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CDE’s weekly Demography Seminar (DemSem) offers presentations of substantive work at the forefront of population sciences by top scholars from across the university campus and beyond. The Demography Seminar is open to all and meets on Tuesdays during the academic year from 12:15-1:30 p.m. Please note whether sessions will be virtual or in person. For in-person sessions, DemSem will meet in 8417 Social Sciences (see exceptions below). For Zoom links or questions, please email cde@ssc.wisc.edu.
Fall 2023 Schedule
September 12, 2023
“Responsibility for Climate Change from a Demographic Perspective”
Mathew Hauer (Florida State University; CDE 2023-2024 Visiting Scholar)
September 19, 2023
“Flash Research Talks: Meet the New CDE & CDHA Affiliates at UW-Madison”
Fabien Accominotti (Sociology), Anton Babkin (Applied Population Lab), Raeven Chandler (Applied Population Lab), Nicholas Mark (Sociology), Eunsil Oh (Sociology), Weidi Qin (Social Work), Tamkinat Rauf (Sociology) (UW-Madison)
Lunch will be served at 11:45am
September 26, 2023
Working Group Meetings (all meetings in Sewell Social Sciences)
- Families & Family Change, led by Christine Schwartz & Alejandra Ros Pilarz, Rm. 8417
- Inequality, Poverty, Wealth, & Mobility, led by Eric Grodsky & Jessica Pac, Rm. 4405
- Spatial & Environmental Demography, led by Malia Jones & Meg Bea, Rm. 2435
- Gender & Reproductive Health, led by Christine Durrance & Leigh Senderowicz, Rm. 8411
- Workshop: “A Scalable Approach to Evaluate the Safety of Vaccines in Pregnancy in Socially Marginalized Groups” by Jenna Nobles & Malia Jones
October 3, 2023
*CANCELED!* “Racial Inequality in Access to the Safety Net: County Level Racial and Ethnic Composition and Nonprofit Human Services Expenditures”
Shoshanna Shapiro (IRP National Poverty Fellow)
October 10, 2023
“The Economy, the Ghost in Your Gene, & the Escape from Premature Mortality”
Dora Costa (UCLA)
October 12, 2023 (Thursday at 5pm)
“Reparations and the Nation’s Capital”
William A. Darity Jr. & Kirsten Mullen (Duke University) hosted at the Great Hall, Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St., Madison, WI 53706
October 17, 2023
“Race-Making in Administrative Data”
Youngmin Yi (University of Massachusetts-Amherst; CDE 2023-2024 Visiting Scholar)
October 24, 2023
“The upsurge of violence in Mexico: Lives lost and challenges ahead”
Jose Manuel Aburto (Oxford University)
Lunch will be served at 12:00pm
October 30, 2023 (Monday)
Hilldale Lecture Series 2023 “Healthy Aging: The Interaction of Social and Biological Factors”
Dr. Eileen Crimmins (USC) hosted by CDHA at Tripp Commons, Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St., Madison, WI
November 7, 2023
“Unaccompanied Migrant Children in US Government Custody: 2014-2023”
Melissa Alcaraz (Brigham Young University; CDE 2023-2024 Visiting Scholar)
November 14, 2023
Working Group Meetings (all meetings in Sewell Social Sciences)
- Families & Family Change, led by Christine Schwartz & Alejandra Ros Pilarz, Rm. 8417
- Workshopping specific aims section of grant proposals in small groups
- Inequality, Poverty, Wealth, & Mobility, led by Eric Grodsky & Jessica Pac, Rm. 2435
- Rebecca Myerson, Jessica Pac
- Spatial & Environmental Demography, led by Malia Jones & Meg Bea, Rm. 3470
- Laura Joaquina Morales-Whetstone
- Gender & Reproductive Health, led by Christine Durrance & Leigh Senderowicz, Rm. 8411
- Guadalupe Aguilera
November 21, 2023
No DemSem, Thanksgiving Break
November 28, 2023
“No Calm Before the Storm: Low-Income Latina Immigrant and Citizen Mothers Before and After COVID-19”
Marci Ybarra (UW-Madison)
Lunch will be served at 11:45am
December 5, 2023
Working Group Meetings (all meetings in Sewell Social Sciences)
- Families & Family Change, led by Christine Schwartz & Alejandra Ros Pilarz, Rm. 8417
- Inequality, Poverty, Wealth, & Mobility, led by Eric Grodsky & Jessica Pac, Rm. 2435
- Spatial & Environmental Demography, led by Malia Jones & Meg Bea, Rm. 3470
- Gender & Reproductive Health, led by Christine Durrance & Leigh Senderowicz, Rm. 8411
December 12, 2023
“From Transcripts to Trajectories: A Framework for Studying Undergraduate Careers”
Elizabeth Bruch (University of Michigan)
Last Day of Classes for the Fall 2023 Semester is Wednesday, December 13th!