Category: news

Predoctoral Trainee Lindsay Cannon awarded NICHD F31

Congratulations to CDE predoctoral trainee and Sociology PhD candidate Lindsay Cannon, who was awarded an F31 award by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) for her project “Fertility Among Women with Chronic Health Conditions: A Mixed Methods Study.” “This F31 funding will support my mixed methods dissertation research,” …

NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Update

NSF Updates Effective May 20, 2024, the National Science Foundation has issued updated guidance regarding the preparation of proposals and administration of projects. The principal updates are summarized below and we encourage investigators to review this guidance to ensure that proposals conform to these new requirements. More information can be found via this link (https://new.nsf.gov/policies/pappg/24-1/summary-changes) …

Alumni Spotlight: Augustino Mayai named new chairperson of the National Bureau of Statistics for South Sudan

Congratulations to former CDE graduate student Augustino Ting Mayai who has been announced as the new chairperson of the South Sudan National Bureau of Statistics.  In an interview with Radio Tamazuj, Dr. Mayai stated that the NBS in South Sudan has not done any data collection and analysis work since 2010 because of a lack …

Max Besbris quoted in NY Times “Powerful Realtor Group Agrees to Slash Commissions to Settle Lawsuits”

J. Michael Collins quoted in ABC News “Some Americans say Valentine’s Day gifts are worth going into debt”

Mike Light quoted in Washington Post “The truth about illegal immigration and crime”

CDE & CDHA Engagement at PAA 2024

CDE/CDHA affiliates and graduate students are looking forward to the 2024 PAA annual meeting in Columbus, Ohio! Both centers are well represented with 30 faculty affiliates and 28 graduate student affiliates appearing 106 times on the program as authors, discussants, and chairs. A full list of CDE/CDHA contributions may be found here.

Sarah Halpern-Meekin’s opinion in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “Daycare. Diapers. Dilemmas about paying bills or buying food. Parents struggle. | Opinion”

Julia Thomas receives Honorable Mention for the 2023-2024 Genevieve Gorst Herfurth Award

Congratulations to CDE & CDHA graduate student Julia Thomas who received an honorable mention for the 2023-2024 Genevieve Gorst Herfurth Award for her paper “The Legacy of Lynching: Historic Lynching Practices and Individuals’ Risk of Being Sentenced to Death.”

Tiffany Green & Jenny Higgins quoted in WPR “How did the Dobbs decision affect the birth rate in Wisconsin?”