The Columbia Population Research Center is accepting applications for the Fragile Families Summer Data Workshop, which will be held July 11-13, 2018, at Columbia University in New York City.
The workshop is designed to familiarize participants with the data available in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a national study following a birth cohort of (mostly) unmarried parents and their children, providing information about the capabilities, circumstances, and relationships of unwed parents, the wellbeing of their children, and the role of public policy in family and child well-being. The 2018 workshop will include special sections on the neighborhood data in the Fragile Families Study.
The workshop is targeted toward early-career scholars from social science disciplines. We particularly encourage applications from junior faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students using the Fragile Families data in their dissertation. Underrepresented scholars are strongly encouraged to apply. Applicants must possess basic quantitative data analysis skills. About 25-30 applicants will be selected. Financial support will be available for out-of-town participants.
The online application is available at the link below.
The deadline for application submission is Thursday, March 1st, 2018 at 11:59pm (EST).
The Graduate Training Program at CSDE is accepting applications from students looking to train in demography and qualify for the Graduate Certificate in Demographic Methods. The certificate program is the academic pathway to advanced interdisciplinary training in population science, in addition to discipline-based courses of study.
APPLICATION PROCESS:
- Submit applications no later than February 12, 2018, 5 PM
- The application is in the form of an online WebQ survey hosted on https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/dechter/347475 and requires a UW NetID.
- Register for the next spring CSDE weekly seminar (CSDE 501) and autumn Population Proseminar (CSDE 502), if the required credits have not already been completed.
VALUE OF THE PROGRAM
Recognized by the National Institute of Child Health and Development and the UW Graduate School, the completion of the Certificate Program provides graduate students with credentials as a skilled demographer to position them in academic and applied job markets, and to succeed in research funding competitions. The Program is designed to enhance training beyond the requirements of a graduate degree. It provides a coherent body of study in demography, enhanced mentored research experiences, and the following benefits:
- Access to CSDE’s significant research support services (computing, research consultations, workshops, a biodemography lab and equipment, and more). Check out the CSDE services and computing webpages for more details
- Assistance in matching students with CSDE Faculty Affiliate mentors and potential research collaborators. Check out the exciting research conducted at CSDE and the faculty working in those areas on the research webpage.
- Training, research experience, and curriculum to prepare trainees for meeting the evaluative criteria—including all required courses—of the CSDE Fellowship application
- Financial support (when available) for travel to present research at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America
- Graduate certificates are recorded on your official transcript, and acknowledged with a framed certificate awarded at CSDE’s end of year reception.
CURRICULUM
The program can be completed in 2 years while concurrently pursuing a graduate degree in any department.
The Certificate Program curriculum consists of five elements:
- Required core courses on the substance and methods of demography
- Three electives chosen from a broad array of courses in multiple disciplines, listed on https://csde.washington.edu/training/demographic-certificate/certificate-curriculum/
- Professional development in the field through a Proseminar and mentoring
- The CSDE Weekly Seminar Series, which meets on Fridays 12:30-1:30, and features presentations of current research in demography.
- CSDE 501: 1 credit for 6 quarters, total of 6 credits. Students in terminal master’s programs may complete 3 credits
- CSDE Seminar Series 2017-2018 schedule is here
- Research mentoring
The Graduate School imposes restrictions on how the credits you earn in your coursework are allocated to meet the requirements of your degree program. However, credits received for all the courses you complete for the CSDE curriculum count as credits toward your degree. Specifically, credits for required courses in your degree program or the Demographic Methods Certificate Program cannot count as required courses or official electives in the other program. Credits of official elective courses in your degree program or the certificate program can count as electives in the other program, but only up to 6 credits. Completing the certificate program may not require extra coursework above your degree program’s required number of credits if you plan accordingly.
Please read the requirements and the policies and procedures webpage, and consult your advisor before submitting the application so that you are confident that the certificate program is consistent with your goals and expectations.
Visit the CSDE Demography Training website at https://csde.washington.edu/training/demographic-certificate/ for more details on the Demographic Methods Graduate Certificate Program. If you would like to learn more about the certificate program or CSDE, please consult with the CSDE Training Program Coordinator, the Training Director, or another CSDE Faculty Affiliate.
Questions? Email the Training Program Coordinator, Aimée Dechter (Dechter@uw.edu)
CSDE invites students to submit a project abstract for this winter’s Trainee Lightning Talks and Poster Session, as part of the CSDE Seminar series “Next Population Science Insights.” Selected trainees will introduce their project via lightning talks and continue the conversation over posters.
Poster Session Date: Friday, March 9th, 2018
Time: 12:30-1:30pm
Location: Green A, Research Commons, Allen Library South
The deadline for proposals has been extended to February 7th, 2018.
This is a great opportunity to showcase your research to an excitingly diverse set of colleagues from across the university, make new connections with scholars working in similar areas, and celebrate your continued development as a strong demographic researcher.
CSDE will recognize the best poster with an award. Posters will be assessed based on design, content, and presentation.
Please note: Invited presenters will be asked to follow a set poster format and to submit their completed posters in advance of the March 9th presentations. CSDE will cover the cost of printing posters.
The call to participate in the 2018 AACS Annual Conference is now open to all applied social scientists, as well as those looking to use their social science skills in applied and clinical areas.
Deadline for abstract submission: June 01, 2018.
We are looking for submissions of: individual papers, panels, posters, demonstration of applied and clinical work, professional development seminars, and workshops. AACS has a reputation as a student-friendly conference for both undergraduates and graduate students, featuring student problem solving, paper competitions, and mentoring opportunities. The conference location is Hilton Norfolk The Main, located just off the downtown Norfolk waterfront.
For more information email: aacsprogram@gmail.com.
Andrew Foster, Department of Economics, Brown University
This week, CSDE has invited empirical microeconomist Andrew Foster to share his findings on the effects of sampling variation and bias on apparent trends in income segregation.
Recent studies have reported a reversal of an earlier trend in income segregation in metropolitan regions, from a decline in the 1990s to an increase in the 2000-2010 decade. This finding reinforces concerns about the growing overall income inequality in the U.S. since the 1970s. Yet the evidence may be systematically biased to show an upward trend because the effective sample for the American Community Survey (ACS) is much smaller than it was for Census 2000, to which it is being compared. There is a possibility that the apparent changes in disparities across census tracts result partly from a higher level of sampling variation and bias due to the smaller sample. This study uses 100% microdata from the 1940 census to simulate the impact of different sampling rates on estimates of several measures of segregation and to propose and test the effectiveness of approaches to correcting the bias. It then applies those approaches to publicly available data for 2000 and 2007-2011. The reduction in sample sizes associated with the ACS results in exaggeration of evidence for increasing income segregation for all measures tested here, especially for subgroups (African Americans are studied here as an example). The methods of correction applied here will yield more conclusive and unbiased results when applied to the original sample data that is held internally by the Census Bureau.
UW-Madison is offering two post-doctoral positions for 2018-2020.
Post-doctoral scholars have a rich array of resources at UW-Madison, including the several hundred top scholars associated with our NIH-funded population and aging centers, the Center for Demography and Ecology and the Center for Demography of Health and Aging, as well as the Institute for Research on Poverty, the Population Health Institute, the Global Health Institute, and our spatial data center, the Applied Population Lab. The campus community boasts great biking, beautiful lakes, and of course, great beer. Come join us!
The Health Disparities Research Scholars
An interdisciplinary community of 5 post-doctoral scholars studying health disparities in child, adolescent, maternal, and/or reproductive health. Recent or expecting PhDs in the social, behavioral, and health sciences are encouraged to apply.
Applications due February 2.
Email Jenna Nobles jnobles@ssc.wisc.edu
Post-doctoral Position at the Center for Demography of Health and Aging
A position for scholars who study life course processes, aging, health care, aging policy, or biodemography – including those with interests in genetics, epigenetics, or microbiology. Recent/expecting PhDs in the social, behavioral, and health sciences are encouraged to apply. For more about exciting research happening at CDHA, see here.
Applications due February 15.
Email Jim Raymo jraymo@ssc.wisc.edu