CSDE Affiliate and CSDE Executive Committee Member Heather Hill, Associate Professor at the Evans School for Public Policy and Governance, was just elected to the Policy Council of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM). According to Evans School Dean Sandra O. Archibald, “this is a terrific honor and recognition of her research and leadership contributions to our field.” Congratulations, Heather!
The Policy Council is the Association’s leadership team and is responsible for setting policy and strategy for the association. Serving on the Council is a great opportunity to become more engaged in APPAM activities and make decisions that impact the strategic direction of the organization. The Policy Council meets twice a year and all Council Members serve on at least one committee.
Preterm birth is the most frequent cause of infant mortality among African American infants, who have three times the risk of preterm-related deaths than Non-Hispanic White infants. CSDE Affiliate Amelia Gavin, Associate Professor at the School of Social Work, is advancing our understanding of the increased risk of preterm birth among African American women. Her concept paper recently published in The Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice recommends actions to mitigate the impact of racial discrimination and PTSD on the preterm birth risk among African American women.
Prior studies on traditional prenatal risk factors have failed to explain the racial disparity in prenatal births, which may suggest that exposure to risk factors across the life-course must be examined. One potential life-course risk exposure is racial discrimination, which has been shown to influence the increased risk of preterm births among African American women, potentially due to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but further research is needed to understand this mechanism.
Apply to present your awesome research at CSDE’s Lightning Talks and Poster Session by completing this short form by Friday, February 8, 2019! In the session, you can:
- Get feedback from an interdisciplinary set of scholars
- Make new connections with researchers working in similar areas
- Practice your presentation skills, perhaps to help you prepare for PAA or another upcoming conference
- Use it for a class that requires a poster presentation
Seven applicants will be chosen to give a short (~2 minute) presentation and discuss their poster with students, faculty, and other researchers in the CSDE community. Students at any stage in the research process are welcome to apply. CSDE will recognize the best poster with an award and prize. Posters will be assessed based on design, content, and presentation.
The Poster Session will be on Friday, March 15, 12:30-1:30 PM in Room Green A, Research Commons, Allen Library South
We look forward to hearing about all the cool research that is ongoing! Please feel free to contact Yuan Hsiao (Sociology PhD Candidate) at yahsiao@uw.edu if you have any questions.
Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson are authors of the “The Spirit Level: why greater equality makes societies stronger,” the 2009 book that highlighted the corrosive effects of income and wealth inequality. Released this month is their second book, “Inner Level: how more equal societies reduce stress, restore sanity and improve everybody’s well-being.” Their ideas are ground-breaking in identifying the profoundly detrimental effects of economic inequality on society both here and almost everywhere.
They will be talking at several events in Seattle, details below:
Jan 31, 7 to 9 pm – Room 316 of the South Campus Center, south of the Health Sciences building at UW. Register (free) here. Their presentation will be followed by a panel discussion.
Feb 1, 2:30 to 4 pm – UW Turner Auditorium, D-209 of Health Sciences Center (map) all invited
Feb 1, 6 pm – University Bookstore details here
Feb 2, 7 pm – Third Place Books, Ravenna
Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson are authors of the “The Spirit Level: why greater equality makes societies stronger,” the 2009 book that highlighted the corrosive effects of income and wealth inequality. Released this month is their second book, “Inner Level: how more equal societies reduce stress, restore sanity and improve everybody’s well-being.” Their ideas are ground-breaking in identifying the profoundly detrimental effects of economic inequality on society both here and almost everywhere.
They will be talking at several events in Seattle, details below:
Jan 31, 7 to 9 pm – Room 316 of the South Campus Center, south of the Health Sciences building at UW. Register (free) here. Their presentation will be followed by a panel discussion.
Feb 1, 2:30 to 4 pm – UW Turner Auditorium, D-209 of Health Sciences Center (map) all invited
Feb 1, 6 pm – University Bookstore details here
Feb 2, 7 pm – Third Place Books, Ravenna
Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson are authors of the “The Spirit Level: why greater equality makes societies stronger,” the 2009 book that highlighted the corrosive effects of income and wealth inequality. Released this month is their second book, “Inner Level: how more equal societies reduce stress, restore sanity and improve everybody’s well-being.” Their ideas are ground-breaking in identifying the profoundly detrimental effects of economic inequality on society both here and almost everywhere.
They will be talking at several events in Seattle, details below:
Jan 31, 7 to 9 pm – Room 316 of the South Campus Center, south of the Health Sciences building at UW. Register (free) here. Their presentation will be followed by a panel discussion.
Feb 1, 2:30 to 4 pm – UW Turner Auditorium, D-209 of Health Sciences Center (map) all invited
Feb 1, 6 pm – University Bookstore details here
Feb 2, 7 pm – Third Place Books, Ravenna
The first meeting of the quarter for the Computational Demography Working Group will be this Thursday, 1/31/2019, 12:00-1:30 PM in Raitt Hall room 114. Nathan Welch, from the Department of Statistics, will talk about Worldpop, an open-data resource for spatial demographics. The CDWG is sponsored by CSDE and eScience. All are welcome, and lunch will be provided. Please also save the date for our remaining meetings this quarter, which will be on 2/14/2019 and 3/7/2019.
The School of Social Sciences (SSS) is recruiting an Associate Professor / Full Professor to lead and grow its new subject area in Geography and Urban Planning. The subject area presently has three tenure-track faculty members, who are supported by a wider community of scholars at NTU with relevant research interests. This new subject area will equip graduates with the capability to critically address issues confronting contemporary societies and to creatively pursue possibilities for alternative urban futures.
Applicants from all streams of Human Geography and Urban Planning will be considered, although expertise in the following areas is of particular interest: Asia in a comparative perspective, urban theory and planning, issues of international development and inequality, and the human dimensions of science and technology.
The successful applicant will have a distinguished record as an outstanding teacher and researcher, as well as leadership experience in developing academic programs at a research-intensive university. Candidate with interdisciplinary collaborations and public engagement will also be valued. The successful applicant will further develop the curriculum, drive student recruitment, mentor junior faculty, formulate
research strategies, and provide leadership within the subject area and the university community.
Recognize a fellow demographer (or yourself!) who has contributed to the profession. The following four awards will be presented at the 2019 PAA Annual Meeting in Austin, TX:
Robert J. Lapham Award: contribution to the population profession through the application of demographic knowledge to policy issues.
Harriet B. Presser Award: research contributions to the study of gender and demography.
Irene B. Taeuber Award: unusually original or important contribution to the scientific study of population or for an accumulated record of exceptionally sound and innovative research.
Dorothy S. Thomas Award: best graduate student paper on the interrelationships among social, economic and demographic variables.