Full job description: STBF+RE+Associate+PD+FINAL

Check out this opportunity to virtually attend the ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research’s Blalock lectures series tuition-free. Blalock Lectures are an integral part of the ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research. They are presented in the evening from 7:30 to 9 p.m. EDT outside of the regular curriculum. The lecture series is held in honor of Tad Blalock (https://sociology.unc.edu/hubert-morse-blalock-jr/), a distinguished statistician and sociologist who was an Official Representative to the Consortium and a member of its Executive Council.

These lectures are all FREE to join and open to the public. Each lecture will be available via this Zoom link: 2020 Blalock Zoom Webinars.

In addition, each lecture is recorded and will be available on the Summer Program YouTube channel in this playlist: 2020 Blalock Lecture Series

The remaining schedule for the 2020 Summer Program Blalock Lecture Series (text version below):

July 22: “Research Developments in the Study of Racialized Resentment” – David Wilson, University of Delaware

July 28: “The American National Election Study and Archived Data at ICPSR” – Vincent Hutchings, University of Michigan; David Thomas, University of Michigan

July 29: “Citizen Forecasting: The Formation of Voter Expectations and Their Aggregate Accuracy” – Mary Stegmaier, University of Missouri

July 30: “Preparing to Teach for the First (or Second) Time” – Lynette Hoelter, University of Michigan; Esther Wilder, Lehman College; Andrea Benjamin, University of Oklahoma

August 4: “Statistical Models of Election Outcomes” – Andrew Gelman, Columbia University

August 5: “Health Disparities across the Life Cycle” – DeAnnah Byrd, Wayne State University

August 6: “Detroit Metropolitan Area Community Study and Archived Data at ICPSR” – Jeff Morenoff, University of Michigan

August 11: “The Chitwan Valley Family Study and Archived Data at ICPSR” – Bill Axinn, University of Michigan; Lynette Hoelter, University of Michigan

August 12: “Identity Development among Young Black Men” – Lloyd Talley, University of Michigan

Call for applications, Postdoctoral researcher in rural demography

We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher with specialization in data science, geographic, and statistical methods, as well as domain knowledge in public health applications. The research fellow will work with PIs Marta Jankowska, Tarik Benmarhnia, and Loki Natarajan at UCSD. The primary project seeks to develop methods for understanding minute-level predictors of physical activity, sleep, eating behaviors or metabolic related diseases as influenced by environmental contextual factors such as green spaces, noise, or air pollution in a longitudinal randomized control trial. Additional projects focus on advanced methods for dynamic environmental exposure estimation using GPS and accelerometer sensors, novel environmental measures through use of machine learning as applied to satellite imagery, and complex data integration.

Applicants should possess a Ph.D. in a quantitative field such as Environmental Health, GIScience, Computer Science, Epidemiology or Biostatistics with ample experience working with large and complex data sets in a programming language such as R or Python. Excellent scientific writing, strong oral communication skills, and ability to collaborate with colleagues from different disciplines is required. Review of applications will begin August 1st, 2020 with flexible start date (preferred by September 1st). Submit CV, cover letter describing research interests, 2-3 samples of scholarly writing (published, under review, or in preparation), and contact information for two references to Marta Jankowska (majankowska@eng.ucsd.edu).

The University of Florida is seeking applicants to fill one postdoctoral research associate. They will be part of a transdisciplinary project—in collaboration with Columbia University (CU) and East Carolina University (ECU)—entitled “Towards a Multi-scale Theory of Coupled Human Mobility and Environment Change.”  The project aims at applying a mixed-methods approach to develop a modeling framework that integrates environmental modeling, social dynamics, and migration theories and then to use such a modeling framework to develop an integrative theory of coupled dynamics of migration and environmental change.  Some of the methods include dynamical system modeling, multilayer network approaches, climate and hydrological modeling, and Bayesian inference analyses.  Different aspects of the project will be conducted across the three universities.  The team will meet remotely on a regular basis and annual workshops will be held where all the team members will meet in person.

Applicants for the postdoc positions must demonstrate strong interest in transdisciplinary research and a PhD degree in the social sciences or related/relevant fields.   We explicitly specify the last qualification to reflect the importance of integration across disciplines in the project. To provide the areas of expertise involved in this project, brief descriptions of the participating faculty’s expertise are provided below.

Interested candidates should submit a CV, a cover letter, and three references to Dr. Jeffrey Johnson: johnsonje@ufl.edu. The review process will start immediately.  The position will start as soon as August 2020. The position will stay open until filled.

The American Economic Association Committee on the Status of LGBTQ+ Individuals in the Economics Profession (CSQIEP) will continue its virtual seminar series this fall.   Researchers across the career spectrum are most welcome.  We hope you will consider attending and presenting your work.

Job market candidates: We hope this can be an opportunity to support your success on the upcoming job market.  We will prioritize you for presentations early in the fall semester.

We want to support those of you who identify as LGBTQ+ regardless of your area of research.  We are looking for research in any field by LGBTQ+ job market candidates.

We recognize that presenting in a public forum involves disclosure of your identity.  If you are not comfortable disclosing publicly, we still want to support you.  We are able to schedule some more discreet seminars that will not be publicly advertised and will have a limited audience.  Please contact Mike Martell (mmartell@bard.edu) if you would like to pursue this option. Discretion assured.

Researchers of all ranks:  We welcome your LGBTQ+ related research regardless of your identity.

If you are interested in attending, please indicate your interest here:  here

If you re interested in presenting, please indicate your interest here: here

Please contact Mike Martell (mmartell@bard.edu) with any questions or feedback.  You can view the details of our Spring/Summer seminar here: https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/committees/aealgbtq/virtual-seminars

For more information on CSQIEP, please see https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/committees/aealgbtq.

IFJP is inviting submissions to its Conversations Section on the theme: “Gendered Global Health in Times of COVID-19: questioning global hierarchies and inequalities”.

Aiming to interrogate the multiple inequalities which pervade global health, as well as their impact on the way people have been experiencing and resisting the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic around the world, we invite submissions that explore the following questions:

●      How do markers of difference – including but not limited to gender, sexuality, race, immigrant status, nationality, co-morbidities, and informal, essential or other sector employment – affect the different ways in which people have been experiencing the coronavirus crisis?

●      How are health systems in the centers and peripheries of the world prepared to deal with the gendered and racialized implications of this crisis?

●      What are the main inequalities underpinning this major global health crisis and how do they evince the necropolitical workings of national governments and international governance?

●      What are the politics and ethics behind the unequal distribution of life and death during the pandemic, and what is the role of affects and emotions in grappling with this crisis?

●      How can feminist research constructively engage and drive the present crisis to offer alternative paths for living through and surviving its consequences?

●      What are the ethical and political responsibilities of feminist research and activism in addressing the hierarchies sustaining the unequal distribution of life and death during the pandemic?

 

Interested authors should submit their articles through the IFjP Submission Portal by September 14, 2020.Submissions should be between 1,000 and 3,000 words including bibliography. Please also upload a biographical note and five keywords. Make sure to edit it thoroughly for language and clarity, and format it to correspond to the Taylor & Francis guidelines.

For further questions refer to the journal’s FAQ page at:  https://www.ifjpglobal.org/submit-to-us/#anchor_conversations_shortcut

The state of Washington hit an important census milestone recently when it reached the final self-response rate from 2010.  As of June 29, 67.2% of all households in the state have answered the census. This is a remarkable achievement and Washington is only the second state in the country to reach this milestone (Michigan was the first). CSDE is maintaining links to the latest updates about the census here.

In addition to our state response rate, 17 counties have also reached this important milestone – that is about 44% of the state.

A few census highlights for Washington:

• Washington has the highest response rate for any state west of the Rocky Mountains and has the sixth highest rate for the entire country.
• Washington is only about 4% behind Minnesota, the number one state for self-response.
• Of the ten largest cities in the state, Spokane has the best response rate (71.5%).
• Of the 50 largest cities in the country, Seattle is ranked number two (edged out by Louisville, Ky.)
• Brier (Snohomish County) has the highest response rate in the state (85.6%). Brier is among the top 100 best-responding municipalities out of 19,197 in the country.
• More than 87 percent of Washington households have answered the 2020 Census online.

We still need to count about 32.8% of households in the state to reach 100%. Please encourage everyone who hasn’t to self-respond now before census workers start going door-to-door in August as part of the Non-Response Follow-Up operation.

It is easy to self-respond now:

1. Online at 2020census.gov
2. Call toll-free 844.330.2020 (English) or 844.469.2020 (Spanish) from 4 .am. to 11 p.m.
3. Return paper form (if you received one)

 

 

Many UW employees face very challenging personal circumstances as the COVID-19 crisis continues. Last month, the UW started a donor-supported COVID-19 Employee Emergency Fund to help employees who have been significantly affected by the current situation.

Thank you to those of you who have already helped seed this fund. Your donations are providing emergency assistance for employees with a base annual salary of $75,000 or less who are experiencing critical, temporary and unforeseen financial hardships due to COVID-19. If you haven’t yet donated to support our community, please consider making a gift this week. Impacted employees have expressed repeatedly how grateful they are to learn that their community is working to ensure they are valued and cared for.

UW’s hardworking health-care workers, faculty and staff are the driving force behind our university’s continued success in serving the state, students, and advancing knowledge and discovery. Through their incredible dedication, hard work, talent and creativity, they don’t merely make this impact possible, they MAKE the impact. Thank you for supporting the people who serve here and make the UW a world leader that it is today.