The States and Societies Research Network invites you to submit panels, papers, and book session proposals for the SSHA annual conference. The conference will take place in Chicago on November 21-24, 2019. For more information on the conference as well as the general call for proposals, please see the SSHA website: https://ssha.org/. The deadline for full panel or individual paper proposals is February 16, 2019.
The theme of the 2019 conference is “Data and its Discontents.”
We welcome proposals on this theme and on the broader research network’s continuing interests states, societies, and the political institutions and social movements that shape their relationship throughout history and around the globe. In addition to single papers, we also welcome full panel proposals, which should include at least 1) four papers, a 2) discussant, and a 3) chair. Book panel (“Author meets Critics”) proposals are also warmly welcomed.
Submissions should include paper title, brief abstract, and contact information and can be submitted at http://ssha.org [scroll to the bottom and click “Submit to Our Annual Conference] Additional information about the 2019 conference can be found at https://ssha.org/files/2019%20SSHA%20CFP.pdf
If you have any questions, please contact any of the States & Society co-chairs: Shiri Noy at snoy@denison.edu, Edwin Ackerman at efackerm@maxwell.syr.edu, Mark Cohen at mark.cohen@cuhk.edu.hk, and Tim Gill at timgill1984@gmail.com
Kate Weisshaar, Assistant Professor of Sociology at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, will present on mechanisms producing hiring penalties for applicants with intermittent employment. Employment interruption is a common experience in today’s labor market, most frequently due to unemployment from job loss and temporary lapses to care for family or children. Audit studies have documented that both unemployed job applicants and parents who “opted out” of work face disadvantages in re-gaining a job, relative to applicants with continuous employment histories. This research highlights the significance of ideal worker norms leading to employer decisions, and suggests that the organization of work and family contributes to cognitive biases against caretakers. I then extrapolate from this example to propose that this type of experimental framework could be used to test types of discrimination for other groups as well.
Co-sponsored with the Carnegie Corporation of New York
Application Deadline: Monday, February 18, 2019
The 8-day Summer Institute in Migration Research Methods helps to train early career researchers in best-practices and in methodologies particularly relevant to the study of immigration and migrant populations. The 2019 institute will focus on: (1) ethics and best practices for mixed methods research design; (2) estimating causal relationships in research on immigrants and immigration policy; and (3) the use of administrative and linked, longitudinal data sources to study change over time and across generations. The institute will also include sessions on professionalization, including how to increase the impact of research by translating findings for policy discussions and the public.
Dean Lillard, Professor in the Department of Human Sciences at Ohio State University, explores whether people save differently when they have a greater or smaller polygenic risk of developing Alzheimer’s Disease. The issue is salient for two principal reasons. First, the so-called Baby Boomers are rapidly aging into ranges at which people develop Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (hereafter ADRD). Second, social scientists increasingly use variation in genetic make-up of individuals to account for individual differences in social and economic behavior. This seminar is co-sponsored with the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance.
The key leaders of the recent Family Planning Symposium recently met and decided to institute quarterly meetings as follow up to facilitate further collaborations and build momentum for a possible Center.
The first meeting will take place on Wednesday, March 13, 2019 from 3-5PM in the Health Sciences Building on the University of Washington campus. The exact location will be determined by the number of people that plan to attend. The format of this meeting is still being developed but the general consensus is to have 1-2 “speakers” who will use 15-30 min to discuss their work (hopefully including speakers from areas we haven’t yet touched upon in our multidisciplinary symposia such as legal/policy issues around FP, economics of FP and a deeper dive into Implementation Science and FP). Then we will have 3-4 folks discuss “work in progress” including new collaborations, grant proposals, paper ideas for feedback.
If you’re interested in attending, please RSVP via this link by January 31, 2019: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/metab/365323
The leaders would also like to create a shared list to be used as a clearing house of information for people at the UW working in Family Planning and would like to add your contact information to the list.
If you would like to be included in the Family Planning clearing house, please also respond via the previous link.
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