Demography Training Seminar

About

Co-hosted by CDE and the Center for Demography of Health and Aging, the weekly Demography Training Seminar augments affiliates’ professional skills, including those related to research communication, data management, analysis, and visualization, among many others. The series is largely targeted at the Center’s doctoral students and affiliated postdoctoral fellows, but certain sessions (e.g., new statistical methods, new computing tools) are also targeted to and attended by faculty. The series is designed to be flexible, so that training on new ideas and tools can be brought to the demography community quickly.

Schedule

Led by Max Bebris in 2025-2026, the seminar meets on Wednesdays from 2:00 to 3:15 p.m. (8417 Sewell Social Sciences Building) and is open to all. You can subscribe to our Google calendar here.

Spring 2026

Jan 28:

How to Be a Good Advisee/Managing Up, Marcy Carlson 

Feb 4:

Writing Job Market Materials, Martin Eiermann

Feb 11:

Choosing Journal Outlets for Your Research, Eric Grodsky

Feb 18:

Policy Impacts in Developing Contexts, Fernanda Rojas-Ampuero

Feb 25:

NIH Grant Application Materials, Katherine Curtis and the SSRS Team

March 4:

Ethical Considerations of AI Usage in Research, Corey Jackson

March 11:

Ethical Considerations in Quantitative Research, Weidi Qin

March 18:

Why Should Demographers Care about Spatial Data, Malia Jones

March 25:

Dissertation Proposal Defenses Across Disciplines, Michael Topping & Sarah Bass & Rachel Pomazal.

April 1: Spring Break

April 8:

PAA Practice Posters/Talks

April 15:

PAA Practice Talks

April 22:

PAA Practice Talks/Writing Groups

April 29:

PAA Practice Talks/Writing Groups