University of Wisconsin–Madison

Weekly Events, December 6-10, 2021

Monday, December 6

  • Politics, Culture, and Society Workshop: Jirs Meuris & Alexis Avery 12:00-1:30 pm (details)
  • Population Health Sciences Seminar: Jomol Mathew 12:00-1:00 pm (details)
  • Race and Ethnicity Workshop: Reviewing, “La Lucha: framing the struggle for survival, double consciousness and the economy of identity for undocumented Latina/os.” 2:00-3:30 pm (details)
  • Joseph L. Krislov Labor Workshop (Economics): “Systemic Discrimination Among Large U.S. Employers,” Evan Rose (University of Chicago) 3:45-5:00 pm (details)

Tuesday, December 7

  • CDE DemSem: “More than Rocks and Stone: Confederate Monuments, Memory Movements, and Race,” Heather O’Connell (Louisiana State University) 12:15-1:30 pm (details; this session is virtual only)
  • Joseph L. Krislov Public Workshop (Economics): “Set it and Forget it? Financing Retirement in an Age of Defaults,” Anita Mukherjee (UW) 3:45-5:00 pm (details)

Wednesday, December 8

  • Demography Training Seminar: “Workflow for Publishable Tables with Stata 17,” Russell Dimond (UW SSCC) 2:00-3:15 pm (details)
  • Statistics Seminar: “Edgeworth expansions for network moments,” Yuan Zhang (Ohio State University) 4:00-5:00 pm (details)

Thursday, December 9

  • Institute for Research on Poverty: “Unpacking the ‘Black Box’ of Consumer Policies,” Melody Harvey (UW) 12:15-1:30 pm (details)
  • Household Finance Research Seminar: “Measuring the Welfare Cost of Asymmetric Information in Consumer Credit Markets,” Anthony DeFusco (Northwestern University) 3:45-4:45 pm (details)

Friday, December 10

  • Interdisciplinary Training Program in Education Sciences: “Advanced Placement Gatekeeping and Racialized Tracking,” Noah Hirschl (UW) 12:00-1:30 pm (details)