2011-12 Carolina Population Center Seminar Series, Research Methods Workshops, and Research Ethics Seminars

Spring 2012

All seminars are held from 12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

January 13 --- Research Methods Lecture
An Overview of Stata's New SEM Procedure
Shawn Bauldry, UNC-CH Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, & Dr. Kenneth Bollen, Henry Rudolph Immerwahr Professor of Sociology and CPC Faculty Fellow
Room 405 CPC East

January 20
Gender Equality Measures and Maternal and Child Health in Africa
Dr. Kavita Singh Ongechi, Research Assistant Professor, Maternal Health Child Health
Room 405 CPC East

January 27 --- MEASURE/Evaluation Seminar
Network Evaluation
Dr. James Thomas, UNC-CH Associate Professor of Epidemiology and CPC Faculty Fellow
Room 405 CPC East

February 3
Forest governance and resource sustainability in the low-income tropics: Searching for causal pathways to improved livelihoods and biodiversity conservation
Dr. Lauren Persha, UNC-CH Assistant Professor of Geography
Room 405 CPC East

February 10 --- Research Ethics Lecture
'What’s Wrong, Stop Crying!:' Ethical considerations for research on traumatic experiences
Dr. Nathalie Williams, CPC Postdoctoral Scholar
Room 405 CPC East

February 17 --- MEASURE/Evaluation Seminar
The Introduction of New RH Technologies: Strategies and Measurement
Dr. John Townsend, Vice President, Reproductive Health, Population Council
Room 405 CPC East

February 24
Time and Heterogeneity in Social and Demographic Analysis
Dr. Kenneth Land, Duke University John Franklin Crowell Professor of Demographic Studies and Sociology
Room 405 CPC East

Fall 2011

All seminars are held from 12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

September 9
Understanding the Increased Prevalence of Autism
Dr. Peter Bearman, Cole Professor of the Social Sciences & Director, PFL Center for the Social Sciences, Columbia University
Room 405 CPC East

September 16
Climate and Food systems in the Afram Plains of Ghana
Dr. Samuel Codjoe, Senior Lecturer, Regional Institute for Population Studies, University of Ghana
Room 405 CPC East

September 23
Mixed-Status Families and WIC Uptake
Dr. Edward Vargas, CPC Postdoctoral Scholar
Room 405 CPC East

September 30
Decomposing the Effects of Space, Environment, and Social Ties on Cholera
Dr. Carolina Perez-Heydrich, CPC Postdoctoral Scholar
Room 405 CPC East

October 7
The Impact of the Kenya Cash Transfer Program for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (CT-OVC) on Household Spending
Drs. Tia Palermo, CPC Predoc Alumna & Assistant Professor of Preventative Medicine, Stony Brook University and Ashu Handa, Professor/Chair of Public Policy and CPC Faculty Fellow
Room 405 CPC East

October 14
Spatial Relationships between Land Degradation and Population Densities at Different Scales in Burkina Faso
Dr. Colin West, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, UNC-CH
Room 405 CPC East

October 28
The Amish in the 21st Century: Accommodating a Changing World
Dr. Elizabeth Cooksey, CPC Postdoc Alumna & Associate Professor of Sociology, The Ohio State University
Room 405 CPC East

November 4 --- Research Methods Lecture ---
Single and Multiple Spell Discrete Time Hazards Models with Parametric and Non-Parametric Corrections for Unobserved Heterogeneity
Dr. David Guilkey, UNC-CH Professor of Economics and CPC Faculty Fellow
Room 405 CPC East

November 11
Monitoring and Evaluation of HIV Programs for Most at Risk Populations: Concepts & Controversies
Dr. Sharon Weir, UNC-CH Research Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and CPC Faculty Fellow
Room 405 CPC East

November 18 --- Research Ethics Workshop ---
Cross Cultural Research & Evaluation Ethics (Part 1)
Dr. James Thomas, UNC-CH Associate Professor of Epidemiology and CPC Faculty Fellow
Room 405 CPC East

December 2 --- Research Ethics Workshop ---
Cross Cultural Research & Evaluation Ethics (Part 2)
Dr. James Thomas, UNC-CH Associate Professor of Epidemiology and CPC Faculty Fellow
Room 405 CPC East