Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Radio Broadcast: Willis Patterson in song (September 18, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76705 76705-19737039@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 18, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Afternoon Classics on WGTE with Brad Cresswell – featuring the jazz and classical performances of Willis Patterson

African American Music Conference

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Presentation Thu, 03 Sep 2020 18:15:06 -0400 2020-09-18T14:00:00-04:00 2020-09-18T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Presentation
Clinical Science Brown Bag: Inclusivity in Admissions and Training: Key to Workforce Diversification (September 21, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76317 76317-19687510@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 21, 2020 9:00am
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Organized By: Department of Psychology

Inclusive Admissions and Training

There is a gaping under-representation of minorities (Hispanic and African American, in particular) among practicing psychologists, which can compound the problem of mental health disparities in underserved communities (SAMSHA, 2018). National data from accredited doctoral programs offers little reassurance the phenomenon will resolve on its own (Callahan et al., 2018). Studies of the psychologist workforce pipeline make clear that graduate admissions is a major point of diversity constriction, although issues occur with retention as well. Programs within and beyond our discipline have tried multiple strategies to reverse this trend, but data on their efficacy varies in quality and scope. We selectively review findings on some of these strategies, present a case study from the clinical psychology program at UNT, and review how the program has sought to connect the issue of inclusiveness in graduate training with mental health disparities in federally designated health professional shortage areas in our community.

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Presentation Tue, 15 Sep 2020 09:22:58 -0400 2020-09-21T09:00:00-04:00 2020-09-21T10:00:00-04:00 Department of Psychology Presentation Jennifer Callahan and Camilo Ruggero
Rebuild and Empower: The Public Value of Data-Driven Social Science (September 21, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76009 76009-19649447@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 21, 2020 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Our world faces important challenges at the same time that it has important opportunities for innovation. The social and behavioral sciences offer insights that are not just relevant to these challenges, but are also irreplaceable. This talk will focus on important contributions that data-driven social science is making today. It will also describe new opportunities for social scientists to provide great service to society for years to come.

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

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Presentation Sun, 23 Aug 2020 23:57:58 -0400 2020-09-21T11:00:00-04:00 2020-09-21T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation Rebuild and Empower: The Public Value of Data-Driven Social Science
IRIS: Five Years of Creating Trusted Independent Data About the Impact of Research (September 21, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76377 76377-19711143@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 21, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

The Institute for Research on Innovation and Science (IRIS) is a member consortium of universities anchored by an IRB-approved data repository hosted at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. IRIS was founded in 2015 with support from the Alfred P. Sloan and Ewing Marion Kauffman foundations.

IRIS collects record level administrative data from its members to produce a de-identified dataset for research and reporting that will improve our ability to understand, explain and improve the public value of research. Its mission is to be a trusted resource for high quality data that supports independent, frontier research on science and innovation in the service of the public interest.

This year, IRIS created a new tool called the Impact Finder, which allows for easy browsing of our uniquely powerful dataset based on geographic area, subject matter, funding agency, and time period.

The Impact Finder allows non-data-trained users to search our unique database to find story leads that align with your institution's communications priorities.

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

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Presentation Mon, 31 Aug 2020 12:48:13 -0400 2020-09-21T12:00:00-04:00 2020-09-21T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation IRIS: Five Years of Creating Trusted Independent Data About the Impact of Research
The 2020 Presidential Race Mid-Campaign (September 21, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76116 76116-19663538@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 21, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

A month after the conventions and with six weeks to go, this talk will focus on the state of the contest between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. The background will be the state of public opinion about the state of the country and the impact of Covid 19 on evaluations of the candidates.

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

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Presentation Tue, 01 Sep 2020 13:53:04 -0400 2020-09-21T13:00:00-04:00 2020-09-21T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation The 2020 Presidential Race Mid-Campaign
Redistricting Math: Using Computers to Stop Gerrymandering (September 21, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76355 76355-19709153@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 21, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

In the last several years, mathematicians and computer scientists have become increasingly involved in the fight against gerrymandering. In particular, they have been using sampling algorithms to generate large collections of district maps, against which to compare a challenged map. If the challenged map is an outlier across several metrics that may be evidence of an unconstitutional gerrymander. These methods have been used in gerrymandering litigation and are expected to play an even bigger part in redistricting lawsuits after the release of the decennial census data next year. In this talk we will look at the basics of some map-sampling techniques as well as the data required for the analysis. We'll also discuss the biggest challenges to data collection and processing in redistricting work.

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair

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Presentation Tue, 01 Sep 2020 14:00:39 -0400 2020-09-21T14:00:00-04:00 2020-09-21T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation Redistricting Math: Using Computers to Stop Gerrymandering
Methods and Analytic Approaches for Physically Disabled Persons Using Administrative Claims Dataset (September 21, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76387 76387-19711155@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 21, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Administrative claims datasets present both challenges and benefits in the analysis of outcomes, cost, and comorbidity burden facing physically disabled individuals. The increasing use of administrative claims represents one of many plausible answers to concerns related to small sample and single institution studies. Longitudinal data analysis as well as outcomes and cost (insurance reimbursement and patient out-of-pocket cost as a form of financial burden) can be carefully studied using administrative claims datasets. In this webinar, we will highlight the strengths and analytic approaches in current work from the IDEAL RRTC. We will also carefully consider potential limitations in using these analytic approaches. Two different case studies will be considered with a cursory treatment of analytic approaches and population identification with inclusion and exclusion criteria with justification and rationale for these decisions. Applications of survival analysis, propensity score matching, and generalized linear models with respect to dichotomous and continuous and skewed outcomes will be discussed within the contexts of these case studies. The webinar will culminate with a summarization of the value of these studies, why they should continue to be pursued, and next steps in the evolution of claims-based research for the disabled population. The presenters, Dr. Elham Mahmoudi and Mr. Neil Kamdar, are both health services researchers with extensive experience working with administrative claims as well as other secondary data sources with a focus on applied econometric and statistical methods.

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

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Presentation Tue, 01 Sep 2020 14:11:58 -0400 2020-09-21T15:00:00-04:00 2020-09-21T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation Methods and Analytic Approaches for Physically Disabled Persons Using Administrative Claims Dataset
A Quantitative Intersectional Approach to Examining Risk and Resilience Among Young Black Men (September 21, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76481 76481-19719149@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 21, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

This talk focuses on the identity development of young boys and men of color focusing on Blacks in particular. It also focuses on the linkage of identity formation to multiple outcomes throughout their life course.

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

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Presentation Tue, 01 Sep 2020 12:38:18 -0400 2020-09-21T16:00:00-04:00 2020-09-21T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation A Quantitative Intersectional Approach to Examining Risk and Resilience Among Young Black Men
Analyst, Creator, Consultant: Models of Undergraduate Experiential Data Learning (September 22, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76388 76388-19711156@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 22, 2020 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Presenters will describe three successful models for engaging undergraduate students in experiential learning with data at Virginia Tech. Nathaniel Porter will discuss Introduction to Data in Social Context, a general education course that integrates critical data studies with applied data analysis. Tom Ewing will describe Topics in Data in Social Context, an upper-division course where students collaborated with the National Library of Medicine to collect and study alternative data on the 1918 Influenza Epidemic. Anne M. Brown will share the model of DataBridge, a student data consulting program based in the University Libraries that provides research credits for new students interested in working with real-life data and potential employment assisting faculty, students and community members with data. Presentations will focus on the process and challenges of implementing and scaling the models, and time will be reserved for discussion of audience questions.

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

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Presentation Wed, 02 Sep 2020 08:38:14 -0400 2020-09-22T11:00:00-04:00 2020-09-22T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation Analyst, Creator, Consultant: Models of Undergraduate Experiential Data Learning
Damned Lies and Coronavirus Statistics (September 22, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76390 76390-19711158@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 22, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

A key skill in thinking critically involves understanding that statistics are socially constructed. That is, it is important to ask questions such as: Who counted?; What did they count?; Why did they count?; and How did they go about counting? Interpreting the COVID-19 pandemic illustrates the importance of a constructionist approach, as people continue to struggle with measuring and interpreting the disease's effects.

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

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Presentation Mon, 31 Aug 2020 14:41:35 -0400 2020-09-22T12:00:00-04:00 2020-09-22T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation Damned Lies and Coronavirus Statistics
Capturing the Lived Experience of Subgroups in the US (September 22, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76394 76394-19711167@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 22, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Join David Thomas, Senior Data Project Manager at ICPSR, for a tour of available data regarding the experience of subgroups in the US including race, gender, income level, and more.

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

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Presentation Thu, 10 Sep 2020 11:20:05 -0400 2020-09-22T13:00:00-04:00 2020-09-22T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation Capturing the Lived Experience of Subgroups in the US
Quantifying Gender Identities and Behaviors (September 22, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76395 76395-19711168@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 22, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

In this session we will review some of the challenges in creating gender inclusive categories in surveys using real world examples. Key issues include:1) identifying correlations with non-binary gender data (what if your sample has 1 trans person and everyone else is cis male/female, for example?) and 2) challenges related to time order with transgender populations (what it means to be visibly transgender in relation to discrimination can vary so much over the life course, for example). We will also discuss how researchers, particularly grad students and undergrads, are using social media to target distribution of surveys to transgender populations. The methodological implications of these transparent dialogues between researcher and researched populations are fascinating. This topic may actually be the most controversial between positivist-leaning and cultural sociologist attendees. We look forward to audience participation on this one!

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

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Presentation Fri, 11 Sep 2020 14:49:17 -0400 2020-09-22T14:00:00-04:00 2020-09-22T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation Quantifying Gender Identities and Behaviors
Data in Social Media (September 22, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76399 76399-19711171@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 22, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Hansen will share some insights having taught the use of data and computation to journalists for the last eight years. He will focus on computation-heavy projects, casting data as a kind of source for journalists.

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

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Presentation Mon, 31 Aug 2020 15:07:07 -0400 2020-09-22T15:00:00-04:00 2020-09-22T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation Data in Social Media
Topic Data Quality Challenges for Census 2020: How will we know and what can we do? (September 22, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77193 77193-19820177@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 22, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

What are the challenges around data quality of the census in 2020? Join us for a conversation with:

John H. Thompson, former Director of the U.S. Census Bureau

D'Vera Cohn, senior writer, and editor at Pew Research Center

Dr. Joseph Hotz, Distinguished Professor of Economics at Duke University

Moderated by Dr. Mark Hansen, Director of the Brown Institute of Media Innovation at Columbia University

Presented by:

D’Vera Cohn
Senior Writer and Editor at Pew Research Center

D’Vera Cohn is a senior writer and editor at Pew Research Center. She studies and writes about demographics in the United States, especially the census. Cohn was a Washington Post reporter for 21 years, mainly writing about demographics, and was the newspaper’s lead reporter for the 2000 census. Before joining Pew Research Center, she served as a consultant and freelance writer for the Brookings Institution and Population Reference Bureau. Cohn is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College and is a former Nieman Fellow. She is an author of studies on the marriage and birth rates in the United States, migration between the U.S. and Mexico, and U.S. population projections. Cohn manages Pew Research Center’s @allthingscensus Twitter account. She has spoken at national journalism conferences about how reporters can make use of demographic data in stories and often talks about the Center’s findings in print and broadcast media.

Dr. Joseph Hotz
Distinguished Professor of Economics at Duke University

Professor Hotz specializes in the subjects of applied econometrics, labor economics, economic demography, and economics of the family. His studies have investigated the impacts of social programs, such as welfare-to-work training; the relationship between childbearing patterns and labor force participation of U.S. women; the effects of teenage pregnancy; the child care market; the Earned Income Tax Credit; and other such subjects. He began conducting his studies in 1977 and has since published his work extensively in books and leading academic journals. Many of his projects have been funded by grants awarded by the National Institute of Health and the National Science Foundation. He is currently completing a project with Duncan Thomas on, “Preference and Economic Decision-Making” under a grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. His recent works also include, “Tax Policy and Low-Wage Labor Markets: New Work on Employment, Effectiveness, and Administration” with John Karl Scholz and Charles Mullin; and “Designing New Models to Explain Family Change and Variation” with S. Philip Morgan. Along with his duties as an independent researcher, Professor Hotz has also held positions as a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, the National Poverty Center, the Institute for the Study of Labor, and the Institute for Research on Poverty. He is presently a member of the Committee on National Statistics for the National Academy of Sciences’ Research Council.

John H. Thompson
Distinguished Institute Fellow at the University of Virginia and former Director of the U.S. Census Bureau
John H. Thompson is a Distinguished Institute Fellow with the Biocomplexity Institute and Initiative at the University of Virginia. He also is currently an independent consultant with a focus on survey methodology, executive leadership, the Federal Statistical System, and decennial census. Thompson was director of the U.S. Census Bureau, and most recently, the Executive Director of the Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics, an organization whose focus is to advocate for the production and use of high-quality statistics to support good governance and economic growth. Thompson is nationally recognized for his innovative leadership, significant impact on government and academic research, and vision to advance excellence in federal statistics and modernize the federal statistical system.

Thompson spent close to 10 years in two separate, distinctive executive leadership positions with the U.S. Census Bureau. From 1997 to 2002, he was the senior career executive responsible for all aspects of the 2000 Decennial Census and spearheaded the transformation of large-scale complex surveys through innovation. As the executive leader of the 2000 Decennial Census, the U.S. government’s largest peacetime mobilization, he managed a budget of $6.5 billion and a workforce of more than 500,000 people. He received accolades for his outstanding work from the National Academy of Sciences Panel evaluating the census, among others. From 2013 to 2017, Thompson was the director of the Census Bureau where he successfully worked with the executive and legislative branches of the federal government, including the White House and Congress, to transform the Bureau into a forward-looking 21st century statistical agency. His accomplishments include a redesign of the 2020 Decennial Census to achieve great efficiencies through the use of modern geospatial tools, the Internet, and mobile technology; and implementation of a research program to support mission critical activities – both of which have had a profound impact on the federal statistical system.

Thompson was President and Executive Vice President of the (National Opinion Research Center) NORC at the University of Chicago, a national nonprofit organization that conducts high-quality social science research in the public interest. Between 2002 and 2012, he led the organization to nearly 50 percent growth in revenue, implemented new initiatives to improve and advance federal statistics, and oversaw major research projects, including the National Immunization Survey conducted on behalf of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Thompson is a fellow of the American Statistical Association, a member of the 2013 Virginia Tech College of Science Hall of Distinction inaugural class, and received the Presidential Rank Award for Meritorious Executive in 2001. The Department of Commerce recognized his cumulative impact on federal statistics with the bronze medal in 1988, silver medal in 1998, and gold medal in 2000.

Mark Hanson (Moderator)

Director of the David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute for Media Innovation @Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

Mark Hansen is a professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and Director of the David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute for Media Innovation. His special interest is the intersection of data, art, and technology. He adopts an interdisciplinary approach to data science, drawing on various branches of applied mathematics, information theory, and new media arts. Hansen is also a current member of the ICPSR Council. Within the field of journalism, Hansen has promoted coding literacy for journalists.

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

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Presentation Mon, 14 Sep 2020 10:22:51 -0400 2020-09-22T16:00:00-04:00 2020-09-22T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation Topic Data Quality Challenges for Census 2020: How will we know and what can we do?
State of the Consortium (September 23, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76439 76439-19717136@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

ICPSR reached a new high of 791 member institutions in June 2020. It’s been a productive year for ICPSR, even amidst the turbulence caused by COVID-19, and another active year is on deck. Join ICPSR Director Maggie Levenstein for a conversation covering the state of ICPSR. We’ll talk about our membership, our challenges, our evolving technological infrastructure, new data projects, and more!

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

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Presentation Tue, 01 Sep 2020 08:52:05 -0400 2020-09-23T11:00:00-04:00 2020-09-23T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation State of the Consortium
Decennial Census Digitization and Linkage Project (September 23, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76441 76441-19717138@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

ICPSR and the Census Bureau have initiated a joint project to create the largest longitudinal population database in the United States. The Decennial Census Digitization and Linkage project (DCDL) will digitize and link individual records across every census since 1940. The resulting data resource will revolutionize our understanding of human behavior and life in the United States. Staff from ICPSR and the Census Bureau will describe the project's innovative methods of data rescue, record linkage, and restricted data access.

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

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Presentation Tue, 01 Sep 2020 09:08:33 -0400 2020-09-23T12:00:00-04:00 2020-09-23T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation Decennial Census Digitization and Linkage Project
Augmenting Health Research through Secondary Data Use: the National Neighborhood Data Archive (NaNDA) (September 23, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76443 76443-19717140@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

The National Neighborhood Data Archive (NaNDA) is a repository of neighborhood contextual measures -- place-based data that quantifies the physical, demographic, economic, and/or social environment -- used to understand the role of neighborhood context and resources for population health. Most NaNDA contextual measures are created using publicly available data, such as from the Census Bureau. So why would a researcher use NaNDA instead of going directly to the primary data to obtain or create their own contextual measures? In this session, we will discuss case studies from the NaNDA repository that augment and recombine publicly available data to create novel measures to study the role of neighborhoods for health and health inequities

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

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Presentation Tue, 01 Sep 2020 09:26:20 -0400 2020-09-23T13:00:00-04:00 2020-09-23T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.
The Real-Life Story of the Just-Released ICPSR Study: New Immigrants Admitted to the United States, Federal Fiscal Years 1972-2000 (September 23, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76445 76445-19717142@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Join us for a unique session that tells the real-life story of how these just-released research data arrived to ICPSR so that they could be shared with our data community! The combined efforts, passion, and funding of a donor, principal investigator (PI), student, and ICPSR leadership came together to gather, curate, and release these important data. Panelists: Andrew Gottesman, Margaret Levenstein, and Sherrie Kossoudji.

And once you have heard the story, you will want to learn all about the data directly from PI, Sherrie Kossoudji, who will describe these data, which include every single person admitted as an immigrant 1972-2000, and give insights into the types of analyses that might be undertaken. Could you be the first to publish using these data?

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

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Presentation Tue, 01 Sep 2020 09:33:34 -0400 2020-09-23T14:00:00-04:00 2020-09-23T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation The Real-Life Story of the Just-Released ICPSR Study: New Immigrants Admitted to the United States, Federal Fiscal Years 1972-2000
Case Studies in Communicating Data in Higher Education: From Awareness to Action (September 23, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76447 76447-19717143@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Dory and Catherine share a few Case Studies in communicating in complex data- and research-rich environment. They will discuss some ways in which strategic communications planning had an immediate, measurable, and far-reaching impact.

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

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Presentation Wed, 02 Sep 2020 09:31:21 -0400 2020-09-23T15:00:00-04:00 2020-09-23T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation Case Studies in Communicating Data in Higher Education: From Awareness to Action
A Summer Program Like No Other: A Retrospective on the 2020 ICPSR Summer Program (September 23, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76543 76543-19725090@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

For the first time in its history, the ICPSR Summer Program was fully online. How did the program shift so quickly and drastically, and how did it go? What lessons did the staff learn, and what might those lessons mean for future years and possibly keeping an online portion of the program permanently? Mike Traugott, Summer Program Director, looks back on the recently completed 2020 Summer Program.

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

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Presentation Wed, 02 Sep 2020 10:04:06 -0400 2020-09-23T16:00:00-04:00 2020-09-23T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation A Summer Program Like No Other: A Retrospective on the 2020 ICPSR Summer Program
Towards Increasin Equity in Indigenous and Women's Health (September 23, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76633 76633-19733028@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 4:00pm
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Organized By: Department of Psychology

The Department of Anthropology & The Evolution and Human Adaptation Program (EHAP) at the University of Michigan area proud to present our fall 2020 speaker series: Genetics, Evolution and Human Behavior

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Presentation Thu, 17 Sep 2020 14:48:22 -0400 2020-09-23T16:00:00-04:00 2020-09-23T17:00:00-04:00 Department of Psychology Presentation Krystal Tsosie
On Why Race Still Matters: Ontological Commitments and Researching Without Numbers (September 24, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76459 76459-19717154@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 24, 2020 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Race and racism will continue to be topics investigated by qualitative research but uncritically explored as factors impacting the inquiry process in and of itself resulting in both being largely invisible and normalized. Critical discussions of race and racism at the interstice of the inquiry process are largely absent but race still matters because we exist in an environment rife with anti-Black racism and White privilege and as human beings we maintain ontological commitments that influence what we study and how. This session will explore the notion of ontological commitments, what they are, why we need to be attentive to them when researching without numbers.

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

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Presentation Tue, 01 Sep 2020 10:43:22 -0400 2020-09-24T11:00:00-04:00 2020-09-24T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation On Why Race Still Matters: Ontological Commitments and Researching Without Numbers
Segregation within Integrated Schools: Racially Disproportionate Student-Teacher Assignments in Middle Schools (September 24, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76463 76463-19717157@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 24, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Our study examines trends of racially disproportionate assignment of Black and Hispanic students to less experienced teachers than their white counterparts. Specifically, our analysis shows statistically significant trends in the assignment of less experienced teachers to Black and Hispanic students in middle school math over several years. This study is the first in education to measure the cumulative pattern of racially disproportionate student-teacher assignments over time. We introduce the Cumulative Deficit index as a measure of cumulative patterns of racially disproportionate student-teacher assignment. We concluded student race is correlated with exposure to more experienced teachers over time.

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

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Presentation Tue, 01 Sep 2020 10:52:50 -0400 2020-09-24T12:00:00-04:00 2020-09-24T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation Segregation within Integrated Schools: Racially Disproportionate Student-Teacher Assignments in Middle Schools
Data Engagement for the Data-Hesitant Librarian (September 24, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76465 76465-19717158@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 24, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

In our data-driven world, what are the best ways to engage librarians who are hesitant to work with data-related content and questions? Can we? Must we? Should we? Critical data literacy will be the starting place for the presentation, followed by suggestions for how to engage “non-data” librarians with data training and activities in the library setting. We’ll discuss the issue of how feasible it is to expect universal data savvy, and how to empower librarians to choose their own approaches to the issue, both in the workplace and in their career planning. Finally, we’ll discuss training approaches and availability specifically, and attendees will leave with ideas for a plan of action for future data training in their libraries.

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

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Presentation Tue, 01 Sep 2020 10:57:42 -0400 2020-09-24T13:00:00-04:00 2020-09-24T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation Data Engagement for the Data-Hesitant Librarian
Using Cannabis Data to Improve Public Health and Promote Social Equity (September 24, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76468 76468-19717161@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 24, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Despite liberalization of cannabis laws in 47 states, ongoing federal prohibition makes it difficult to obtain data from users and producers in different locales to better understand their experiences. As more states legalize cannabis markets, regulators must have access to actionable data to make informed decisions regarding product labeling and how to provide ownership access for communities disproportionately impacted by the drug war. The COVID-19 pandemic has also generated questions about how use patterns have been impacted by shelter-in-place orders. The purpose of this session is to share highlights from cannabis research using survey primary and secondary data to answer these questions about cannabis use and policy impacts in different contexts.

This presentation will include:
- Making Sense of Negative Experiences with Cannabis Edibles: Panel Survey Results
- Cannabis Use and Covid-19
- Cannabis Social Equity Programs

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

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Presentation Tue, 01 Sep 2020 11:05:02 -0400 2020-09-24T14:00:00-04:00 2020-09-24T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation Using Cannabis Data to Improve Public Health and Promote Social Equity
Celebrating 20 Years of Linking You to Publications that Analyze ICPSR Data (September 24, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76469 76469-19717162@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 24, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Need a tool to find and assess data you might want from the huge ICPSR collection? Learn how students, researchers, and instructors/librarians utilize the ICPSR Bibliography of Data-related Literature. Meet the ICPSR staff who find publications and link them to the underlying data. Get an understanding of the importance of data citation and how to cite data according to best practice. Help us celebrate the 20th anniversary of the ICPSR Bibliography of Data-related Literature.

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fai

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Presentation Tue, 01 Sep 2020 11:11:42 -0400 2020-09-24T15:00:00-04:00 2020-09-24T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation Celebrating 20 Years of Linking You to Publications that Analyze ICPSR Data
Data for Real Life: ICPSR for research, data in the classroom and more (September 24, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77008 77008-19788466@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 24, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

A look at ICPSR's resources including featured data, resources for remote teaching, and a sneak peek at what's coming up from Membership Director Linda Detterman and Membership Experience Manager Annalee Shelton

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

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Presentation Thu, 10 Sep 2020 09:42:10 -0400 2020-09-24T16:00:00-04:00 2020-09-24T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation Data for Real Life: ICPSR for research, data in the classroom and more
ICPSR's COVID 19 Data Archive (September 25, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76472 76472-19717164@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 25, 2020 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Learn about the new COVID-19 Data Repository, a repository for data examining the social, behavioral, public health, and economic impact of the novel coronavirus global pandemic (https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/covid19). Dr. Amy Pienta, Research Scientist and Director of ICPSR's Business and Collection Development, will discuss ICPSR's role in writing international guidelines for sharing COVID-19 data. Senior Data Project Manager Chelsea Goforth will discuss why this archive is important, what you'll find, some ways this data might be used, and how you can contribute. Screen reader support enabled.

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

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Presentation Tue, 01 Sep 2020 11:32:24 -0400 2020-09-25T11:00:00-04:00 2020-09-25T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation ICPSR's COVID 19 Data Archive
Challenges for Census 2020 The impact on data quality - ICPSR Data Fair 2020 (September 25, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77144 77144-19798545@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 25, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Join us for a conversation regarding the 2020 Census. Speakers will include two Chief Statisticians of the United States (emeritae), an expert on the development of statistical data systems (particularly the census), and a demographer who has experienced the community impact of the census. Topics will include mail delays at the USPS, political appointees, COVID-19, and other factors affecting the 2020 Census.

Moderated by Katherine Wallman, former Chief Statistician at the United States

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

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Presentation Fri, 18 Sep 2020 08:51:54 -0400 2020-09-25T12:00:00-04:00 2020-09-25T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation Challenges for Census 2020 The impact on data quality - ICPSR Data Fair 2020
Getting to Know the ISR Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques (September 25, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76475 76475-19719130@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 25, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Summer Institute faculty and staff will first provide a brief history of the Summer Institute, and then turn to a discussion of the program. Topics include many aspects of survey research including the fundamental principles involved in drawing samples, designing questionnaires, data collection, and design-based analysis of survey data. The SRC Summer Institute is unique in comparison to the ICPSR Summer Program in terms of its focus on the process of research design and data collection (as opposed to analyzing data that have already been collected).

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

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Presentation Tue, 01 Sep 2020 12:02:58 -0400 2020-09-25T13:00:00-04:00 2020-09-25T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation Getting to Know the ISR Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques
CCN Forum: Cerebellum and Cognition (September 25, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77373 77373-19846047@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 25, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Psychology

The cerebellum is well-known for its contribution to the control of skilled movement. The mechanisms include connectivity with the motor system and the ability of it’s remarkable circuitry to store motor memories, including those relating to simple conditioned motor responses acquired through Pavlovian conditioning. However, some cerebellar circuitry communicates with the prefrontal cortex – including areas of that have important roles in cognitive function but little to do with motor control. In this lecture I draw from theoretical neurobiology, anatomy, brain evolution and neuroimaging to address the ways in which cerebellar circuits might contribute to the skilled execution of cognitive operations, such as the instrumental learning of contingencies that link decisions with their antecedents and consequences.

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Presentation Thu, 24 Sep 2020 11:18:29 -0400 2020-09-25T14:00:00-04:00 2020-09-25T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Psychology Presentation Narender Ramnai
Conceptualizing and Visualizing Conflict Data with Shiny (September 25, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76479 76479-19719134@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 25, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Join Drs. Dave Armstrong and Christian Davenport for a real-world example of data visualization using Shiny. They discuss conceptualization and measurement of conflict in quantitative data and demonstrate how to produce graphics to convey their findings.

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.

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Presentation Tue, 15 Sep 2020 11:16:57 -0400 2020-09-25T14:00:00-04:00 2020-09-25T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation Conceptualizing and Visualizing Conflict Data with Shiny
The Virtual Mark Webster Reading Series (September 25, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75948 75948-19627783@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 25, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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One MFA student of fiction and one of poetry, each introduced by a peer, will read their work. The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting. Tune in to enjoy work from the next generation of authors.

This week's reading features Julia Argy [Fiction] and Sara Afshar [Poetry].

Organized by the MFA in Creative Writing Program and presented in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art. For questions or accommodation needs, contact co-hosts David Freeman (dfrman@umich.edu) or Lauren Morrow (lmmorrow@umich.edu).

This event is free and open to the public.
For any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs, please email asbates@umich.edu -- we are eager to help ensure that this event is inclusive to you. The building, event space, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on the second floor of the Museum, accessible via the stairs, or in nearby Hatcher Graduate Library (Floors 3, 4, 5, and 6). The Hatcher Library also offers a reflection room (4th Floor South Stacks), and a lactation room (Room 13W, an anteroom to the basement women's staff restroom, or Room 108B, an anteroom of the first floor women's restroom). ASL interpreters and CART services are available upon request; please email asbates@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event. 
 
U-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St., Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St., Ann Arbor). There is limited metered street parking on State Street and South University Avenue. The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave., Ann Arbor) is five blocks away, and the parking rate is $1.20 per hour. All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities.

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Presentation Fri, 25 Sep 2020 18:16:16 -0400 2020-09-25T19:00:00-04:00 2020-09-25T20:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Developmental Brown Bag: Gender Identity Development: A Social, Cognitive, Biological, and Contextual Journey (September 28, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77389 77389-19846077@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 28, 2020 12:00pm
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Organized By: Department of Psychology

In this presentation I illustrate my background and training in socio-cognitive development and critical feminist theory by describing two of my previous published works. The first project is a qualitative analysis of the influence of gender and gender typicality on adolescent friendship dissolution. The second project is a qualitative analysis of young men’s narratives of resisting masculine gender norms. I finish the presentation with a brief description of the biological and contextual directions I am tackling here at the University of Michigan.

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Presentation Mon, 21 Sep 2020 09:40:09 -0400 2020-09-28T12:00:00-04:00 2020-09-28T13:00:00-04:00 Department of Psychology Presentation Matthew Nielson
Pre-Law 101 Information Session (September 29, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76644 76644-19733040@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 29, 2020 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center

Students beginning to explore the possibility of attending law school and those committed to applying in the future are encouraged to attend.

September 29, 11-12pm: https://umich.zoom.us/j/93308250046

October 21, 4-5pm (Geared toward Transfer Students): https://umich.zoom.us/j/91068199152

November 16, 5-6pm: https://umich.zoom.us/j/94802355758

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Presentation Fri, 18 Sep 2020 13:58:01 -0400 2020-09-29T11:00:00-04:00 2020-09-29T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center Presentation Pre-Law Logo
Bringing Early Education to Young Refugee Children in Countries Affected by Humanitarian Crisis (September 29, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77009 77009-19788467@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 29, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Education Policy Initiative

Please join the Education Policy Initiative in welcoming Hirokazu Yoshikawa, the Courtney Sale Ross Professor of Globalization and Education at NYU Steinhardt and a University Professor at NYU, and Co-Director (with J. Lawrence Aber) of the Global TIES for Children center at NYU, for a virtual education policy talk. Professor Yoshikawa is a core faculty member of the Psychology of Social Intervention and Human Development and Social Intervention programs at Steinhardt. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Education and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He will discuss Global TIES for Children's research on young children's development in humanitarian settings, including young children affected by the Rohingya and Syrian crises.

About the Sesame Workshop / International Rescue Committee and BRAC Refugee Response project (Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, and Bangladesh):

In two historic partnerships aimed at changing how education is valued and delivered in humanitarian crises, Sesame Workshop, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and BRAC have launched the largest early-childhood intervention in the history of humanitarian response with groundbreaking grants from the MacArthur Foundation and LEGO Foundation. In homes, centers, and other settings, Sesame Workshop, the IRC and BRAC are bringing playful lessons and nurturing care to thousands of displaced children in Syria, Jordan, Iraq, and Lebanon, with millions more reached through television and mobile devices. Additionally, Sesame is partnering with BRAC to support children affected by the Rohingya refugee crisis, bringing early education grounded in the power of play to hundreds of thousands of children in and around the massive refugee settlement at Cox’s Bazar. Learn more about the historic Global TIES partnerships and Sesame Workshop intervention work.

This event is sponsored by the Education Policy Initiative and co-sponsored by the Ford School, the School of Education, and Equity in Early Learning Lab. Free and open to the public, but RSVP required.

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Presentation Tue, 15 Sep 2020 12:48:23 -0400 2020-09-29T16:00:00-04:00 2020-09-29T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Education Policy Initiative Presentation Yoshikawa
Neuroimaging Initiative Talk: Reward-Motivated Memory in Younger and Older Adults (September 29, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77670 77670-19901704@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 29, 2020 4:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Department of Psychology

Abstract:
Even healthy aging is associated with neurocognitive changes, yet, affective processing remains relatively intact. I will present a line of work focused on these preserved affective processes and how they may contribute to improved cognitive function in older adults. Specifically, through a combination of behavioral and neuroimaging studies, we have found that older adults are still sensitive to monetary rewards, they engage the reward network to the same extent as younger adults, and that motivational incentives can improve older adults performance on memory tasks. These findings suggest the preserved reward motivation may allow the continued ability to flexibly allocate cognitive resources that prioritize high value information as we age, and may have implications for cognitive and pharmacological interventions.

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Presentation Thu, 24 Sep 2020 12:48:28 -0400 2020-09-29T16:00:00-04:00 2020-09-29T17:30:00-04:00 Department of Psychology Presentation Holly Bowen
How Social Workers Can Support Parents and Children During Covid-19 (September 30, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77551 77551-19883823@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Social Work

During Covid-19, parents face new challenges managing family, work and economic demands. In this first session of the Parenting in Context webinar series Shawna J. Lee, U-M SSW associate professor and director of Parenting in Context Research Lab, will present research on parenting, mental health, and coping during the pandemic.

One free social work CE is available to those who participate in the live webinar.

This webinar is recommended for both research and practice audiences and will address:
--What research says about parents' mental health during Covid-19
--How parents are supporting their children's educational needs
--Parents’ coping strategies and activities with their children
--The impact of social distancing on parenting

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Presentation Wed, 23 Sep 2020 13:28:50 -0400 2020-09-30T12:00:00-04:00 2020-09-30T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Social Work Presentation Shawna Lee
Social Brown Bag: (September 30, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77672 77672-19901706@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Department of Psychology

Irene Melani

Title:
Knowing more than one can see: Investigating the apparent negligence of context for European Americans

Abstract:
The cumulative evidence in social psychology suggests that people engaged in Western cultures (Westerners) are typically negligent of contextual information while perceiving a focal object. However, the cognitive mechanism underlying this phenomenon has remained largely unexplored. In the present research, we proposed a directional activation hypothesis to suggest that, for Westerners, the activation of an object in cognition may be sufficient to activate the contextual inferences associated with the object. To test our hypothesis, we examined 24 European Americans within an EEG-based priming paradigm. In an object-prime condition, participants were first shown an object (e.g., an image of a crab), followed by a context that is either typical or atypical of the object (e.g., an image of a parking lot or ocean). In a context-prime condition, however, participants were first shown a context, followed by an object that is either typical or atypical of the context. We tested the event-related potential component of N400, which indexes the detection of violations of semantic expectations. In the context-prime condition, the typicality of the target objects showed no effect on the magnitude of N400, thus replicating prior evidence. However, in the object-prime condition, the N400 was significantly greater in magnitude when target contexts were atypical of the object primes than when they were typical of the latter. We concluded that the negligence of context, typically observed for Westerners, is partly because the object takes priority in perception to inform about relevant contexts. From their phenomenal point of view, they have inferred what the appropriate context is for a given object, even before seeing it.

Lauren White

Title:
Integrating Theory for Community Based Suicide Prevention

Abstract:
Suicide is the second leading cause of death for Americans aged 10-34 and US suicide rates are increasing across almost every demographic. This is particularly apparent in American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) communities, where suicide rates are up to 20 times the national US average; some of the highest in the world. Despite increasing investments in suicide prevention via research and practice, the US suicide rate has increased 35% in the last 40 years. I assert that new approaches which foster the capacity of community support systems to address vulnerabilities of persons—ideally before they are suicidal—are desperately needed. I will share a brief background of US suicide trends and prevention approaches; a note on how Social Work Practice and Social Psychology theories may come together to inform new ways of thinking about community driven suicide prevention; and two studies from my work in the last year that demonstrate the promise of integrating theory across disciplines in the work with AIAN communities to promote mental wellness and prevent suicide.

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Presentation Fri, 25 Sep 2020 14:37:38 -0400 2020-09-30T12:00:00-04:00 2020-09-30T13:30:00-04:00 Department of Psychology Presentation Irene Melani and Lauren White
An integrative genomics approach to population history in Latin America & The Caribbean (September 30, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76637 76637-19733030@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 4:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Department of Psychology

The Department of Anthropology & The Evolution and Human Adaptation Program (EHAP) at the University of Michigan area proud to present our fall 2020 speaker series: Genetics, Evolution and Human Behavior

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Presentation Fri, 25 Sep 2020 14:35:28 -0400 2020-09-30T16:00:00-04:00 2020-09-30T17:00:00-04:00 Department of Psychology Presentation Maria A Nieves-Colon
Physics Special Department Colloquium | Scientific Espionage, Open Exchange, and American Competitiveness (September 30, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76450 76450-19717145@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Physics

In 2015, Xiaoxing Xi was wrongfully arrested by the FBI in a case of alleged racial profiling. Since speaking out about his experience and the consequences for academic freedom, he was awarded the 2020 Andrei Sakharov Prize from the American Physical Society, which is awarded biannually to human rights advocates in the physics community.

Presentation abstract:
Amid rapidly escalating tension between the United States and China, professors, scientists, and students of Chinese ethnic origin as well as those engaging in academic collaborations with China are under heightened scrutiny by the federal government. Law enforcement officials consider collaborating with Chinese colleagues “by definition conveying sensitive information to the Chinese.” In 2015, I became a casualty of this campaign despite being innocent. This experience gave me insights into the challenges Chinese scientists face and the immediate threat to the open environment in fundamental research on university campuses.

In this talk, I will highlight the JASON Report on Fundamental Research Security, commissioned and endorsed by the National Science Foundation. It opposes profiling Chinese scholars based on the actions of the Chinese government and Chinese Communist Party, supports reaffirmation of NSDD-189, which made unrestricted fundamental research a federal policy and proposes addressing foreign influence on US research within the framework of research integrity. I urge the audience to rally around the JASON Report and speak up to defend liberty and safeguard America's research enterprise.

Co-sponsored by Indigo: The LSA Asian and Asian-American Faculty Alliance and the U-M Association of Chinese Professors.

Please register here for the webinar: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5ZfAAGdLTgylS04ds7ayuw

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Presentation Thu, 24 Sep 2020 14:13:32 -0400 2020-09-30T16:00:00-04:00 2020-09-30T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Physics Presentation Event Poster
How shall we drug the MAPK pathway in Head and Neck Cancer? From exceptional responses to Immunogenomics (October 1, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77492 77492-19875790@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 1, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Vivian Wai Yan Lui, PhD
Associate Professor and Deputy Chief
(Cancer Biology and Experimental Therapeutics)
Pharmacogenomics Working Group,
National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC), USA
Joint CUHK-NTEC Clinical Research Ethics Committee, CUHK
SBS College Coordinator, United College, CUHK
School of Biomedical Sciences
Faculty of Medicine
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

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Presentation Mon, 21 Sep 2020 11:49:50 -0400 2020-10-01T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-01T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Office of Research School of Dentistry Presentation seminar flyer
CCN Forum: Second Year Developmental Talks (October 2, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77676 77676-19901709@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 2, 2020 2:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Department of Psychology

Kristin McGatlin

Title: The effects of feedback on cognition: Friend or foe?

Abstract: Older adults often face stereotypes, especially about their memory and other cognitive abilities. They may internalize those negative beliefs (e.g., “senior moments”; “My memory just isn’t what it used to be”), ironically making them less likely to perform optimally in challenging situations and thus more vulnerable to failure. On the other hand, older adults often show resiliency in the form of the “age-related positivity effect” – an increased tendency for older adults to focus on positive, rather than negative information, compared to young adults (Carstensen & Mikels, 2005). The current research project will examine how different feedback conditions (neutral (no feedback), positive feedback to correct answers, negative feedback to errors) affects cognitive performance as well as subjective measures of motivation and related constructs in younger and older adults.

Eric Martell

Title: The Role of Social Factors on Syntactic Alignment

Abstract: Priming is the tendency to unconsciously repeat words, sentences, sounds, and concepts that we have encountered before (Dell, Burger, & Svec, 1997; Kubovy, 1977; Bock, 1986; Pickering & Garrod, 2004). Alignment is driven by priming and occurs during successful dialogue, that is when two parties have unconsciously constructed shared concepts at different linguistic levels, e.g. lexical or syntactical (Pickering & Garrod, 2004). A picture description task will help us understand if alignment, at the syntactic level, is malleable by social factors and will bring us closer to answering if alignment is a fully automatic process.

Madelyn Quirk

Title: Predicting the Pandemic: Everyone did it and no one was right: A Bayesian latent variable approach to misestimation and Covid-19

Abstract: Six months ago, Covid-19 reared its ugly head and seemed to stump science as we know it. Almost immediately, it felt like nobody knew anything but everybody had an opinion, a dangerous juxtaposition in the face of a public-health crisis. Why did some seem to believe that the virus would be gone in a week’s time, while others erred towards the opposite extreme? We had previously assessed individuals’ ability to predict the anticipated number of cumulative Covid-19 cases 3, 6, and 9 days out after being presented the cumulative number of confirmed cases at five previous dates in various presentation formats. People were very poor at this forecasting overall, but there was also a stark separation between those who overestimated and those who underestimated. So, we revisit the question of interest: What could possibly be driving this separation between the directions of misestimation? To then expand further, do the societal consequences of the two differ? My current model and the basis for this talk will explore the relationship among three latent variables of political conservatism, Covid-related social behavior, and misestimation in an effort to answer these critical questions in such unprecedented times.

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Presentation Fri, 25 Sep 2020 14:11:31 -0400 2020-10-02T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-02T15:30:00-04:00 Department of Psychology Presentation Kristin McGatlin, Eric Martell, Madelyn Quirk
Biopsychology Colloquium: Exploring Alternative Career Options: Strategies & Resources (October 6, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78039 78039-19957530@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 6, 2020 12:00pm
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This workshop will focus on resources you can leverage to explore careers outside of the professoriate, as well as strategies to best position yourself for these types of careers. We will cover transferable skills, approaches to networking, and key resources designed to support your exploration. This workshop is open to students at all points in their graduate careers, and there will be time allotted for both hands on work and questions.

Dr. Elling is the University Career Center's Coordinator for Graduate Student Career Advancement, and is embedded in Rackham to ensure easy access for graduate students to both UCC and Rackham resources. She provides individual career counseling to Ph.D. students, programming for Rackham Master's and Ph.D. students, and consults and collaborates with U-M faculty in support of graduate student career development. Prior to joining UCC/Rackham, Dr. Elling served as the Associate Director at U-M's CEW+, Interim Assistant Dean & Director for Counseling Services at Albion College, and Training Director at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Counseling Services. A U-M alumna (Bachelor’s degree in Psychology), she received her Master’s degree and PhD in Clinical Psychology from Loyola University, Chicago. Dr. Elling has a longstanding interest in women's and diversity, equity and inclusion issues, and enjoys working with people at all stages of their careers and educational journeys.

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Presentation Thu, 01 Oct 2020 16:16:31 -0400 2020-10-06T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-06T13:00:00-04:00 Department of Psychology Presentation Dr. Kirsten Elling
Social Brown Bag: (October 7, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77673 77673-19901707@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 12:00pm
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Organized By: Department of Psychology

Koji Takahashi

Title:
Extraneous affect and selective attention to health information

Abstract:
Health messages often fail to reach their intended audiences. A major reason is that health messages evoke negative emotions, motivating people to divert their attention. Many efforts to promote attention involve changing message content to make information less threatening. For some information, however, the topic itself evokes negative emotions, making it difficult or impossible to remove threat from the messages. In this talk, I will discuss evidence that extraneous affect, or emotional states unrelated to a message, can be leveraged to promote attention to health messages. I will present results from four studies showing that using guided meditation to induce low-arousal positive affect leads to greater attention to and comprehension of health messages. Importantly, we find that the valence and arousal of extraneous affect impact message processing in different ways and that these effects do not depend on how threatening people otherwise find the health information.


Iris Wang

Title
Covid at the Ballot Box: How Covid-19 impacts perceptions of voting

Abstract
The Covid-19 outbreak has greatly challenged many aspects of American life, including its electoral system. One large debate that has stemmed from the crisis is how the 2020 election should be held in a safe way, given that the polls are socially dense places with high likelihood of disease transmission. Previous work on the behavioral immune system, a set of behaviors that are designed to prevent people from coming into contact with infectious disease, has shown that disease threat increases crowding perceptions of socially dense situations. In a recent study, we tested the hypothesis that Covid-19 threat would increase people's perceptions of polling places as dangerously crowded, and therefore increase people's support for alternative voting methods such as mail-in and extended early voting. This brownbag explores the findings from this recent study.

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Presentation Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:07:40 -0400 2020-10-07T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-07T13:30:00-04:00 Department of Psychology Presentation Koji Takashashi and Iris Wang
Nam Center for Korean Studies Chuseok Festival: UMMA Virtual Tour & Charye Activity (October 7, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77706 77706-19903728@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

click here to register.: http://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_10V1K5z8RAWhSP_eN3mFlQ.

Please join a collaboration between the Nam Center for Korean Studies and the University of Michigan Museum of Art as part of our Virtual Chuseok Dae Party 2020!

The UMMA docents will guide participants through a live chu-seok experience, also known as Korean Thanksgiving or Harvest Festival. The interactive webinar will focus on objects used in cha-rye, a ritual used to honor ancestors often practiced during major holidays in Korea. Participants will even have the chance to set up their own cha-rye tables from the comfort of home! For more information, including an illustrated PDF to download, please visit the Nam Center for Korean Studies' website. 

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Presentation Wed, 07 Oct 2020 18:16:01 -0400 2020-10-07T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-07T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Rewriting Human History and Empowering Indigenous Communities with Genome Editing Tools (October 7, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76638 76638-19733031@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 4:00pm
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The Department of Anthropology & The Evolution and Human Adaptation Program (EHAP) at the University of Michigan area proud to present our fall 2020 speaker series: Genetics, Evolution and Human Behavior

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Presentation Wed, 30 Sep 2020 09:40:55 -0400 2020-10-07T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-07T17:00:00-04:00 Department of Psychology Presentation Keolu Fox
Engineering an immunological niche for early detection of immune dysfunction (October 8, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77515 77515-19877791@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Lonnie Shea, PhD
William and Valerie Hall Chair
Steven A. Goldstein Collegiate Professor
Biomedical Engineering
University of Michigan

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Presentation Mon, 21 Sep 2020 13:40:07 -0400 2020-10-08T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Office of Research School of Dentistry Presentation flyer
CFE TechLab Programs Info Session (October 8, 2020 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77446 77446-19854031@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 4:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Entrepreneurship

This is your opportunity to ask TechLab staff and instructors anything and everything! During this info session, we’ll go deeper into program specifics and have you leave with a better understanding of how TechLab Climate Change and TechLab at Mcity can help you with your entrepreneurial career goals.

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Presentation Fri, 18 Sep 2020 14:31:58 -0400 2020-10-08T16:30:00-04:00 2020-10-08T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Entrepreneurship Presentation Students visiting IA Ventures in D.C.
The Virtual Mark Webster Reading Series (October 9, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75949 75949-19627784@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Click here to login. : https://tinyurl.com/WebsterSeries.

One MFA student of fiction and one of poetry, each introduced by a peer, will read their work. The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting. Tune in to enjoy work from the next generation of authors.

This week's reading features Drew Nelles [Fiction] and Julia McDaniel [Poetry]. ​ Organized by the MFA in Creative Writing Program and presented in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art. For questions or accommodation needs, contact co-hosts David Freeman (dfrman@umich.edu) or Lauren Morrow (lmmorrow@umich.edu).

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Presentation Fri, 09 Oct 2020 18:15:58 -0400 2020-10-09T19:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T20:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Ask-a-Docent: Ibrahim Mahama (October 11, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77982 77982-19949609@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 11, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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UMMA is wrapped! In-Between The World and Dreams presents an outdoor, public installation at a time when our indoor spaces and opportunity for collective engagement with the arts are limited. As part of the U-M Institute for Humanities led project, IH, UMMA, and the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History each presents work from artist Ibrahim Mahama, whose use of decommissioned jute sacks as artistic material celebrates the often-invisible labor of Black and brown people behind global exchange and commerce while acknowledging the troubling histories of colonialism and slavery in the Western world.  

Explore Ibrahim Mahama's outdoor installation with experienced museum docents, who will be standing outside the Frankel Family Wing (weather permitting) to answer questions and provide context for this exciting work. Reminder: Only UM community members (students, staff, and faculty holding an MCard) are allowed inside the museum building during open hours. 

 

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Presentation Sun, 11 Oct 2020 18:15:58 -0400 2020-10-11T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-11T16:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Developmental Brown Bag: The effect of Foreigner Talk on Children's Evaluations of Addressees and Speakers (October 12, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78101 78101-19965450@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 12, 2020 12:00pm
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Organized By: Department of Psychology

Abstract:
A growing literature suggests accent serves as an important social category for infants and young children. Children show early social preferences for native over non-native speakers, and this tendency may lay the foundation for future accent prejudice observed in adulthood. However, children do not hear non-native accents in a vacuum; instead, their experiences with accent are informed by a number of factors within a broader communicative context. One factor that may be of particular importance is the speech register typically associated with native speakers talking to non-native speakers-- a register known as Foreigner Talk. This talk reports on three studies that examine whether Foreigner Talk affects children's (ages 5-10, N = 308) and adults' (N = 216) evaluations of those speaking and receiving Foreigner Talk. The findings provide insight into how conversational choices may impact children's developing conceptions of non-native speakers specifically, and outgroup members more broadly.

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Presentation Tue, 06 Oct 2020 12:45:17 -0400 2020-10-12T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-12T13:00:00-04:00 Department of Psychology Presentation Danielle Labotka
The Evolution of Basketball with Data Science (October 12, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78271 78271-20002854@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 12, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

For the last couple of decades, most industries have grown to take advantage of the information gained from data collection. As that happened, professional sports teams started to catch on. Baseball took the lead thanks to the amount of data collected over the years, which dates to the 1800s, but a lot of other professional sports followed and put more attention to their data collection. With technological advancements, particularly high-speed cameras, storage capacities and image recognition, more dynamic sports started to collect richer and richer data. The insights derived from this data started shifting the way the game is played and the way players are evaluated. This talk will take you through the evolution of data science in basketball and give examples of how data is shifting the way teams make decisions on and off the court.

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Presentation Wed, 07 Oct 2020 09:55:02 -0400 2020-10-12T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-12T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Institute for Data Science Presentation https://umich.zoom.us/j/94496488704
Resilient Leadership in a Dynamic World featuring Tonya Allen, CEO of The Skillman Foundation (October 13, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78353 78353-20012792@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan School of Public Health

Tonya Allen, MPH and MSW '96, President and CEO of The Skillman Foundation brings her insights to leadership in a conversation with School of Public Health Dean DuBois Bowman.

In our dynamic world, the pursuit of health equity is both valiant and never complete. Generations of public health leaders have devoted themselves to the ultimate goal of a healthier, more equitable world for all. Bringing contemporary leaders to share their insights, vision, and perseverance is the principle of Ahead of the Curve, a new speaker series from the University of Michigan School of Public Health. The series launches in the fall of 2020 with a focus on personal storytelling from dynamic leaders during a pandemic and beyond.

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Presentation Thu, 08 Oct 2020 16:05:02 -0400 2020-10-13T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-13T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan School of Public Health Presentation image of Tonya Allen smiling in her office at the Skillman Foundation
Social Brown Bag: (October 14, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77674 77674-19901708@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 12:00pm
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Organized By: Department of Psychology

Julisa Lopez

Title
Racialized Representations: Differences in the Acceptability of Redface and Blackface

Abstract
There have been several high-profile instances of individuals being called out and sanctioned for the use of racialized representations -- representations that reflect stereotypical, caricaturizations of racial groups, such as blackface and redface. Notably, the incidents which led to the fiercest backlash were instances of blackface. Indeed, from 2014 to 2019, 104,097 news article titles included the term “blackface”, while only 614 news article titles include the term “redface”. This is especially concerning given the voracity at which Native people protest the continued use of redface every sport season. The current research explores how the lack of understanding of the lived experiences of Native people (i.e., viewing Natives as frozen in the past, denying Natives experiences with discrimination and racism) helps explain why blackface is understood as unacceptable, while redface is given far less attention and incur less social disapproval.

Amelie Rossmaier

Title
Do people conform more with the group during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Abstract
The current pandemic poses a threat to virtually everyone while producing enormous uncertainty in life. According to classic theories of social influence, the combination of an external threat and uncertainty should foster conformity to majority views. Here, we tested this possibility by taking advantage of a study on conformity of attitudes conducted in the fall of 2019 on a group of American undergraduates. We repeated this study in April 2020 during the pandemic. As predicted, we observed a significant increase of attitude shifts toward the national means during the pandemic, compared to the pre-pandemic period. We will discuss reasons for and possible implications of this effect and look at other factors that might make us conform more or less.

Imani Burris

Title
Challenge Mindset: Leveraging Adversity as a Source of Strength

Abstract
Although adversity often undermines long-term wellbeing, successfully making meaning of adversity (i.e., understanding why adversity occurs) mitigates these negative effects. In the current work, I propose challenge mindset (i.e., the belief that adversity creates opportunities for personal growth and functions as a source of strength to confront future challenges) as a form of successful meaning-making. In particular, I theorize that endorsing a challenge mindset helps people cope with and, when possible, overcome adverse experiences. In this talk, I present two correlational studies (N = 522), which provide empirical evidence that challenge mindset is a reliable and valid construct. Further, I show that challenge mindset endorsements are meaningfully related to past and ongoing adverse experiences, as well as the use of adaptive coping strategies. I conclude my talk by discussing next steps and the practical implications of challenge mindset endorsements.

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Presentation Tue, 06 Oct 2020 13:56:32 -0400 2020-10-14T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T13:30:00-04:00 Department of Psychology Presentation Julia Lopez, Amelie Rossmaier, Imani Burris
Pharmacogenomic variation and implications for evolutionary medicine (October 14, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76639 76639-19733032@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 4:00pm
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Organized By: Department of Psychology

The Department of Anthropology & The Evolution and Human Adaptation Program (EHAP) at the University of Michigan area proud to present our fall 2020 speaker series: Genetics, Evolution and Human Behavior

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Presentation Thu, 08 Oct 2020 15:06:48 -0400 2020-10-14T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T17:00:00-04:00 Department of Psychology Presentation Katrina Claw
Honors Grand Rounds with Mohammed Moursi, MD (October 14, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76326 76326-19687519@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Honors Program

Join Stephanie Chervin, Honors premed advisor, for a virtual live discussion with Honors alum Mohammed Moursi, MD; Chief of Vascular Surgery University of Arkansas. This program is for current LSA Honors Program students only. A link to the virtual event will be sent to all registrants before the event.

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Presentation Fri, 28 Aug 2020 15:29:24 -0400 2020-10-14T19:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Honors Program Presentation Dr. Moursi