Under general supervision, to understand, estimate, model, and project the population living in the county for department and other key stakeholder needs, including modeling complex demographic processes (such as birth, death, fertility, immigration, aging), discovering insights on population changes, and identifying opportunities through the application of demographic methodologies. The Demographer will direct staff in these functions.

The Population Council is seeking a Post-doctoral Fellow focused on education research. The Population Council’s education initiative aims to increase gender equality and equity in education, and foster equality and empowerment through education, including through safe and equitable learning environments. The Post-doctoral Fellow will have an excellent opportunity to gain exposure, learn and engage in an international NGO setting. They will conduct innovative, rigorous, and relevant research to fill gaps in data and evidence, and to inform decision makers on what works to improve education and gender equality and how. The Fellow will be mentored by the senior associate directing the Council’s education work and have an opportunity to collaborate with other researchers to support the Council’s growing research agenda on education. The Fellow will also be responsible for disseminating research findings, project development and management, and contributing to or leading fundraising efforts. 

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is seeking an aspiring individual with a solid background in statistics and an interest in promoting scientifically driven practices for wildlife management and conservation. In this position, you will be a part of a team that provides support for wildlife research conducted throughout Alaska and on a diverse array of game and non-game species. If selected for this position, you will provide support to all aspects of research including field data collections, study design, biometric analysis, and the interpretation of findings. You would communicate with biologists and the scientific community through presentations, reports, or peer-reviewed journal articles.

CSDE welcomes Fiona McBride as the new laboratory technician in the CSDE Biodemography Lab! Fiona earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Biology from Western Washington University. They have experience in biological sample processing and laboratory assays, which will expand our capacity to support biomarker research projects in the Biodemography Lab. If you want to learn more about the Biodemography Lab Services, contact Dr. Tiffany Pan.

The UW Harry Bridges Center, Department of History, Latin American Studies, and American Ethnic Studies are collaborating on a special event marking the release of historian Maria Quintana’s new book Contracting Freedom: Race, Empire, and U.S. Guestworker Programs (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2022). The book is the first relational study of the origins of twentieth-century U.S. guest worker programs from Mexico and the Caribbean. Quintana’s book offers an expansive interpretation of those government-sponsored programs and draws historical connections between enslaved labor, Japanese American incarceration, Caribbean decolonization, New Deal programs, and Black freedom struggles.  The program will take place in the Allen Library at 3:30pm and will include the author and several scholars who will reflect on the book’s relevance.