Events
Workshops
Demography Workshop
Since the 1984-85 academic year, the weekly University of Chicago Demography Workshop has played a unique and central role in integrating advanced graduate students into the intellectual life of the demography program of the Committee on Demographic Training (CDT), training graduate students in demographic studies, preparing them for the public presentations of their work which they will face at professional meetings and colloquia, and exposing them to the interdisciplinary intellectual exchange that is central to the practice of contemporary American demography. No other teaching activity at the University of Chicago provides students with intense, regular exposure to interdisciplinary debate about contemporary demographic research.
Presentations for the 2009-2010 Academic Year
Our Workshops are held between noon and 1:20 p.m. at the Harris School, Room 140C, 1155 E. 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637. Contact Michael Kuby (773-256-6305) for more information. This year's Demography Workshop co-chairs are Kate Cagney, Scott Allard, Alicia Menendez, Daniel Bennett, and Bob Michael.
October 1 |
David O. Meltzer, Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Economics, Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago |
"The Effect of Minimum Wages on BMI and Obesity in the United States" |
October 8 |
Brian Jacob, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Education Policy, Professor of Economics, and Director of the Center on Local, State and Urban Policy (CLOSUP), Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
"The Impact of No Child Left Behind on Student Achievement" |
October 15 |
Derek Neal, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Chicago |
"Pay for Percentile" |
October 22 |
Heather Hill, Assistant Professor, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago |
"Maternal Employment and Child Health in Poor Families" |
October 29 |
Jung-Hwa Ha, Assistant Professor, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago |
"How Does Widowhood Affect Aging Parents' Relationships with their Children? - A Cross-Cultural Comparison" |
November 5 |
Kevin M. Stolarick, Associate Director and Research Associate, The Martin Prosperity Institute, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. This presentation is hosted jointly with the Cultural Policy Center. |
“The Arts and Artists – Not Necessarily the Same Thing: New Methodological Approaches towards Understanding the Economic Composition of Arts” |
November 12 |
Paula Lantz, S.J. Axelrod Collegiate Professor of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor |
"Socioeconomic and Behavioral Risk Factors for Mortality in a National 19-Year Prospective Study of Adults" |
November 19 |
Bobby Das, NORC Postdoctoral Fellow |
"Partnerships, Status, and Health Configurations in Late Life" |
December 3 |
Peter D. Brandon, Broom Professor of Social Demography, Carleton College. This presentation is hosted jointly with the Center for Human Potential and Public Policy. |
"Mothers and Minimum Wages: Preliminary Findings" |
Also Available on Google Calendars.
Other Workshops
The Center for Human Potential and Public Policy Workshop on Human Potential (CHPPP) meets Thursdays between 10:30 and 11:50am in the Harris School, conference room 224 during the fall and winter quarters and the Woodlawn Room during the spring quarter.
Graduate Workshops in the Humanities and Social Sciences, sponsored by the Council on Advanced Studies.
Conferences
For information on the all-day conference on Friday, February 26, 2010 regarding the 2010 Census and recent population trends, contact Scott Allard.
For information about the Fear Conference, tentatively scheduled for spring 2010, please e-mail Kate Cagney.