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2007-08 Friday Seminars, Research Methods Workshops, and Research Ethics Seminars

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

Spring 2008

January 11
Increasing IQ Patterns (The Flynn Effect): Gender and Race Differences Help Evaluate Possible Causes
Dr. Joseph Rodgers, CPC Training Program Alumnus and Professor of Psychology, University of Oklahoma
Room 405 CPC East

January 18
Age at First Birth, Parity, and Post-Reproductive Mortality among White and Black Women in the U.S., 1982-2002
Dr. Naomi Spence, Sociologist and CPC Postdoctoral Scholar
Room 405 CPC East

January 25
Geography and the Immigrant Division of Labor
Dr. Mark Ellis, Professor of Geography, University of Washington
Room 405 CPC East

February 1
The Religion-Health Connection: Issues Across the Life Course
Dr. Amy Burdette, Sociologist and CPC Postdoctoral Scholar
Room 405 CPC East

February 8
Orphanhood in Tanzania: Evidence from DSS and DHS Survey Data
Dr. Robert Mswia, Demographer and CPC Postdoctoral Scholar
Room 405 CPC East

February 15
Biological, Behavioral, and Evolutionary Perspectives on Infant Growth and Development
Dr. Amanda Thompson
Room 405 CPC East

February 22
Life Courses in the Transformation of East Germany - A Test of a Theory and Method in the Study of System Change
Dr. Karl Mayer, Chair and Professor of Sociology, Yale University
Room 405 CPC East

CPC Research Methods Workshop
Thursday, February 28
Discrete Time Survival Models with Measurement Error and Mediating Variables
Dr. Kenneth Bollen, UNC-CH Professor of Sociology, CPC Faculty Fellow, and Director, Odum Institute for Research in Social Science and
Shawn Bauldry, Ph.D. Student, UNC-CH Department of Sociology
3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Room 405 CPC East

CPC Research Ethics Seminar
February 29
Navigating the Perils of Plagiarism, Copyright and Fair Use: Academic Integrity and Intellectual Property
Dr. Ruth Walden, UNC-CH James Howard and Hallie McLean Parker Distinguished Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication
Room 405 CPC East

March 7
The Effects of Social Origins on Educational Attainment: A 51 Nation Comparison
Dr. Donald Treiman, Professor of Sociology, UCLA
Room 405 CPC East

March 14
No Seminar

March 21
No Seminar

March 28
Understanding and Preventing HIV Infection in Young Women in sub-Saharan Africa
Dr. Audrey Pettifor, Assistant Professor, Epidemiology and CPC Faculty Fellow
Room 405 CPC East

April 4
The Joint Influences of Side Effects and Fertility Motivations on Contraceptive Continuation among Family Planning Users in Honduras
Dr. Ilene Speizer, CPC Training Program Alumna, UNC-CH MCH Research Associate Professor, and CPC Faculty Fellow
Dr. Janine Barden-O'Fallon, CPC Training Program Alumna and Research Associate, MEASURE/Evaluation
Room 405 CPC East

April 11
La Bracereada: Institutional Actors and the Creation of Labor Migration Streams During the Bracero Era
Dr. Sergio Chavez, Carolina Postdoctoral Scholar
Room 405 CPC East

April 18
No Seminar
PAA - New Orleans



Fall 2007

September 7
How do Adolescents Spell Time Use?
Dr. David Ribar, Professor of Economics, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Room 405 CPC East

September 14
Becoming "Grown": A Longitudinal Study of Adult Identity
Dr. Janel Benson, Sociologist and CPC Postdoctoral Scholar
Room 405 CPC East

Thursday, September 20
2007-08 Carolina Population Center Distinguished Lecture

The Uncertain Life Course: Adolescents in Ethiopia
Dr. Dennis Hogan, Robert E. Turner Distinguished Professor of Population Studies and Professor of Sociology, Brown University
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., with a reception to follow
Toy Lounge, Dey Hall

September 28
The Timing of Childbearing in Russia and Poland: Bringing Together Perspectives from Anthropology and Demography
Dr. Michelle Rivkin-Fish, UNC-CH Associate Professor of Anthropology
Room 405 CPC East

CPC Research Methods Workshop
Tuesday, October 2
Practical (and Principled!) Methods for Handling Missing Data
Dr. Amy Herring, UNC-CH Associate Professor of Biostatistics and CPC Faculty Fellow
3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Room 405 CPC East

  • Presentation Slides
  • SAS example (added txt extension to open in an ASCII editor)
  • Data example

October 5
Understanding the Progression from Adolescent Marijuana Use to Young Adult Serious Drug Use: Gateway Effect or Developmental Trajectory?
Dr. Bo Cleveland, CPC Training Program Alumnus and Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University
Room 405 CPC East

CPC Research Ethics Seminar
October 12
Your Principles Just Are Not Working on the Ground: When American Clinical Researchers Go Abroad
Dr. Gail Henderson, Professor, UNC-CH Social Medicine
Room 405 CPC East

CPC Research Methods Workshop
Thursday, October 25
Simultaneous Equations Models with Discrete Dependent Variables using both Parametric and Semi-parametric Methods
Dr. David Guilkey, Cary C. Boshamer Professor of Economics and CPC Faculty Fellow, UNC-CH
3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Room 405 CPC East

CPC Research Ethics Seminar
October 26
Forms, Procedures, and Policies Related to Obtaining IRB Approval: Recent Revisions Relevant for Fall 2007
Dr. Barbara Goldman, Scientist and Coordinator of Infant Learning and Assessment, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute
Room 405 CPC East

November 2
Total Fecundability, Total Pregnancy Loss, and the Female Reproductive Lifespan
Dr. Darryl Holman, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Washington
Room 405 CPC East

November 9
HIV Testing and Behavioral Change
Dr. Harsha Thirumurthy, UNC-CH Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Administration
Room 405 CPC East

November 16
New Children to the United States: Early information from the New Immigrant Survey
Dr. Sherrie A. Kossoudji, CPC Training Program Alumna and Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Michigan
Room 405 CPC East

November 30
Children's Lives in the Context of High HIV Prevalence
Dr. Susan Short, CPC Training Program Alumna and Associate Professor of Sociology, Brown University
Room 405 CPC East