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CSDE Welcomes Five New External Affiliates!

Throughout the year, CSDE reviews applications from demographers working at other universities, as well as those working in the private and public sectors. These affiliates are keen to engage with CSDE’s scholarly community. As external affiliates they are able to access our computing resources (including data and software) and online seminars or workshops, consults with our scientific staff, and collaborate easily with CSDE’s UW faculty on research projects. Non-UW demographers interested in affiliating with CSDE can click here to apply. We are excited to welcome five new external affiliates:

  • Hilary Bethancourt — Research Associate, Department of Anthropology, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University. Dr. Bethancourt is passionate about working toward comprehensive and integrative approaches to addressing the social inequities and modifiable diet, lifestyle, and environmental factors that negatively impact physiological, mental, and emotional well-being.
  • Joana Cunha-Cruz — Professor, Department of Clinical and Community Services – School of Dentistry University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Cunha-Cruz’s research focuses on epidemiological and intervention studies on pediatric oral conditions in Alaska Native, Latinx and low-income rural communities, as well as data analyses of national surveys and complex datasets merging different types of electronic health records.
  • Julius Doyle — Independent Researcher. As an Anthropologist, Dr. Doyle has researched a number of intersectional studies concerning the racialized experiences of African Americans and the ways that it affects their health and well-being, and presented on topics concerning the barriers that can hinder Black community outreach initiatives, academic success, and cultivating a truly diverse and inclusive work space.
  • Jamie Goodwin-White — Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of California Los Angeles. Dr. Goodwin-White’s research interests include migration and immigration, inequality, labor markets, and social statistics. Dr. Goodwin-White teaches courses on population geography, social geography, inequality, race and ethnicity, and migration.
  • Nick Huntington-Klein — Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Seattle University. Dr. Huntington-Klein’s recent research primarily focuses on econometric methods and the economics of education. He graduated from the University of Washington with a PhD in Economics in 2012.

New UN World Population Prospects Benefit from UW (Current and Past) Experts

The UN Population Division recently released the 2022 iteration of their bi-annual World Population Prospects (WPP) global population estimates and projections. This work has benefitted from a large group of demographers who are currently at the UW or were affiliated with the UW in the recent past.  This team of expertise draws upon Adrian Raftery and his team’s innovations in developing probabilistic population projections and many other former UW faculty and graduate students, altogether the group of experts with ties to UW and CSDE includes: Sam Clark (The Ohio State University), Brian Houle (Australia National University), Jon Muir (Emory University), Adrian Raftery (University of Washington), Hana Ševčíková (University of Washington), and Mark Wheldon (The United Nations).

Cohen Cited in J-PAL Brief on Improving Tax Compliance

The Addul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) recently published a research brief citing work from CSDE Affiliate Isabelle Cohen. The brief reviews 36 randomized evaluations and a quasi-experimental evaluation in 32 countries which show that sending simplified tax reminder messages is a highly cost-effective strategy to increase short-term tax compliance. Cohen’s paper presents findings from a randomized evaluation of text message tax reminders she conducted in collaboration with the Uganda Reserve Authority.

Romich and Team will Evaluate Pay Structure in Human Services with City of Seattle and King County

The City of Seattle Human Services Department and King County recently awarded CSDE Affiliate Jennie Romich a large contract to conduct a comparable worth wage analysis of the regional human services sector. Working with the Seattle Human Services Coalition (SHSC) and regional human services workers, Romich’s team at the School of Social Work will produce a report with recommendations for an updated pay structure for human services organizations. Presentations to regional stakeholders, including funders and human services organizations will take place after the report is completed, which is scheduled for January, 2023.

Berridge, Turner, Fredriksen-Goldsen & Colleagues Publish Research on Novel Dementia Care Technology

CSDE Affiliate Clara Berridge, CSDE Trainee Natalie Turner, and Affiliate Karen Fredriksen-Goldsen with co-authors Liu Liu, Sierramatice Karras, Amy Chen, and George Demiris recently published new research in JMIR Aging. The article assesses the feasibility of a unique tool Berridge designed to support family decision-making about diverse technologies used in dementia home care which include a number of monitoring technologies which can be considered invasive. Through a pilot study with dementia care dyads, the authors find the tool presents a feasible and acceptable intervention to educate, facilitate conversation about these technologies, and document preferences.