CSDE Affiliate Abraham Flaxman and CSDE External Affiliate Ethan Sharygin co-authored a study in the journal of Population Research and Policy Review entitled “Reconstruction of age distributions from differentially private census data”. The authors explore the question of whether there are statistical methods that can be applied to noisy age distributions to enhance the research uses of census data without compromising privacy. They utilize a non-parametric method for smoothing and find that smoothing age distributions can increase the fidelity of the demonstration data to previously published population counts by age and discuss implications for future research.
NIH Grant Opportunity – The Intersection of Sex and Gender Influences on Health and Disease
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to invite R01 applications on the influence and intersection of sex and gender in health and disease, including: (1) research applications that examine sex and gender factors and their intersection in understanding health and disease; and (2) research that addresses one of the five objectives from Strategic Goal 1 of the 2019-2023 Trans-NIH Strategic Plan for Women’s Health Research “Advancing Science for the Health of Women.” The awards under this FOA will be administered by NIH ICs using funds that have been made available through the Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) and the scientific partnering Institutes and Centers across NIH
Assistant Professor – Quantitative Social Science
The Program in Quantitative Social Science (QSS) at Dartmouth College seeks a scholar for a full-time tenure-track appointment as Assistant Professor, to be appointed as early as July 1, 2023. QSS is an interdisciplinary program that integrates modern statistical, computational, and mathematical tools with social science. Potential fields for this position include applied mathematics, demography, economics, geography, political science, sociology, or related disciplines. Applicants should have a strong computational background and be able to conduct research using modern computational methods and teach these methods at the undergraduate level. The person appointed to this position will be expected to foster cross-disciplinary connections at Dartmouth around computational methods.
To learn more about Dartmouth College and QSS, visit http://qss.dartmouth.edu .
Postdoctoral Scholar – Poverty and Social Policy
The Center on Poverty and Social Policy at the Columbia University School of Social Work focuses on poverty and social policy issues in the United States. The center is seeking a postdoctoral scholar with a PhD in economics, public policy, demography, social work, sociology, or a related discipline, to conduct analyses of policy proposals related to poverty, inequality, economic security, hardship, and mobility. The postdoc will work primarily with Jane Waldfogel and Christopher Wimer, as well as other faculty and staff to analyze data on trends and levels of poverty and related outcomes and to evaluate the impact of current and proposed social policies, with an emphasis on vulnerable population subgroups.
Assistant Professor – Visual Arts and Culture
The University of Washington, Tacoma is hiring a Visual Arts and Culture professor. They University has a specific interests in applicants with Indigenous and/or Asian and Pacific Islands perspectives, the Division of Culture, Arts, & Communication in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences at the University of Washington Tacoma invites applications for a full-time, tenure-eligible position as Assistant Professor in Visual Arts & Culture with an anticipated start date of September 2023. Tenure-track faculty have an annual service period of nine months (Sept 16-June 15).
Positive factors for consideration include, but are not limited to, applicants with Indigenous and/or Asian and Pacific Islands perspectives and/or expertise in Indigenous Arts & Traditions; Arts from Marginalized Groups; Arts and Culture of Asia and the Pacific; Global Visual Studies; Transnational Arts; or Resistance Art.
The successful candidate will be expected to uphold the Division’s commitment to supporting diverse student populations through inclusive teaching practices and through the integration of effective pedagogical techniques and technologies into teaching/learning. They will also be expected to support the Division’s commitment to institutional, professional, and community service.
Assistant Professor – Gerontology
The Department of Gerontology in the John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston invites qualified persons to apply for a tenure-track assistant professor position to join our faculty beginning September 1, 2023. The Department seeks to increase the number of tenure-track faculty conducting research on aging among historically underrepresented and marginalized groups. The search committee is especially interested in candidates who seek to understand the determinants and effects of aging in under served and marginalized communities, including Black, Latinx, and Indigenous populations.
They seek to conduct research to mitigate pervasive disparities and to increase the diversity of workers in the aging research, policy and aging service delivery. Research agendas should be in the aging and health arena, with topics that include but are not limited to cognitive aging and dementia, healthcare utilization, long-term services and supports, health behaviors, and behavioral health. All candidates should have an emerging or established program of research with evidence of potential for generating external funding. The research portfolio should be directly related to racial justice, disparities, and inequality. Candidates should be prepared to teach across our undergraduate, online masters, and doctoral programs. The person who fills this position will be a Fellow in the Gerontology Institute at UMass Boston and may also have an affiliation with the Center for Social and Demographic Research in Aging and the LeadingAge LTSS Center, both located within the Gerontology Institute. Applicants must have an earned doctorate in one of the following fields: gerontology, nursing, epidemiology, sociology, psychology, demography, health economics, social work, public health or an interdisciplinary program. Applicants with terminal degrees in other fields will also be considered.
UMass Boston is one of the most racially and ethnically diverse campuses in the Northeastern US, is recognized by the US Department of Education as a Minority Serving Institution and has a strong commitment to social justice and inclusion. We strongly encourage applications from persons with diverse backgrounds and provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, age, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, disability, military status, or genetic information.
Application instructions:
To apply, submit online, a letter of interest, research, teaching, and diversity statements, curriculum vitae, and the names and contact information of at least three references. Review of applications will begin November 18, 2022 and continue until the position is filled.
Inquiries may be directed to Jeffrey.Burr@umb.edu.
CSDE Fall 2022 Lightning Talks and Poster Session Extended Deadline!
This is a reminder that applications are currently open for graduate students to present their research and receive feedback at CSDE’s Fall 2022 Lightning Talks and Poster Session. We welcome applications from all graduate students (details below). CSDE Fellows and Trainees should especially consider taking advantage of this opportunity.
The application window has been EXTENDED to next Friday, October 28 by COB. The link to the application is below! We would love to receive your submissions! This is an excellent, low-stakes opportunity to practice your presentation skills and grow your network.
How do I apply to participate?
To apply, you only need to submit a brief abstract and information about yourself and your collaborators on the project. Submit your application HERE. We will select up to 7 participants.
Dates and deadlines:
October 28: EXTENDED deadline to submit an abstract to the link above
by COB Friday, November 4: you will be notified if you have been selected
COB Friday, November 25: deadline to email presentation slides to Aja Sutton (amsutton@uw.edu)
Friday, December 9: CSDE Lightning Talks and Poster Session from 12:30-1:30pm, Allen Library Research Commons Green Room A.
Please feel free to email at amsutton@uw.edu if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing your submissions!
Berkeley Population Center (BPC) Offers Pilot Grant for Seed or ‘Risky’ Research Projects!
These grants award up to $20,000, and may be funded in collaboration with the Center on the Economics and Demography of Aging (CEDA). For more information, please download the Call for Proposals and the Pilot Guidelines (revised October 2022). See also, a List of Past Awards.
The next due date has been extended to November 15, 2022.
New Issue Available from Population Research and Political Review
Check out this new issue from Population Research and Political Review! The October issue includes 16 new articles with great content from topics of economic integration to food aid and fertility.
The new issue can be found here!
Join UW International Security Colloquium for Research Presentation on How Prolonged Contact Does not Change Perceptions of Immigrants in the Context of Wartime Settings
On Friday October 28 (3-4:30pm Pacific Time), the UW International Security Colloquium will host Dr. Yang-Yang Zhou’s presentation “Prolonged Contact Does Not Reshape Locals’ Attitudes toward Migrants in Wartime Settings: Experimental Evidence from Afghanistan.” Dr. Zhou’s work is both methodologically and substantively rich, and it should make for a fascinating presentation and discussion.
See poster here!
Dr. Zhou is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of British Columbia and is a Harvard Academy Scholar and CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar for 2021-2023. Her research examines the effects of migrants on host communities, and her work has been published in American Political Science Review, Comparative Political Studies, the Journal of Experimental Political Science, the Journal of the American Statistical Association, and PS: Political Science and Politics, among others. Her book project, Rejecting Coethnicity: the Politics of Migrant Exclusion by Minoritized Citizens, is funded by the National Science Foundation, the CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars Program, and the SSHRC Insight Development Grant. Additionally, her book project with Margaret Peters, Dignity and the Decision to Migrate, Where to Move, and When to Return, has been funded by the National Science Foundation.
https://washington.zoom.us/j/95214107112?pwd=TmY0RVV6ODNSZlo0a1dxTmV6dFBjUT09 [washington.zoom.us]
Meeting ID: 952 1410 7112
Passcode: 053705