Aug 31, 2018
The Carolina Population Center 2018-2019 Interdisciplinary Research Seminars series schedule is now available.
All seminars are held from 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm in Carolina Square Room 2002, 123 W. Franklin St. Location information is available here. Download Printable Seminar Schedule for Spring 2019 and for Fall 2018.
Instructors: To arrange for class attendance, contact CPC (cpc@unc.edu) by the Monday before the seminar.
Streaming may be available and must be arranged at least one week in advance.
Spring 2019
January 11
A Path towards Citizenship: The Effects of Early College High Schools on Criminal Convictions and Voting
Douglas Lauen, PhD
Associate Professor of Public Policy & Adjunct Associate Professor of Sociology, UNC-Chapel Hill
January 18
Mucking about with Maps: Integrating Remote Sensing and Archival Maps in West Africa
Colin West, PhD
Associate Professor of Anthropology, UNC-Chapel Hill
January 25
Early Childhood Development in Rural China: Evidence from the Qingling Cohort Study
Sean Sylvia, PhD
Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management, UNC-Chapel Hill
February 1
A Large-Scale Binational Survey of International Migrants from Rural Bangladesh
Randall Kuhn, PhD
Associate Professor of Community Health Sciences, UCLA
February 8
Frontiers in Women’s Nutrition: Agenda for Research and Action
Parul Christian, PhD
Senior Program Officer, Women’s Nutrition, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation & Professor of International Health, Johns Hopkins University
February 15
An Overview of Autoregressive, Latent Growth Curve, and ALT Models for Longitudinal Data
Kenneth Bollen, PhD
Henry Rudolph Immerwahr Distinguished Professor, Psychology and Neuroscience & Sociology, UNC-Chapel Hill
February 22
Biological Mediators and Moderators of Social Disadvantage
Colter Mitchell, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
March 1
Did We Botch the Notch? Investigating the Social Security Notch Literature and Use of the Health and Retirement Study
Jeremy Moulton, PhD
Associate Professor of Public Policy, UNC-Chapel Hill
March 8 Spring Break (No Seminar)
March 15 Spring Break (No Seminar)
March 22
Labor Supply and a Temporary Reprieve from Deportation: Evidence from the DACA Program
Joaquin Alfredo-Angel Rubalcaba, PhD
Associate Professor of Public Policy, UNC-Chapel Hill
March 29
Biomarker Expert Panel
Presider: Linda Adair, PhD
Professor of Nutrition, UNC-Chapel Hill
April 5
Attainment Goals, Attainment Gaps: Understanding North Carolina’s Education Pipeline
Rebecca Tippett, PhD
Founding Director of Carolina Demography
April 12 Population Association of America Annual Conference (No Seminar)
April 19 Spring Holiday (No Seminar)
April 26
Monitoring Health Progress: From Global Estimates to Local Health Data
Ties Boerma, PhD
Professor, University of Manitoba
Udry Distinguished Lecture
Monday, April 29
3:30 in CURRENT ArtSpace + Studio
Work, Family and Health: Understanding Diverging Trends in Life Expectancy
Lisa Berkman, PhD
Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy, Epidemiology, & Global Health and Population, Harvard University
Fall 2018
September 14 (CANCELLED)
Biological Mediators and Moderators of Social Disadvantage
Colter Mitchell, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
September 21
Estimating the Risk of Police Involved Death by Race/Ethnicity and Place
Hedwig (Hedy) Lee, PhD
Professor of Sociology, Washington University in St. Louis
September 28
Social Gradients in Gene Regulation in Nonhuman Primates
Jenny Tung, PhD
Associate Professor of Biology, Duke University
October 5 (CANCELLED)
Monitoring Health Progress: From Global Estimates to Local Health Data
Ties Boerma, PhD
Professor, University of Manitoba
October 12
University Day (No Seminar)
October 19 (RESCHEDULED for January 25, 2019)
Early Childhood Development in Rural China: Evidence from the Qingling Cohort Study
Sean Sylvia, PhD
Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management, UNC-Chapel Hill
October 26
Hypothesizing Upward: Have U.S. State Policies Widened Inequalities in Life Expectancy?
Jennifer Karas Montez, PhD
Professor of Sociology, Syracuse University
November 2
Should We Tax Soda? An Overview of Theory and Evidence
Hunt Allcott, PhD
Associate Professor of Economics, New York University
November 9
The Socioeconomic Effects of China’s Forest Restoration and Conservation Programs
Conghe Song, PhD
Professor and Associate Chair of Geography, UNC-Chapel Hill
November 16
Networks, Diffusion and Inequality
Filiz Garip, PhD
Professor of Sociology, Cornell University
November 23
Thanksgiving Break (No Seminar)
November 30
Rethinking the Role Childhood SES Plays in Affecting Adult Health: Integrating Existing Theories with a Life Course Perspective on the Disablement Process
Scott Lynch, PhD
Professor of Sociology, Duke University