CSDE is excited to kick off the spring quarter seminar series with Dr. Siri Suh, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Brandeis University. Dr. Suh’s talk will draw on ethnographic research on post-abortion care in Senegal, and show how reproductive governance is not limited to laws and policies issued by national policy makers or donor agencies.
You can register for the seminar HERE, and check out all the upcoming topics and register for future seminars on our website.
After the seminar, student Larisa Ozyeransky (lozeryan@uw.edu), will facilitate a graduate student discussion with Dr. Suh. Students will have the opportunity to discuss research collaborations, professional development, academic publishing, and interdisciplinary research, among other topics. Please RSVP to attend by emailing Larisa (lozeryan@uw.edu).
This seminar is co-sponsored with the UW African Studies Program, UW Department of Anthropology, UW Department of Global Health, UW Department of History, and the Population Health Initiative,
The Lancet recently published an article presenting estimates of excess mortality attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020-21. The article credits a large team of researchers for their support in this effort, including key leadership in authoring the project from CSDE Affiliate and UW Associate Professor of Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Haidong Wang. The estimates have been cited widely in media outlets such as the Washington Post, CNN, Time, and the BBC.
CSDE Affiliate Patricia Louie‘s 2020 article, “Revisiting the Cost of Skin Color: Discrimination, Mastery, and Mental Health among Black Adolescents,” was recently acknowledged for achieving the 6th most article downloads in 2021 amongst articles in Society and Mental Health, an ASA Journal. This article investigates the association between skin tone and mental health in a nationally representative sample of black adolescents and explores discrimination as a mediator. Congratulations and excellent work, Pat!
CSDE Affiliate Bettina Shell-Duncan, along with co-authors Dennis Matanda, Caroline Kabiru, and Chantalle Okondo recently published a new article, titled “Persistence of female genital mutilation/cutting in two Kenyan communities: What can we learn from change that falls short of abandonment?” The authors find that messaging on health risks of FGM/C and fear of criminal punishment have motivated less severe cutting and medicalisation. Legislation has also driven the practice underground.
The American Ethnic Studies Department is hosting a welcome meet-and-greet and book talk event for CSDE Affiliate and new faculty Oliver Rollins. Rollins’ book, Conviction: The Making and Unmaking of the Violent Brain (Stanford University Press), exposes ethical dilemmas of neuroscientific research on violence. You can also view Rollins’ recent CSDE Seminar presentation on one aspect of his book on our Youtube channel.
CSDE is hosting PAA Practice Talks the week before the conference. We have two great groups of student presenters and discussants from across campus, see below for details. We hope you can attend to share feedback, learn about exciting CSDE research, and support your colleagues. The format is informal and is a great opportunity for the presenters to hone their presentation and get feedback from friends and colleagues.
- Session 1: Wednesday, March 30, 8:00-9:15am
- Session 2: Thursday, March 31, 2:30-3:45pm
Join us every other Tuesday, starting Tuesday, March 29, for coffee and conversation. We’ll meet between Raitt and Savery from 8:30am-9:30am. CSDE will provide the coffee and something to go with it, and we hope you provide the company! We will have some disposable cups, but bringing your own mug is encouraged. Download the flyer here.
This summer, CSDE is offering its Grant Writing Summer Program (GWSP) to assist scholars in preparing applications to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). CSDE aims to demystify the grant-writing process and create a supportive environment that produces grant proposals ready for submission to the NIH within the coming year. We have a strong track record of successful funding for participants.
Participants will meet in person every other week for 10 weeks over the summer. They will learn more about the details of NIH grant mechanisms, writing, and reviewing, while also engaging in intensive writing of their own proposals. Participants will be paired with a senior mentor who will review their proposals, and participants will also review each other’s work.
Applying to the GWSP is open to CSDE affiliates (UW and external) as well as to local post-docs writing K awards with one or more CSDE affiliates on their mentoring team. If accepted, the program is free for applicants in these groups. Other researchers in the Seattle area are also eligible to apply and may be accepted if space is available; the program fee is $7,500 for these applicants. Current graduate students are not eligible to apply.
Applications are due May 12, 2023.
For more information, and to apply, please see https://csde.washington.edu/research/csde-grant-writing-summer-program/. Still have questions? Email Steve Goodreau at goodreau@uw.edu.