data Analysis (RDA) division at the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS).  RDA provides data, analytics, and decision support tools to DSHS in order to improve the delivery of services that meet DSHS’s mission of transforming lives.

This panel will be moderated by CSDE Affiliate Jennifer Romich from the School of Social Work and Faculty Director of the West Coast Poverty Center here at UW. She has worked with DSHS-RDA to assemble and use administrative data from Washington State. This is sure to be a can’t miss opportunity!

Panel Bios
Dr. Deleena Patton is a research manager at the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, Research and Data Analysis Division. Her applied research focuses on child and family well-being, with connections to policy areas including economic services, early childhood programs, infant and maternal health and well-being, and child welfare. She earned her PhD in Sociology from the University of Washington.

Dr. Taylor Danielson is a Research Manager in the Department of Social and Health Services at DSHS’s Research and Data Analysis Division. Taylor is a social scientist with expertise in quantitative research and secondary data analysis, and he also has past experience in survey development. His substantive interests include public opinion, social services, poverty alleviation, and social policy.  He earned a PhD in Sociology from the University of Arizona.  Taylor joined CSDE as an affiliate in 2022.

 

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Date: 11/18/2022

Time: 12:30-1:30 PM PT

Location: 101 Hans Rosling Center