CSDE is happy to welcome Amy Bailey who will be at CSDE for the 2024-2025 academic year! Amy has also been a CSDE external affiliate since 2008 when she received her PhD in Sociology at UW. Dr. Bailey’s research focuses on racial inequality – specifically, the contemporary consequences of historical racial violence, the contextual factors associated with increased risk of lethal mob violence, and the characteristics of people who were targeted and killed by lynch mobs. Bailey’s earlier scholarship finds links between the local religious marketplace and the incidence of lynching, and that a higher percentage of potential lynchings were prevented in Southern counties with greater reliance on “New South” economic structures. Her work also demonstrates that Black and multiracial men who were killed by lynch mobs differed in important, status-linked, ways from other Black and multiracial men living in their counties. An additional line of scholarship examines the links between the US military and multiple forms of inequality, including incarceration, the community features associated with high levels of enlistment, and elevated rates of migration among veterans. Dr. Bailey will be sitting in CSDE, participating in CSDE events, and is happy to meet with any member of the CSDE community who also shares her research interests!
CSDE Computational Demography Working Group (CDWG) Hosts Risto Conte Keivabu on The effect of temperature on cognitive abilities and expressed sentiment: evidence from text data (5/29/2024)
On May 29th from 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM, Dr. Risto Conte Keivabu will join CDWG to present his research. Dr. Risto Conte Keivabu is a postdoc in the Laboratory of Digital and Computational Demography of Emilio Zagheni at the Max Planck Institute of Demographic Research in Rostock (Germany). His research interests are in climate change, socio-demographic inequalities and demography. More precisely, in his work he tries to understand the population consequences of climate change and environmental exposures. The event will take place in 223 Raitt (the Demography Lab) and on Zoom (register here). Learn more in the full story!
Title: The effect of temperature on cognitive abilities and expressed sentiment: evidence from text data
Abstract: The increase in extreme temperatures due to climate change is anticipated to affect various aspects of human life. One crucial aspect is cognitive performance and health, which have implications for labor productivity and overall well-being. In this talk, I aim to contribute to the growing literature exploring the relationship between temperature, cognitive abilities, and expressed sentiment. Unlike previous research, I examine the impact of temperature at the individual level using geo-referenced text data combined with detailed meteorological information. Specifically, I present evidence from two studies. First, I present work investigating the influence of temperature on cognitive abilities and expressed sentiment using transcripts of political discourses in eight countries. Also, the study uses available sociodemographic data on politicians in Germany to explore heterogeneous effects of heat and cold based on gender and age. Second, I present work that examines the impact of temperature on expressed sentiment and its variation by migration background using geotagged text data from Twitter. The studies demonstrate that extreme temperatures affect cognitive abilities and expressed sentiment, with heterogeneous impacts across the population. In conclusion, the use of individual-level geo-referenced textual data provides valuable insights into how predicted increases in future temperatures could influence multiple dimensions of human well-being.
*New* Research Position
Call for papers: Population Inequality Matters Vienna Yearbook for Population Research
CSDE Computational Demography Working Group (CDWG) Hosts Risto Conte Keivabu on The effect of temperature on cognitive abilities and expressed sentiment: evidence from text data
Godfrey and Colleagues Discuss Mifepristone in Light of Upcoming Supreme Court Case
CSDE Affiliate Emily Godfrey (Family Medicine) and colleagues released an article in JAMA Internal Medicine, titled “Primary Care’s Role in Prescribing Mail-Order Mifepristone“. This summer, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide on the case, Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v US Food and Drug Administration, determining whether to limit the FDA’s approval to allow mifepristone to be delivered by mail-order pharmacies. Godfrey and colleagues summarize research which demonstrates that mifepristone is safe and effective to prescribe directly to mail-order pharmacies in the primary care setting. They discuss current policy around mifepristone and highlight the potential significance of telehealth and primary care for expanding access to reproductive care.
IAPHS Webinar on Bridging The Gap: Communicating Research To Policymakers & Beyond
New Study by Jones Examines Racial and Ethnic Differences in Access to Academic Enrichment Programs
CSDE Affiliate Kristian Jones (Social Work) published an article in Cureus with colleagues, titled “Racial and Ethnic Differences in Time to Completion of Academic Enrichment Program Applications“. Diversity in healthcare and research is integral to serving our increasingly diverse population. Access to academic enrichment programs, an important pathway to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers promotes educational attainment through academic preparation and increased interest, useful strategies for improving diverse representation in higher learning. Given this important pathway to STEM fields, attention to equity in enrichment programs admissions is as important as the increasing focus on mitigating racial/ethnic disparities in undergraduate and graduate admissions. In a retrospective cohort study at the University of Washington, authors compare a hybrid competitive summer application program with stipend with an asynchronous first-come, first-served enrollment program in injury and violence prevention research. The main findings illustrate that academic programs with stipend programs result in more Black applicants. And free enrollment programs did not result in any Native American participants. This project was funded NICHD and also included UW Medicine’s Dr. Marie Angele Theard as the senior author.
*New* Call for Applications: Census Bureau’s Economic Measurement and Research Internship (Due 6/3/24)
The Census Bureau’s Economic Measurement and Research Internship (EMRI) program seeks to hire interns in economics, sociology, statistics, and other social sciences. The Center for Economic Studies (CES) is recruiting for multiple positions and seeks interns who have successfully completed a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor’s or higher degree to provide research assistance to Ph.D. social scientists with research projects using confidential microdata. The internship is an excellent opportunity, especially for social science graduate students or those who might be interested in returning to school to earn their Ph.D., to gain experience in conducting original social science research and in developing advanced programming and data analysis skills. The EMRI Program Coordinator will accept applications from Monday, May 20, 2024, until Monday, June 3, 2024 at 11:59p.m. EST. See a pdf version of the announcement here.