Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Grad School and Beyond Workshop (March 1, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82431 82431-21098211@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Sociology

Panelists include: Sidney Harris, Jen Triplett, Shauna Dyer, and Jamie Budnick
IDiscussion about how the defense works, the process of continuing to work on the paper and sending it out for publication, and different ways it can relate to dissertation research

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 23 Feb 2021 10:01:43 -0500 2021-03-01T13:00:00-05:00 2021-03-01T14:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Sociology Workshop / Seminar
ISR Insights Speaker Series – Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It (March 3, 2021 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81973 81973-20998841@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

ISR Insights Speaker Series is a series focusing on the research happening at ISR.

Ethan Kross (Faculty Associate, Research Center for Group Dynamics; Professor, Management & Organizations Area, Ross School of Business; Professor, Department of Psychology, LSA)

Wednesday, March 3, 11am EST: https://umich.zoom.us/j/95763691351

Tell a stranger that you talk to yourself, and you’re likely to get written off as eccentric. But the truth is that we all have a voice in our head. In this ISR Insights talk, University of Michigan professor Ethan Kross joins Dave Mayer (Ross School of Business) to discuss Kross’ new book, Chatter. Interweaving behavioral and brain research from Kross’ lab with colorful real-world case studies, Kross explains how these conversations shape our lives, work, and relationships.

This talk is co-sponsored by Literati Bookstore, where you can purchase Kross’ new book: https://www.literatibookstore.com/book/9780525575238

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 10 Feb 2021 16:23:00 -0500 2021-03-03T11:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion flyer
CJS Lecture Series | How Japan Got It Wrong: Government Policy, Gender, and the Birth Rate (March 4, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79789 79789-20493918@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Please note, all posted event times are in the U.S. Eastern Time Zone.

Over the past three decades, the Japanese government has enacted a series of measures to boost the country’s anemic birth rate. Nevertheless, the birth rate has hovered around 1.4 children per woman, far below what is required for the population to reproduce itself. Why haven’t the policies worked? I argue that policies that have focused on trying to make women’s work lives more like men’s have fundamentally missed the mark. Not only have such policies failed to raise the birth rate, they have also arguably exacerbated gender inequality. This paper suggests that future government and workplace policies move in a different direction.

Mary C. Brinton is the Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology at Harvard University and the Director of the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies. Her research focuses on contemporary Japanese society and economy, labor markets, social demography, and gender inequality. She has published widely on gender inequality in Japan and in East Asia more broadly.

Zoom registration is required here: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JsLH5WpASsyrQLLYRqMn9g

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 10 Dec 2020 11:50:21 -0500 2021-03-04T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Livestream / Virtual Mary C. Brinton, Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology, Harvard University
An Introduction to CJARS: A new data platform for integrated criminal justice research (March 5, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81913 81913-20990884@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Webinar and Live Q&A

CJARS is a next generation data platform built on over 2+ billion lines of raw data, looking to transform criminal justice research and statistical reporting as we know it. The system, which grows each and everyday, currently contains over 133 million criminal justice events from arrest to parole, occurring in 18 states, covering over 33 million individuals. All of this data can be integrated at the individual level with extensive, longitudinal socio-economic data in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau.

Topics to include:
- Contents and coverage of CJARS data infrastructure
- Comparison to existing BJS statistical series
- Opportunities for data linkage in the Federal Statistical Research
Data Center network
- Application process to work with CJARS data
- Resources available to support early-stage researchers

Interested researchers should register: https://forms.gle/xgmobvXtbLKKRFSPA
(Event link will be provided after registering)

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 09 Feb 2021 12:30:48 -0500 2021-03-05T14:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Livestream / Virtual CJARS - Criminal Justice Administrative Records System
An Introduction to CJARS: A new data platform for integrated criminal justice research (March 9, 2021 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81913 81913-20990885@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 10:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Webinar and Live Q&A

CJARS is a next generation data platform built on over 2+ billion lines of raw data, looking to transform criminal justice research and statistical reporting as we know it. The system, which grows each and everyday, currently contains over 133 million criminal justice events from arrest to parole, occurring in 18 states, covering over 33 million individuals. All of this data can be integrated at the individual level with extensive, longitudinal socio-economic data in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau.

Topics to include:
- Contents and coverage of CJARS data infrastructure
- Comparison to existing BJS statistical series
- Opportunities for data linkage in the Federal Statistical Research
Data Center network
- Application process to work with CJARS data
- Resources available to support early-stage researchers

Interested researchers should register: https://forms.gle/xgmobvXtbLKKRFSPA
(Event link will be provided after registering)

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 09 Feb 2021 12:30:48 -0500 2021-03-09T10:30:00-05:00 2021-03-09T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Livestream / Virtual CJARS - Criminal Justice Administrative Records System
The Disappeared: A Human Rights Film Series & Discussion (March 11, 2021 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81374 81374-20887849@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 11, 2021 4:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Midlife Science

During Winter semester, a series of human rights films that focus on the theme of disappearances will be shown through Zoom. Discussion will follow the movie.

The Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, Florida was supposed to be a place where troubled kids could go to straighten out their lives. What these boys found there would instead leave lasting scars and dozens of unexplained deaths.Deadly Secrets follows the work of forensic anthropologist Dr. Erin Kimmerle from the University of South Florida, who has made it her personal mission to uncover the truth behind these mysterious deaths and disappearances. With unprecedented access to family members, photography and old records, Dr. Kimmerle and reporter Ben Montgomery expose the truth behind Dozier's missing boys, providing closure to families that have been haunted by this nightmare for decades.

DISCUSSANTS
Susan Waltz (Ford School of Public Policy) & Sioban Harlow (School of public health); moderated by Leigh Pearce (School of Public Health).

REGISTRATION REQUIRED
https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BiMutdkDRjG81-ZW85-5Og

READINGS & RESOURCES
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SH9iTfwRkpX00Y8BMNMd1Ib9wX-ruDB_3sgv9SXa2io/edit?usp=sharing

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Film Screening Tue, 02 Mar 2021 13:31:54 -0500 2021-03-11T16:30:00-05:00 2021-03-11T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Midlife Science Film Screening March 11 Dozier School for Boys (FL, U.S.)
Annual Distinguished Lecture on Europe. "At Least We Don't Do That Here." How Europe (Mis)Understands Black America (March 19, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80396 80396-20713712@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 19, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for European Studies

European views on Black America are informed by a range of contradictory tendencies: amnesia about its own colonial past, ambivalence about its racial present, a tradition of anti-racism and international solidarity, and an often fraught geo-political relationship with the United States itself. From the vantage point of a continent that both resents and covets American power, and is in little position to do anything about it, African Americans represent to many in Europe a redemptive force—living proof that the U.S. is both not all that it claims to be and could be so much greater than it is. This sense of superiority is made possible, in no small part, by a woefully, willfully incomplete and toxic nostalgia of Europe's own colonial history which has left significant room for denial, distortion, ignorance, and sophistry. The result, in the post-war era, has been moments of solidarity often impaired by exocitization or infantilization in which Europe has found it easier to export anti-racism across the Atlantic than to practice it at home or export it across the Mediterranean and beyond.

Gary Younge is a journalist, author, broadcaster, and professor of sociology at the University of Manchester in England. Formerly a U.S.-based columnist and editor-at-large for *The Guardian*, he is an editorial board member of *The Nation* magazine, an Alfred Knobler Fellow for Type Media, and a Fellow of the British Academy of Social Sciences. His most recent book, *Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives*, won the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize from Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation. His writing and research cover social movements, inequality, race, immigration, identity, and politics. Younge studied French and Russian at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh and journalism at City University of London.

Registration for this Zoom webinar is required at http://myumi.ch/VPOvz.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 19 Jan 2021 08:32:47 -0500 2021-03-19T12:00:00-04:00 2021-03-19T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for European Studies Lecture / Discussion Gary Younge
CREES Noon Lecture. Resettlement or Return? Shifting IDP Attitudes in Ukraine (March 24, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80892 80892-20817014@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

In 2016 the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ukraine reached 1.6 million, the vast majority of whom fled the conflict in the Donbas region of Eastern Ukraine, initiated in early 2014. In this paper, Cynthia Buckley focuses on how the duration of displacement, household composition, and region of resettlement among the displaced in Ukraine challenge and inform both policy and demographic approaches to internal forced migration and explore the implications of this sizable displacement for regional population trends and demands on state capacity in the long term. Employing Ukrainian government data, UNHCR reports, and a longitudinal set of surveys by the International Organization for Migration, Professor Buckley explores relationships between IDP characteristics and region of resettlement and their intentions to return to pre-displacement areas of residence. Findings extend our understanding of the challenges raised by displacement for the Ukrainian state, in addition to inviting a reconsideration of more general approaches to IDP processes and implications.

Cynthia Buckley is a CREES Visiting Scholar for the 2020-21 academic year. Professor Buckley received her Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Michigan in 1991 before joining the faculty of the University of Texas, Austin. Between 2010-12 she served as the Program Director for Eurasia at the Social Science Research Council, later moving to the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. A social demographer, her research focuses on the main drivers, and implications, of demographic change across Eurasia and appears in numerous academic journals, policy briefs, assessment reports, and edited volumes. Her current research focuses on a MINERVA-funded investigation of state capacity challenges in the areas of healthcare (including COVID-19), elections, and education in the multicultural countries of Estonia, Georgia, and Ukraine (with Ralph Clem and Erik Herron), and a solo book project on population change and social stability in Central Asia.

Registration is required for this Zoom webinar at https://myumi.ch/2DqvA

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at crees@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 17 Mar 2021 08:50:33 -0400 2021-03-24T12:00:00-04:00 2021-03-24T13:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion Buckley IDP map (produced by Samantha Lenoch, Central Eurasian State Capacity Initiative)
James S. Jackson’s Continuing Legacy and Contributions to Social and Behavioral Research on Black Americans (March 24, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82484 82484-21108104@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

ISR Insights Speaker Series – James S. Jackson’s Continuing Legacy and Contributions to Social and Behavioral Research on Black Americans

Wednesday, March 24, 1pm EST. https://umich.zoom.us/j/99879554198

Panelists: Robert Taylor (Harold R Johnson Endowed Professor of Social Work, Sheila Feld Collegiate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, and Faculty Associate, RCGD); Belinda Tucker (Professor Emerita of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, and the Special Liaison for Faculty Development, UCLA); and Phillip Bowman (Professor, Higher and Postsecondary Education at the U-M International Institute)

Join Robert Taylor, Belinda Tucker, and Phillip Bowman for a panel discussion on the continuing legacy and contributions of James S. Jackson.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 24 Feb 2021 16:45:04 -0500 2021-03-24T13:00:00-04:00 2021-03-24T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion event flyer
How the Measurement and Meaning of Family Structure Shape Research on Young Adult Racial Inequality (April 5, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80124 80124-21397361@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 5, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

POSTPONED.
This event will be rescheduled for a future date.
POSTPONED.




At the population level, Black and White youth in the United States enter adulthood after a lifetime of divergent family structure experiences. A substantial social science literature has investigated whether this variation in childhood family structure contributes to racial disparities in the timing, sequence, and context of events in the transition into adulthood. This discussion adopts a critical perspective on mainstream research on this topic. The panelists highlight opportunities in family demography, social stratification, human development, and race and ethnic studies to advance theory, measurement, and empirical modeling in order to more accurately reflect Black family organization and to situate Black and White families in the a broader context of racialized social, economic, and political inequality.

Paula Fomby is a research associate professor in the Survey Research Center and Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan. She holds a PhD in Sociology with an emphasis in social demography from University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research considers how family composition and family process contribute to variation in child and young adult well-being, particularly in the context of social inequality. Fomby is the associate director of the UM Population Studies Center, a co-investigator on the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), and the associate director of the PSID Child Development Supplement.

Christina Cross is a postdoctoral fellow and incoming assistant professor of Sociology at Harvard University. She completed her PhD in Sociology and Public Policy at University of Michigan. Her research examines how family structure, change, and dynamics influence individual wellbeing across the life course, particularly among minority and/or low-income populations. Much of her work has focused on childhood as a key stage in the life course for the emergence and accumulation of social advantages or disadvantages.

Bethany Letiecq is an associate professor in the Human Development and Family Science program at George Mason University. - She received her PhD in health education/family studies and her MS in family and community development from the University of Maryland, College Park.Dr. Letiecq employs community-based participatory and action research approaches to conduct research in partnership with families systematically marginalized by society to promote family health and justice. She is keenly interested in how social policies and practices facilitate or hinder family functioning and health across all families.

**Presented in partnership with the DEI Educational Programs Working Group: Inclusive Teaching Series and the Michigan Program in Survey Methodology.**

Population Studies Center (PSC) Brown Bag seminars highlight recent research in population studies and serve as a focal point for building our research community.

https://umich.zoom.us/j/96714721560

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 05 Apr 2021 10:10:10 -0400 2021-04-05T12:00:00-04:00 2021-04-05T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Poster
Coded Bias - Free Film Screening (April 8, 2021 12:01am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83579 83579-21430617@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 8, 2021 12:01am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Information Assurance

The U-M Dissonance Event Series invites you to watch a free, on-demand screening of the documentary film Coded Bias. Watch Coded Bias on-demand anytime between Thursday, April 8, through Wednesday, April 14.

Visit the Dissonance events page to learn more, watch the trailer and receive the passcode you will need to access Coded Bias and watch the film for free.

https://safecomputing.umich.edu/events/dissonance/coded-bias-free-movie-viewing

Please also join us over Zoom on Thursday, April 15 at 4 p.m. EST for an "At the Movies" style panel discussion of the film Coded Bias. A panel of U-M experts will exchange views on the challenges presented by technologies that reflect the systemic biases in American society.

Links to the panel discussion can be found on the same event link above and on Happenings at Michigan on Thursday, April 15.

Access to Coded Bias and the panel discussion are brought to you by the Dissonance Event Series, ITS Information Assurance, the U-M School of Information, and the Law School’s Privacy and Technology Law Association.

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Film Screening Fri, 09 Apr 2021 14:43:58 -0400 2021-04-08T00:01:00-04:00 2021-04-08T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Information Assurance Film Screening Dissonance Event Series: Free Screening of the Film Coded Bias
Coded Bias - Free Film Screening (April 9, 2021 12:01am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83579 83579-21430618@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 9, 2021 12:01am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Information Assurance

The U-M Dissonance Event Series invites you to watch a free, on-demand screening of the documentary film Coded Bias. Watch Coded Bias on-demand anytime between Thursday, April 8, through Wednesday, April 14.

Visit the Dissonance events page to learn more, watch the trailer and receive the passcode you will need to access Coded Bias and watch the film for free.

https://safecomputing.umich.edu/events/dissonance/coded-bias-free-movie-viewing

Please also join us over Zoom on Thursday, April 15 at 4 p.m. EST for an "At the Movies" style panel discussion of the film Coded Bias. A panel of U-M experts will exchange views on the challenges presented by technologies that reflect the systemic biases in American society.

Links to the panel discussion can be found on the same event link above and on Happenings at Michigan on Thursday, April 15.

Access to Coded Bias and the panel discussion are brought to you by the Dissonance Event Series, ITS Information Assurance, the U-M School of Information, and the Law School’s Privacy and Technology Law Association.

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Film Screening Fri, 09 Apr 2021 14:43:58 -0400 2021-04-09T00:01:00-04:00 2021-04-09T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Information Assurance Film Screening Dissonance Event Series: Free Screening of the Film Coded Bias
Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Information Webinar (April 9, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83180 83180-21288792@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 9, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

Learn about opportunities to earn a Masters or Doctoral degree in Survey and Data Science. Students in the program receive theoretical grounding in all aspects of survey methodology, from sample design and measurement, to data collection, extraction and wrangling, data visualization, statistical estimation, and probability and distribution theory. Students have the opportunity to explore novel ways to develop applications of survey methodology in a wide variety of field.

Advance registration is required, bit.ly/38YZLj1

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Presentation Fri, 19 Mar 2021 11:09:33 -0400 2021-04-09T12:00:00-04:00 2021-04-09T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Presentation Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Information Webinar
Coded Bias - Free Film Screening (April 10, 2021 12:01am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83579 83579-21430619@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 10, 2021 12:01am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Information Assurance

The U-M Dissonance Event Series invites you to watch a free, on-demand screening of the documentary film Coded Bias. Watch Coded Bias on-demand anytime between Thursday, April 8, through Wednesday, April 14.

Visit the Dissonance events page to learn more, watch the trailer and receive the passcode you will need to access Coded Bias and watch the film for free.

https://safecomputing.umich.edu/events/dissonance/coded-bias-free-movie-viewing

Please also join us over Zoom on Thursday, April 15 at 4 p.m. EST for an "At the Movies" style panel discussion of the film Coded Bias. A panel of U-M experts will exchange views on the challenges presented by technologies that reflect the systemic biases in American society.

Links to the panel discussion can be found on the same event link above and on Happenings at Michigan on Thursday, April 15.

Access to Coded Bias and the panel discussion are brought to you by the Dissonance Event Series, ITS Information Assurance, the U-M School of Information, and the Law School’s Privacy and Technology Law Association.

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Film Screening Fri, 09 Apr 2021 14:43:58 -0400 2021-04-10T00:01:00-04:00 2021-04-10T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Information Assurance Film Screening Dissonance Event Series: Free Screening of the Film Coded Bias
Coded Bias - Free Film Screening (April 11, 2021 12:01am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83579 83579-21430620@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 11, 2021 12:01am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Information Assurance

The U-M Dissonance Event Series invites you to watch a free, on-demand screening of the documentary film Coded Bias. Watch Coded Bias on-demand anytime between Thursday, April 8, through Wednesday, April 14.

Visit the Dissonance events page to learn more, watch the trailer and receive the passcode you will need to access Coded Bias and watch the film for free.

https://safecomputing.umich.edu/events/dissonance/coded-bias-free-movie-viewing

Please also join us over Zoom on Thursday, April 15 at 4 p.m. EST for an "At the Movies" style panel discussion of the film Coded Bias. A panel of U-M experts will exchange views on the challenges presented by technologies that reflect the systemic biases in American society.

Links to the panel discussion can be found on the same event link above and on Happenings at Michigan on Thursday, April 15.

Access to Coded Bias and the panel discussion are brought to you by the Dissonance Event Series, ITS Information Assurance, the U-M School of Information, and the Law School’s Privacy and Technology Law Association.

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Film Screening Fri, 09 Apr 2021 14:43:58 -0400 2021-04-11T00:01:00-04:00 2021-04-11T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Information Assurance Film Screening Dissonance Event Series: Free Screening of the Film Coded Bias
Coded Bias - Free Film Screening (April 12, 2021 12:01am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83579 83579-21430621@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 12, 2021 12:01am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Information Assurance

The U-M Dissonance Event Series invites you to watch a free, on-demand screening of the documentary film Coded Bias. Watch Coded Bias on-demand anytime between Thursday, April 8, through Wednesday, April 14.

Visit the Dissonance events page to learn more, watch the trailer and receive the passcode you will need to access Coded Bias and watch the film for free.

https://safecomputing.umich.edu/events/dissonance/coded-bias-free-movie-viewing

Please also join us over Zoom on Thursday, April 15 at 4 p.m. EST for an "At the Movies" style panel discussion of the film Coded Bias. A panel of U-M experts will exchange views on the challenges presented by technologies that reflect the systemic biases in American society.

Links to the panel discussion can be found on the same event link above and on Happenings at Michigan on Thursday, April 15.

Access to Coded Bias and the panel discussion are brought to you by the Dissonance Event Series, ITS Information Assurance, the U-M School of Information, and the Law School’s Privacy and Technology Law Association.

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Film Screening Fri, 09 Apr 2021 14:43:58 -0400 2021-04-12T00:01:00-04:00 2021-04-12T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Information Assurance Film Screening Dissonance Event Series: Free Screening of the Film Coded Bias
Coded Bias - Free Film Screening (April 13, 2021 12:01am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83579 83579-21430622@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 12:01am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Information Assurance

The U-M Dissonance Event Series invites you to watch a free, on-demand screening of the documentary film Coded Bias. Watch Coded Bias on-demand anytime between Thursday, April 8, through Wednesday, April 14.

Visit the Dissonance events page to learn more, watch the trailer and receive the passcode you will need to access Coded Bias and watch the film for free.

https://safecomputing.umich.edu/events/dissonance/coded-bias-free-movie-viewing

Please also join us over Zoom on Thursday, April 15 at 4 p.m. EST for an "At the Movies" style panel discussion of the film Coded Bias. A panel of U-M experts will exchange views on the challenges presented by technologies that reflect the systemic biases in American society.

Links to the panel discussion can be found on the same event link above and on Happenings at Michigan on Thursday, April 15.

Access to Coded Bias and the panel discussion are brought to you by the Dissonance Event Series, ITS Information Assurance, the U-M School of Information, and the Law School’s Privacy and Technology Law Association.

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Film Screening Fri, 09 Apr 2021 14:43:58 -0400 2021-04-13T00:01:00-04:00 2021-04-13T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Information Assurance Film Screening Dissonance Event Series: Free Screening of the Film Coded Bias
Coded Bias - Free Film Screening (April 14, 2021 12:01am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83579 83579-21430623@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 12:01am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Information Assurance

The U-M Dissonance Event Series invites you to watch a free, on-demand screening of the documentary film Coded Bias. Watch Coded Bias on-demand anytime between Thursday, April 8, through Wednesday, April 14.

Visit the Dissonance events page to learn more, watch the trailer and receive the passcode you will need to access Coded Bias and watch the film for free.

https://safecomputing.umich.edu/events/dissonance/coded-bias-free-movie-viewing

Please also join us over Zoom on Thursday, April 15 at 4 p.m. EST for an "At the Movies" style panel discussion of the film Coded Bias. A panel of U-M experts will exchange views on the challenges presented by technologies that reflect the systemic biases in American society.

Links to the panel discussion can be found on the same event link above and on Happenings at Michigan on Thursday, April 15.

Access to Coded Bias and the panel discussion are brought to you by the Dissonance Event Series, ITS Information Assurance, the U-M School of Information, and the Law School’s Privacy and Technology Law Association.

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Film Screening Fri, 09 Apr 2021 14:43:58 -0400 2021-04-14T00:01:00-04:00 2021-04-14T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Information Assurance Film Screening Dissonance Event Series: Free Screening of the Film Coded Bias
Coded Bias "At the Movies" Panel Discussion (April 15, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83580 83580-21430624@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 15, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Information Assurance

Join a panel of U-M experts over Zoom for an "At the Movies" style discussion of the film Coded Bias. The panelists will exchange views on the challenges presented by technologies that reflect the systemic biases in American society. Panelists include:
- Nazanin Andalibi, assistant professor of information, School of Information; assistant professor of Digital Studies Institute, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA)
- Mingyan Liu, Peter and Evelyn Fuss Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS)
- Nicholson Price, professor of law, Law School
- Grace Trinidad (moderator), Ethics, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) postdoctoral fellow, School of Public Health

AVAILABLE PRIOR TO THE DISCUSSION
To be better informed prior to the Coded Bias panel discussion, be sure to take time to watch a free screening of the film between April 8 and April 14. More information is available at https://safecomputing.umich.edu/events/dissonance/coded-bias-free-movie-viewing

Access to Coded Bias and the panel discussion are brought to you by the Dissonance Event Series, ITS Information Assurance, the U-M School of Information, and the Law School’s Privacy and Technology Law Association.

Add the panel discussion to your Google Calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r/eventedit/copy/MWZjMnFtNmw0MzN2MDk0cmRyaHQ4b3VpMTggdW1pY2guZWR1X2ZkczI0Z2V2cGE0MnY5NTc2bG5wZTJjbWxrQGc

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 09 Apr 2021 14:43:13 -0400 2021-04-15T16:00:00-04:00 2021-04-15T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Information Assurance Lecture / Discussion Dissonance Event Series: Panel Discussion on the film Coded Bias
Earnings Assimilation of Second-and Later-Generation Men: Evidence from Administrative Records (April 19, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80921 80921-20824848@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 19, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Dr Andrés Villarreal (University of California, Los Angeles) will discuss "Earnings Assimilation of Second-and Later-Generation Men: Evidence from Administrative Records"

Contact PSC Office for Zoom details.

Abstract: The systematic study of immigrants’ economic assimilation requires an analysis of both intra- and intergenerational mobility, that is, of the progress made by each immigrant generation over the course of their own lives and relative to their parents. In this study we examine both types of mobility using a unique dataset linking respondents of multiple waves of the Current Population Survey (CPS) to their longitudinal tax records. This longitudinal information allows us follow individuals’ earnings trajectories and measure the extent to which second-generation men are able to reduce the earnings gap with later generations during their lifetimes. To overcome the limitations of previous studies examining intergenerational mobility we match a sample of second- and later-generation children to their actual parents. Our matching strategy allows us to identify the exact third generation and to evaluate the contribution of ethnic attrition. We find large ethnoracial disparities in earnings mobility consistent with segmented assimilation theory. The earnings assimilation of Hispanic men stalls or reverses during the course of the second generation rather than in the third generation as previously thought. Once the lower earnings of first-generation parents are taken into account, second-generation Hispanic men experience lower intergenerational earnings mobility.



BIO:
Andrés Villarreal is a sociologist and social demographer specializing in the areas of international migration, race and ethnicity, social stratification, and health in social context. Much of his research focuses on Latin America and the Latin American-origin population in the U.S. Within the area of immigration he seeks to understand how population movements are driven by economic changes, and the consequences that these movements have for social wellbeing. In an ongoing research project he is examining the long-term economic assimilation of immigrants in the U.S. using administrative data. In a new line of research he is exploring the social and demographic consequences of the opioid epidemic.

Population Studies Center (PSC) Brown Bag seminars highlight recent research in population studies and serve as a focal point for building our research community.

Contact PSC Office for Zoom details.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 12 Apr 2021 15:18:11 -0400 2021-04-19T12:00:00-04:00 2021-04-19T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Andrés Villarreal
Links Between Culture and Sanitation (April 20, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83816 83816-21540180@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 2:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Project RISHI

Dr. Balmurli Natrajan, Professor of Anthropology at William Paterson University will speak on the social practices in communities where open defecation is prevalent, toilet use, and sanitation practices in India. The discussion will center around the link between culture and accepting modern adaptations in rural communities. RSVP Here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdaJwRFl1WH56j3j604SnuPiLF5vRvgiAHais0Hse4ISjAATA/viewform

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 20 Apr 2021 14:07:20 -0400 2021-04-20T14:00:00-04:00 2021-04-20T15:00:00-04:00 Project RISHI Conference / Symposium Dr. Balmurli Natrajan, Professor of Anthropology at William Paterson University
Bioethics Discussion: Abdication (April 20, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58841 58841-14563735@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A discussion on our renunciation.

Join us at: https://umich.zoom.us/j/99926126455

A few readings to consider:
––The Idea of Legitimate Authority in the Practice of Medicine
––Decentralization of health care systems and health outcomes: Evidence from a natural experiment
––Vox Populi or Abdication of Responsibility?: The Influence of the Irish Citizens’ Assembly on the Public Discourse Regarding Abortion, 2016-2019
––Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor
For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings visit http://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/060-abdication/.

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Before you give up, consider the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Jan 2021 09:38:57 -0500 2021-04-20T19:00:00-04:00 2021-04-20T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Abdication
OS Honors Symposium (April 22, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83093 83093-21266978@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 22, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Organizational Studies Program (OS)

Join us virtually as our 2021 honors students, Rachel Klein and Brianne VanDyke, present their research and findings to the OS community.

For any questions, contact Honors Advisor Dr. Lisa Fein (lisafein@umich.edu)
Zoom link will be provided to those that register.

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Presentation Wed, 17 Mar 2021 12:04:00 -0400 2021-04-22T14:00:00-04:00 2021-04-22T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Organizational Studies Program (OS) Presentation OS honors symposium event image
Links Between Culture and Sanitation (April 22, 2021 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83816 83816-21540179@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 22, 2021 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Project RISHI

Dr. Balmurli Natrajan, Professor of Anthropology at William Paterson University will speak on the social practices in communities where open defecation is prevalent, toilet use, and sanitation practices in India. The discussion will center around the link between culture and accepting modern adaptations in rural communities. RSVP Here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdaJwRFl1WH56j3j604SnuPiLF5vRvgiAHais0Hse4ISjAATA/viewform

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 20 Apr 2021 14:07:20 -0400 2021-04-22T17:00:00-04:00 2021-04-22T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Project RISHI Conference / Symposium Dr. Balmurli Natrajan, Professor of Anthropology at William Paterson University
Stress and Health in Context: The Role of Negative Relationships (April 28, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83765 83765-21501085@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 28, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Stress and Health in Context: The Role of Negative Relationships
Wednesday, April 28, 1pm EDT: https://umich.zoom.us/j/98477632981

A burgeoning literature shows social ties are integral for health and survival. Kira Birditt‘s program of research focuses on negative aspects of relationships including the extent to which they are irritating, critical, or demanding. In this talk she will discuss the findings from her program of research showing that: 1) There is a great deal of variability in negative aspects of relationships within and between individuals, 2) Negative aspects of relationships have important implications for health that often vary by the context of stress, and 3) The implications of relationships and stress vary race/ethnicity. She will also discuss the Aging and Biopsychosocial Innovations program that she leads and directions for future research.

Kira Birditt earned a PhD in Human Development and Family Studies from Pennsylvania State University and B.A. and M.S. degrees in Psychology from Western Washington University. She serves as a Research Associate Professor at the Survey Research Center and the Director of the Aging and Biopsychosocial Innovations Program. She is currently PI on three R01 projects funded by NIA examining: 1) racial health disparities in stress, social ties and health, 2) racial inequities in health among Alzheimer’s caregivers, and 3) alcohol use and cardiovascular health among aging couples.

This webinar is part of a continuing series focusing on the research happening at ISR. If there is a topic you would like to see featured or have an idea for a future presentation, please email abeattie@umich.edu. This talk is being recorded and will be shared widely.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 15 Apr 2021 15:59:00 -0400 2021-04-28T13:00:00-04:00 2021-04-28T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion event flyer
Race - The Power of an Illusion (May 6, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83854 83854-21555865@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 6, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Join us for live screenings of award-winning documentary series Race - The Power of an Illusion. Each event will screen a one-hour-long episode, and then host a 30-minute live streamed panel discussion.

Thursday May 6, 12PM - 1:30PM ET
Part 1: “The difference between us”

Thursday May 20, 12PM - 1:30PM ET
Part 2: “The story we tell”

Thursday June 3, 12PM-1:30PM ET
Part 3: “The house we live in”

For more information on the webinars, invited panelists, and registration link, please visit https://iaphs.org/race-the-power-of-an-illusion/ . Here are more resources to help with discussions: https://www.racepowerofanillusion.org/

Registration is open to all, free of charge.

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Film Screening Thu, 22 Apr 2021 13:24:36 -0400 2021-05-06T12:00:00-04:00 2021-05-06T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Film Screening
Beyond the Pandemic: Challenges and Opportunities for Changes in Education (May 12, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83937 83937-21619168@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 12, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Beyond the Pandemic: Challenges and Opportunities for Changes in Education
Wednesday, May 12 at 1pm EDT
https://umich.zoom.us/j/96351558688

At the end of the school year in 2020 parents, educators, and researchers, wondered how to deal with the “COVID slide” related to achievement and gains in learning due to schools shifting to virtual learning across the country. What we did not know at the time is that many schools would struggle to open at all in the Fall of 2020 and online and remote learning would continue to be one of the primary ways that children were educated for the rest of the 2020-21 school year. Today, the question remains: What will parents, educators, and researchers need to consider regarding achievement and learning gains as children are likely to return to in-person schooling in Fall 2021? Dr. Pamela Davis-Kean will discuss her research on how homeschooling was discussed on social media, the issues related to “holding back” or repeating a grade in primary school, and how new proposed policies for free community college may be important for helping those in secondary education get extra time to develop skills for entry into a four-year college.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 30 Apr 2021 16:44:15 -0400 2021-05-12T13:00:00-04:00 2021-05-12T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion event flyer
(Counter) Narratives of Migration - Virtual Conference (May 14, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83999 83999-21619328@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 14, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Comparative Literature

Keynote Speaker: Hadji Bakara (U-M English Language and Literature and the Donia Human Rights Center)

Join us on Friday and Saturday, May 14-15, for the annual Comparative Literature Intra-Student Faculty Forum (CLIFF). The conference will be held on Zoom.
This Year's CLIFF investigates the visibility, narratives, and media of migration. We will explore circulation in a variety of forms—bodies, ideas, and material goods—through its manifestations in the arts, critical theory, and new media.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 07 May 2021 13:31:46 -0400 2021-05-14T10:00:00-04:00 2021-05-14T12:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Comparative Literature Workshop / Seminar CLIFF
(Counter) Narratives of Migration - Virtual Conference (May 15, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83999 83999-21619329@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, May 15, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Comparative Literature

Keynote Speaker: Hadji Bakara (U-M English Language and Literature and the Donia Human Rights Center)

Join us on Friday and Saturday, May 14-15, for the annual Comparative Literature Intra-Student Faculty Forum (CLIFF). The conference will be held on Zoom.
This Year's CLIFF investigates the visibility, narratives, and media of migration. We will explore circulation in a variety of forms—bodies, ideas, and material goods—through its manifestations in the arts, critical theory, and new media.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 07 May 2021 13:31:46 -0400 2021-05-15T10:00:00-04:00 2021-05-15T12:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Comparative Literature Workshop / Seminar CLIFF
CGIS Winter Advising (May 19, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83938 83938-21619171@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 19, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

As studying abroad becomes more of a possibility for U-M students, particularly for Winter 2022, CGIS will be offering a 2-day Winter Advising event where students can learn more about major-specific programs such as programs in the environment, pre-health, and public health and interest-specific program sessions such as studying abroad in the UK and English-Taught programs in Asia to name few. The LSA Scholarship Office and the Office of Financial Aid will join us on May 20th to help answer questions you may have on funding your semester program abroad as well as walking you through the application process! First Step sessions will be offered each day of the event as well. Each info session will be interactive. Each session will offer an opportunity to interact with advisors and address questions or concerns you may have regarding study abroad. To get a general idea of participation, please RSVP below and select info sessions that you'd be interested in. We'll send you a Zoom link as we get closer to the event!

DISCLAIMER: With each passing term, a small yet increasing number of our programs seem to offer the possibility of receiving students, so CGIS proceeded with very cautious optimism that students will be able to study abroad in the coming academic year. CGIS and the University of Michigan continue to closely monitor the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) situation as it develops worldwide. Parents and other concerned parties who would like to receive this information should ask their students to share the updates with them. Students planning to participate in CGIS programs worldwide are advised to continue to closely monitor the latest developments and to adhere to any national and international public health directives issued by their host country or institution. CGIS will contact students who have opened or submitted an application to a CGIS program if and when updates are available.

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Presentation Fri, 30 Apr 2021 16:02:10 -0400 2021-05-19T12:00:00-04:00 2021-05-19T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Presentation Flyer
CGIS Winter Advising (May 20, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83938 83938-21619172@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 20, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

As studying abroad becomes more of a possibility for U-M students, particularly for Winter 2022, CGIS will be offering a 2-day Winter Advising event where students can learn more about major-specific programs such as programs in the environment, pre-health, and public health and interest-specific program sessions such as studying abroad in the UK and English-Taught programs in Asia to name few. The LSA Scholarship Office and the Office of Financial Aid will join us on May 20th to help answer questions you may have on funding your semester program abroad as well as walking you through the application process! First Step sessions will be offered each day of the event as well. Each info session will be interactive. Each session will offer an opportunity to interact with advisors and address questions or concerns you may have regarding study abroad. To get a general idea of participation, please RSVP below and select info sessions that you'd be interested in. We'll send you a Zoom link as we get closer to the event!

DISCLAIMER: With each passing term, a small yet increasing number of our programs seem to offer the possibility of receiving students, so CGIS proceeded with very cautious optimism that students will be able to study abroad in the coming academic year. CGIS and the University of Michigan continue to closely monitor the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) situation as it develops worldwide. Parents and other concerned parties who would like to receive this information should ask their students to share the updates with them. Students planning to participate in CGIS programs worldwide are advised to continue to closely monitor the latest developments and to adhere to any national and international public health directives issued by their host country or institution. CGIS will contact students who have opened or submitted an application to a CGIS program if and when updates are available.

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Presentation Fri, 30 Apr 2021 16:02:10 -0400 2021-05-20T12:00:00-04:00 2021-05-20T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Presentation Flyer
Race - The Power of an Illusion (May 20, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83854 83854-21555866@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 20, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Join us for live screenings of award-winning documentary series Race - The Power of an Illusion. Each event will screen a one-hour-long episode, and then host a 30-minute live streamed panel discussion.

Thursday May 6, 12PM - 1:30PM ET
Part 1: “The difference between us”

Thursday May 20, 12PM - 1:30PM ET
Part 2: “The story we tell”

Thursday June 3, 12PM-1:30PM ET
Part 3: “The house we live in”

For more information on the webinars, invited panelists, and registration link, please visit https://iaphs.org/race-the-power-of-an-illusion/ . Here are more resources to help with discussions: https://www.racepowerofanillusion.org/

Registration is open to all, free of charge.

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Film Screening Thu, 22 Apr 2021 13:24:36 -0400 2021-05-20T12:00:00-04:00 2021-05-20T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Film Screening
How Subsidies Affect Contraceptive Use Among Low-Income Women in the U.S.: The M-CARES Randomized Control Trial (May 24, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83969 83969-21619250@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 24, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Contact PSC Office for Zoom details.


This paper examines how subsidies affect the use of contraceptives among low-income women seeking reproductive health care in the U.S. Study participants were randomized to receive vouchers for contraception, covering up to 50% or 100% of the lowest-cost, available long-acting, reversible contraceptive method (LARC). Women’s choice of method is highly sensitive to price, with the elasticity of LARC take-up ranging from -2.3 to -3.4. The findings imply that a U.S. policy eliminating out-of-pocket costs for Title X women would reduce pregnancies by 5.4%, birth rates by 3.5%, and abortions by 8.1% and save $2.48 billion annually in public expenditures.

BIO: Vanessa Wanner Lang received her Ph.D. in Sociology from Bowling Green State University in 2019. She joined the Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan in 2019 as the project manager for the Michigan Contraceptive Access, Research, and Evaluation Study (M-CARES). Dr. Lang was trained as a family demographer and sociologist and has research interests in fertility, work and family, parent and child relationships, gender, and well-being. One line of her research centers on studying fertility behaviors with a specific focus on unintended childbearing in the United States and the policy implications surrounding access to contraception for women and children’s outcomes. Another line of her research focuses on understanding the changing roles and responsibilities of women and men in the spheres of paid work and family and how these are associated with the well-being of both couples and individuals.


PSC Brown Bag seminars highlight recent research in population studies and serve as a focal point for building our research community.

Contact PSC Office for Zoom details.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 18 May 2021 11:49:55 -0400 2021-05-24T12:00:00-04:00 2021-05-24T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar M-CARES logo
Race - The Power of an Illusion (June 3, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83854 83854-21555867@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 3, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Join us for live screenings of award-winning documentary series Race - The Power of an Illusion. Each event will screen a one-hour-long episode, and then host a 30-minute live streamed panel discussion.

Thursday May 6, 12PM - 1:30PM ET
Part 1: “The difference between us”

Thursday May 20, 12PM - 1:30PM ET
Part 2: “The story we tell”

Thursday June 3, 12PM-1:30PM ET
Part 3: “The house we live in”

For more information on the webinars, invited panelists, and registration link, please visit https://iaphs.org/race-the-power-of-an-illusion/ . Here are more resources to help with discussions: https://www.racepowerofanillusion.org/

Registration is open to all, free of charge.

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Film Screening Thu, 22 Apr 2021 13:24:36 -0400 2021-06-03T12:00:00-04:00 2021-06-03T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Film Screening
Precision Health Graduate Certificate Program - Information Session (June 17, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84199 84199-21620752@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 17, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

Plan to attend this information session to learn more about the growing field of precision health which seeks to tailor health care for individuals via a multidisciplinary, data-driven approach.

The new U-M Precision Health Graduate Certificate Program has arrived to educate current and future practitioners and researchers in this emerging field so they can become better equipped to customize patient care.

**Only 12 credits of graduate coursework required
**Great opportunity for graduate students to design their own plan
**Network with other precision health students and faculty at seminars and professional development workshops
**Mentoring with faculty

The certificate is open to all graduate students enrolled at U-M. Application deadline is August 1.

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Other Thu, 03 Jun 2021 10:50:45 -0400 2021-06-17T13:00:00-04:00 2021-06-17T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Learning Health Sciences Other learners and researchers in lab, classroom and research settings
Precision Health Graduate Certificate Program - Information Session (July 22, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84201 84201-21620757@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 22, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

Plan to attend this information session to learn more about the growing field of precision health which seeks to tailor health care for individuals via a multidisciplinary, data-driven approach.

The new U-M Precision Health Graduate Certificate Program has arrived to educate current and future practitioners and researchers in this emerging field so they can become better equipped to customize patient care.

**Only 12 credits of graduate coursework required
**Great opportunity for graduate students to design their own plan
**Network with other precision health students and faculty at seminars and professional development workshops
**Mentoring with faculty

The certificate is open to all graduate students enrolled at U-M. Application deadline is August 1.

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Other Thu, 03 Jun 2021 11:00:29 -0400 2021-07-22T13:00:00-04:00 2021-07-22T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Learning Health Sciences Other learners and researchers in lab, classroom and research settings
COVID-19 and Caregiving (August 18, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84750 84750-21624870@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 18, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

COVID-19 and Caregiving Webinar
Wednesday, August 18, 2-3:30pm EDT

About one-third of older adults receive help with daily activities, mainly from family members and friends. During the COVID-19 pandemic, family caregivers may have faced unique consequences related to physical distancing orders. The webinar will focus on changes in caregiving networks to older adults as well as their wellbeing and experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. The webinar will feature speakers from the Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging (MiCDA)'s Demography of Family Caregiving Network. MiCDA is an interdisciplinary community of scholars from across the University of Michigan with a shared interest in the demography of aging. The Demography of Family Caregiving Network is a national network of scholars researching the implications of changes in the demography of families for caregiving and the wellbeing of older adults and their caregivers. MiCDA is funded by the National Institute on Aging.

Please register for this free virtual event: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdYJAFcBTk7gFJStwEimEwKeg1dpADm4uK_WO4b2tpxREuLRw/viewform

Presented By: Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging
COVID-19 & Caregiving
Speakers:
I-Fen Lin, Professor of Sociology, Bowling Green State University,
Yulya Truskinovsky, Assistant Professor of Economics, Wayne State University, Courtney Polenick, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Michigan

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 26 Jul 2021 14:00:21 -0400 2021-08-18T14:00:00-04:00 2021-08-18T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Livestream / Virtual event flyer
CJS Lecture Series | The Link Between Marriage and Fertility and Changing Pathways to First Marriage in Japan (September 9, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84198 84198-21620754@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 9, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

The low prevalence of cohabiting unions and non-marital childbearing in Japan is inconsistent with the expectations of prominent theories of family change in low fertility societies. In this study, we use data from large national surveys to describe growing heterogeneity in pathways to first marriage in Japan, focusing on the temporal ordering of cohabitation, pregnancy, marriage, and first childbirth.

Jim Raymo is Professor of Sociology and the Henry Wendt III ’55 Professor of East Asian Studies at Princeton University. Raymo’s research focuses primarily on evaluating patterns and potential consequences of major demographic changes in Japan. He has published widely on key features of recent family change, including delayed marriage, extended coresidence with parents, and increases in premarital cohabitation, shotgun marriages, and divorce. In other lines of research, he has examined health outcomes at older ages in Japan and their relationship with family, work, and local area characteristics and has examined multiple dimensions of well-being among the growing population of single mothers and their children in Japan.

Please register for the Zoom event here: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_U7wQQcTbTBKy12KSWtHSEA

This colloquium series is made possible by the generous support of the U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 03 Jun 2021 11:31:05 -0400 2021-09-09T12:00:00-04:00 2021-09-09T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Livestream / Virtual Jim Raymo, Professor of Sociology and the Henry Wendt III ’55 Professor of East Asian Studies, Princeton University
PSC Postdoctoral Training Program: Introductions and Updates (September 13, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86257 86257-21632296@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 13, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

The PSC Brown Bag Series will kick off on Monday, September 13 with introductions and updates from our PSC postdoctoral fellows (details below). Please join us to welcome our new fellows and celebrate the achievements of our returning cohort!

2021-22 PSC postdoctoral fellow cohort:
Jamie Budnick (NICHD, 2nd year, PhD: University of Michigan, Sociology, Mentor: Rob Stephenson)

Bobbie Johannes (NIA, 2nd year, PhD: Penn State, Health Policy and Administration, Mentor: Mary Janevic)

Emily Parker (NIA, 1st year, PhD: Cornell University, Policy Analysis and Management, Mentors: Paula Fomby and Natasha Pilkauskas)

Margaret Whitley, (NIA, 1st year, PhD: University of California Irvine, Public Health, Mentors: Sarah Burgard and David Johnson)

Weidi Qin (NIA, 1st year, PhD: Case Western Reserve University, Social Welfare, Mentors: Belinda Needham and Briana Mezuk)

Michigan Population Studies Center (PSC) Brown Bag seminars highlight recent research in population studies and serve as a focal point for building our research community.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 03 Sep 2021 12:35:52 -0400 2021-09-13T12:00:00-04:00 2021-09-13T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar poster
Intro to the Chitwan Valley Family Study (CVFS) (September 15, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85327 85327-21626235@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 15, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

This webinar series on the Chitwan Valley Family Study (CVFS) is about global and comparative population research. Sessions include measuring mental health, Covid-19, linking data, genetics, & migrant data.

Webinar 1: Intro to CVFS
Wednesday, September 15, 2-3pm EDT
Presenters: William Axinn and Dirgha Ghimire

This webinar will explain the purpose of the CVFS and give an overview of data collection from study launch to present day. There will be a Q&A session after the presentation.

The webinar will be hosted using Zoom. Registration is required to attend the webinar. Support provided by NICHD (R25 HD101358).

Registration is required for this event: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwpf-qtpjojGteGYl9ntT4cBx7X9TPZtB6H

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Presentation Tue, 17 Aug 2021 11:59:26 -0400 2021-09-15T14:00:00-04:00 2021-09-15T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Presentation Nepal mountains
2021 Tanner Lecture: Work: What Is It? Do Most of Us Need It, and Why? (September 16, 2021 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86236 86236-21632211@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 16, 2021 8:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

View the Lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEJcynUx4R4

There are, I shall argue, three important areas of philosophical exploration about work.

The first is a question in social ontology: What is work? This question is both historical and conceptual, as questions in social ontology usually are. And the contemporary idea of work and of a job—and the related idea of a good job--are the results of conceptual and institutional developments over the last few centuries.

The second is an ethical issue, in Aristotle’s broad sense of ethics as concerned with eudaimonia: How does work fit into the good life? This problem is especially challenging because the idea of a good job involves many dimensions of assessment: Does it produce something useful? Does it make a positive contribution? Does it give the worker a decent income? Was that income fairly decided? Are the conditions of work satisfactory? Are they just? Does the job have the rewards of sociability? Is the work a source of significance for the worker?

Looked at more generally, the good job does four things: (a) it provides goods and services worth having, while also (b) providing people with income, (c) sociability, and (d) significance. And one of the things that makes the ethical questions especially challenging at the moment, is that new technologies are reconfiguring employment in ways that appear to threaten the creation of jobs that do all four of these things well and do them through one job.

Human flourishing requires all of these things: products, services, incomes, sociability, significance. For many people over the twentieth-century providing a good job played a huge role in delivering all of them. But AI and robotics may produce a world in which products and services could increasingly be produced without providing employment for most people: and that means either that we must find a way of providing everyone with the resources for a dignified human life without sharing the social product through the labor market, or we must invent income-generating activities that we don’t need for the products or services they provide. We might want to do the latter because many of us would not know how to fill our lives with significance or find social groups outside the family with which to engage unless we were involved in some organized productive activity.

These are issues on which many popular writers on the “Fourth Industrial Revolution” and on globalization have, of course, written for some time. But we need more serious organized reflection on the normative issues raised by these challenges.

And that leads to the third cluster of concerns: How should law and other sources of normative authority be configured to allow work to contribute to the flourishing of workers, and how should the opportunities and rewards of work be shared? Like Aristotle, I think we need to get the ethics right to do the politics, but I also think that, precisely because we are, as he insisted social animals, it is hard to pry them apart.

In this lecture I shall focus on the central set of ethical questions but say some things in passing about the social ontology of work at the start and the politics of employment at the end.

Kwame Anthony Appiah is Professor of Philosophy and Law at NYU. Earlier, he taught at the University of Ghana, Cambridge, Yale, Cornell, Duke, Harvard and Princeton. He grew up in Ghana and received undergraduate and doctoral degrees in philosophy from Cambridge University in England. His work has been in the philosophy of mind and language, ethics, political philosophy, and the philosophy of art, of culture, and of the social sciences, especially anthropology; as well as in literary studies, where he has focused on African and African-American literature. He served as President of the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association (2007). In 2012, President Obama presented him with the National Humanities Medal. His publications include Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers and The Lies That Bind: Rethinking Identity. Professor Appiah writes the weekly Ethicist column for the New York Times Sunday magazine.

This event is free and open to the public. Venue is wheelchair accessible.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 21 Sep 2021 11:23:42 -0400 2021-09-16T20:00:00-04:00 2021-09-16T22:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of Philosophy Lecture / Discussion 2021 Tanner Lecture of Human Values: Work: What Is it? Do Most of Us Need It, and Why?
Professor Tabbye Chavous UM. Psychology and School of Education, Chair of National Center for Institutional Diversity (September 17, 2021 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86060 86060-21631254@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 17, 2021 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

In this presentation, I will focus on racial identity-context congruence, that is, the extent that racially minoritized students' constructions around the importance and meaning of their race can be aligned or misaligned with their experienced academic environments. I will share studies linking students' identity-based experiences (interpersonal and climate experiences in academic and social contexts) that are stigmatizing or affirming to outcomes related to their academic identities, achievement, and persistence. This work also highlights how many racially minoritized and underrepresented students draw on their racial and cultural identities in ways that promote their motivation and persistence, especially in settings where they are underrepresented and experience marginalization based on their multiple social identities (e.g., race/ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, among other identities). I will discuss implications for scholarly approaches to studying positive development among racially minoritized students; as well as the need to shift away from institutional approaches focused only on supporting minoritized students in navigating non-congruous environments (individual student resilience) toward approaches focused on creating/recreating settings that affirm and align with minoritized students' identities and that leverage students' identity strengths to support them as whole persons (institutional resilience).

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 31 Aug 2021 13:24:15 -0400 2021-09-17T13:30:00-04:00 2021-09-17T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
How the Measurement and Meaning of Family Structure Shape Research on Young Adult Racial Inequality (September 27, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86249 86249-21632226@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 27, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Abstract:
At the population level, Black and White youth in the United States enter adulthood after a lifetime of divergent family structure experiences. A substantial social science literature has investigated whether this variation in childhood family structure contributes to racial disparities in the timing, sequence, and context of events in the transition into adulthood. This discussion adopts a critical perspective on mainstream research on this topic. The panelists highlight opportunities in family demography, social stratification, human development, and race and ethnic studies to advance theory, measurement, and empirical modeling in order to more accurately reflect Black family organization and to situate Black and White families in the a broader context of racialized social, economic, and political inequality.

Speakers:
Paula Fomby is a research associate professor in the Survey Research Center and Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan. She holds a PhD in Sociology with an emphasis in social demography from University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research considers how family composition and family process contribute to variation in child and young adult well-being, particularly in the context of social inequality. Fomby is the associate director of the UM Population Studies Center, a co-investigator on the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), and the associate director of the PSID Child Development Supplement.

Christina Cross is a postdoctoral fellow and incoming assistant professor of Sociology at Harvard University. She completed her PhD in Sociology and Public Policy at University of Michigan. Her research examines how family structure, change, and dynamics influence individual wellbeing across the life course, particularly among minority and/or low-income populations. Much of her work has focused on childhood as a key stage in the life course for the emergence and accumulation of social advantages or disadvantages.

Bethany Letiecq is an associate professor in the Human Development and Family Science program at George Mason University. - She received her PhD in health education/family studies and her MS in family and community development from the University of Maryland, College Park. Dr. Letiecq employs community-based participatory and action research approaches to conduct research in partnership with families systematically marginalized by society to promote family health and justice. She is keenly interested in how social policies and practices facilitate or hinder family functioning and health across all families.

This event is an ISR Inclusive Research Matters presentation, sponsored by the Education Programs Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Team, the Population Studies Center and the Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science.

Michigan Population Studies Center (PSC) Brown Bag seminars highlight recent research in population studies and serve as a focal point for building our research community.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 03 Sep 2021 17:45:07 -0400 2021-09-27T12:00:00-04:00 2021-09-27T13:10:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion event flyer
Unprecedented: The Expansion of the Social Safety Net During the COVID Era and Its Impacts on Poverty and Hardship (September 29, 2021 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/84891 84891-21625249@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 29, 2021 11:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

ISR Insights Speaker Series
Unprecedented: The Expansion of the Social Safety Net During the COVID Era and Its Impacts on Poverty and Hardship
Wednesday, September 29 at 11am EDT, ISR Thompson Rm 1430 and online: https://umich.zoom.us/j/94299595467

Speaker: H. Luke Shaefer (Director of Poverty Solutions; Hermann and Amalie Kohn Professor of Social Justice and Social Polic; Professor of Public Policy; Professor of Social Work; Faculty Associate at PSC & SRC)

A major economic crisis accompanied the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, but in response the federal government mounted the largest and most comprehensive expansion of the social safety net in modern times. In this talk, H. Luke Shaefer will review research on the impacts of this safety net expansion, and where the nation goes from here.

This webinar is part of a continuing series focusing on the research happening at ISR. If there is a topic you would like to see featured or have an idea for a future presentation, please email abeattie@umich.edu. This talk is being recorded and will be shared widely.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 10 Sep 2021 15:58:40 -0400 2021-09-29T11:00:00-04:00 2021-09-29T12:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion event flyer
Inequality and Social Demography Workshop (September 29, 2021 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87438 87438-21642142@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 29, 2021 12:30pm
Location: LSA Building
Organized By: Department of Sociology

"The Legacy of Advantage: America’s Racial Geography & Multigenerational Home Wealth Transmission" - Catalina Anampa Castro

"The Medicalization of Loneliness? Implications for Policy Responses" - Sofia Hiltner

https://umich.zoom.us/j/98259634240#success

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 23 Sep 2021 09:58:27 -0400 2021-09-29T12:30:00-04:00 2021-09-29T13:50:00-04:00 LSA Building Department of Sociology Workshop / Seminar LSA Building
Measures of Mental Health - Using Life History Calendars to Improve Measurement of Lifetime Experience With Trauma and Psychiatric Disorders: The Chitwan Valley Family Study in Nepal (September 29, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85328 85328-21626240@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 29, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

This webinar series on the Chitwan Valley Family Study (CVFS) is about global and comparative population research. Sessions include measuring mental health, Covid-19, linking data, genetics, & migrant data.

Webinar 2: Measures of Mental Health - Using Life History Calendars to Improve Measurement of Lifetime Experience With Trauma and Psychiatric Disorders: The Chitwan Valley Family Study in Nepal

Wednesday, September 29, 2021
2-3pm EDT
Presenters: William Axinn and Stephanie Chardoul

This webinar will describe the work to create a Nepal-specific Composite International Diagnostic Interview and the application of life history calendars to improve measurements of individual exposures to potentially traumatic experiences and psychiatric disorders. Results from initial analyses of these new CVFS measures will be used to illustrate the potential of this approach to advance population health research. There will be a Q&A session after the presentation.

The webinar will be hosted using Zoom. Registration is required to attend the webinar. Support provided by NICHD (R25 HD101358).

Registration is required for this event: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwpcuCgrDkoGNXE4HjrkkEHwVmbZPMq3F0b

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Presentation Tue, 17 Aug 2021 12:11:55 -0400 2021-09-29T14:00:00-04:00 2021-09-29T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Presentation Nepal mountains
Jeremy Levine: Constructing Community (October 1, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85783 85783-21628996@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 1, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Poverty Solutions

Jeremy Levine is assistant professor of organizational studies at the University of Michigan. He will discuss his book, “Constructing Community: Urban Governance, Development and Inequality in Boston,” which explores the complexities of neighborhood redevelopment in Boston and shows the difficulty of achieving fairness and equity through community participation. This talk will be moderated by Alex Murphy, assistant professor of sociology at U-M, and include a panel discussion. The virtual conversation is free and open to the public, and U-M students can participate as part of a one-credit course, SWK 503 Section 001.

This event is part of the annual Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions fall speaker series, which introduces key issues regarding the causes and consequences of poverty featuring experts in policy and practice from across the nation, with the goal of encouraging the formation of a broad community of learners to engage in these issues together.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 13 Sep 2021 13:19:43 -0400 2021-10-01T12:00:00-04:00 2021-10-01T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Poverty Solutions Livestream / Virtual Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions 2021 speaker series
The Love, Lure, and Lore of the Clothesline (October 14, 2021 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85560 85560-21626850@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 14, 2021 1:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Remember the days long ago when everyone hung their laundry out on the line to dry -- when folks went "online" without the internet? Instructor Anne Lawrence’s slide presentation will show why she (and so many others) love their clotheslines, will explain the lure of the line, and the lore that grew up around it.

There will be washday history, along with sociological issues, the role of feminism, industrialization, culture, and ecology involved. You may consider the clothesline in ways never before appreciated! The sharing of stories and memories will be encouraged. Let's hang out together -- Anne won't leave you hanging.

Anne has been a Clothesline Historian and Hobbyist for the past 40 years, collecting anything she can find that relates to laundry blowing in the wind on clotheslines, and since retiring, sharing her passion with those who remember.

Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 24 Aug 2021 11:54:33 -0400 2021-10-14T13:30:00-04:00 2021-10-14T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
Book Talk and Discussion with Dr. Charles Bell, author of Suspended: Punishment, Violence, and the Failure of School Safety (October 21, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88237 88237-21651569@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 21, 2021 6:00pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

Thursday, October 21, 2021
6:00pm -7:00pm
East Quadrangle Keene Theater
701 East University, Ann Arbor, 48109

ABOUT THE EVENT

Please join us for an engaging presentation and interactive discussion with Detroit native and Illinois State University Professor Charles Bell. Drawing on his personal life experience and over 150 interviews, Dr. Bell illuminates how carceral-inspired, punitive school-based disciplinary practices harm Black students, disrupt their parents' employment, and violate state and federal laws, demanding that we reimagine our approaches to school safety and discipline.

Charles will have copies of his brand new book, Suspended: Punishment, Violence, and the Failure of School Safety, available at the event, is free and open to the public.

The event is hosted by the Residential College and co-sponsored by the Sociology Department, Educational Studies, the Prison Creative Arts Project, and the Semester in the Detroit program.

If you have any questions about the event, please contact Becca Pickus at rpickus@umich.edu.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 13 Oct 2021 16:45:13 -0400 2021-10-21T18:00:00-04:00 2021-10-21T19:00:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Lecture / Discussion Suspended Book Cover
Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Infomational Session (October 22, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/87440 87440-21642145@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 22, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

The Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science (formerly Michigan Program in Survey Methodology), a graduate (MS and PhD) program within the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research will host an information session about the program on October 22, 2021.

We have an informational session scheduled on Friday, October 22, 2021 from 10:00 -11:00 a.m. EST. Advance registration is required:

https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/8216318157903/WN_6vibodEpTFCSHef6a8JHDg

Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science (MPSDS) offers graduate degrees that combine ideas and techniques for producing and analyzing data about humans and our society. Join us to launch your career in this exciting and rewarding field in which scientists interpret the world through data.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Sep 2021 10:25:41 -0400 2021-10-22T10:00:00-04:00 2021-10-22T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Lecture / Discussion event flyer
RGFP Presents: Problematization: A Critical Framework for Trans Inclusion (October 22, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87833 87833-21647059@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 22, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

Speaker: Perry Zurn
Day: October 22nd
Time: 3-5 PM
Location: Zoom (email sumeetcp@umich.edu or graygv@umich.edu for link)
Title: Problematization: A Critical Framework for Trans Inclusion
Speaker: Perry Zurn
Day: October 22nd
Time: 3-5 PM
Location: Zoom (email sumeetcp@umich.edu or graygv@umich.edu for link)
Title: Problematization: A Critical Framework for Trans Inclusion
Abstract: As part of the critical theory project, the philosophical method of problematization analyzes not only how it is that certain phenomena become problems, but what sort of problems they become and what set of solutions are offered in response. In this talk, I apply the method of problematization to the practice of trans inclusion in universities today. I do this in two ways. First, I analyze how it is that universities take trans life to be a problem such that certain trans-inclusive policies (and not others) are offered as a solution. Second, I analyze how trans people choose to become a problem for universities such that (trans-inclusive) policies are an insufficient response. Critically evaluating the parameters of competing problematizations, I close with some brief methodological reflections and practical recommendations.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 04 Oct 2021 11:46:48 -0400 2021-10-22T15:00:00-04:00 2021-10-22T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Philosophy Lecture / Discussion
Is the Phone Mightier than the Virus? Cell Phone Access and Epidemic Containment Efforts (October 25, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88052 88052-21648952@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 25, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

This talk examines the impact of mobile phone access on the containment of an epidemic. Speaker Elisa Maffioli et al. study this question in the context of the 2014 Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in Liberia. They found that having access to cell phone coverage leads to a 10.8 percentage point reduction in the likelihood that a village has an EVD case. Results from this novel survey collected following the epidemic suggest that this is mostly explained by cellphone access facilitating emergency care provision rather than improving access to outbreak-related information.

Dr. Maffioli is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Health Management and Policy, at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Her research is in development economics, health economics and political economy, with a focus on infectious diseases, maternal and child health, and nutrition in lower income countries. She is currently working in Liberia, Myanmar, Brazil, Mozambique and Nigeria, and has also conducted research in Lesotho, Kenya and India.


Michigan Population Studies Center (PSC) Brown Bag seminars highlight recent research in population studies and serve as a focal point for building our research community.

https://www.psc.isr.umich.edu/events/brown-bag/

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Oct 2021 12:02:51 -0400 2021-10-25T12:00:00-04:00 2021-10-25T13:10:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion event flyer
Impact of response styles on inclusive measurement (October 27, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86252 86252-21640716@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 27, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Impact of response styles on inclusive measurement
Wednesday, October 27, noon to 1:10pm ET via Zoom

Speakers:
Fernanda Alvarado-Leiton
(PhD Candidate, Program in Survey and Data Science, University of Michigan)

Sunghee Lee
(Research Associate Professor, Program in Survey and Data Science, University of Michigan)

Rachel Davis
(Associate Professor, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina)

Abstracts:

Negated and Polar Opposite Items for Balanced Scale construction: An Empirical Cross-Cultural Assessment

Fernanda Alvarado-Leiton

Acquiescent Response Style (ARS) is a culturally patterned measurement error in surveys that threatens comparisons across groups with different cultural backgrounds potentially undermining inclusivity estimating attitudes and beliefs in a population. Balanced scales blend items written in different directions and are hypothesized as a method for controlling ARS. This study examined the differences in measurement properties between two types of balanced scales. The first balanced scale type included negated items, which were item reversals formed by inserting a negation, such as, “no” and “not.” The second type included polar opposite items, which used antonyms or opposite terms to reverse the item direction (e.g., “unhappy” as the opposite of “satisfied”). Participants were recruited to a Web survey and randomly assigned to (1) unbalanced, (2) negated balanced or (3) polar opposite balanced scales. Participants came from three groups with different ARS tendencies to contrast the effects of scale wording in mitigating ARS across groups and improving measurement across cultural subgroups. These groups were: Non-Hispanic White respondents, Hispanic respondents in Mexico and Hispanic respondents in the US. Both types of balanced scales outperformed unbalanced scales in convergent validity, with higher correlations between scale scores and validation variables for balanced than unbalanced scales. No statistical differences were observed between negated and polar opposite scales in fit indices of factor models, reliability measures or convergent validity for any group. These findings suggest that negated and polar opposite balanced scales are equivalent for ARS control, and that they yield adequate measurement properties for all groups included in the study.

Response Style and Measurement of Satisfaction with Life

Sunghee Lee

Satisfaction with Life (SWL), a five-item scale, is designed to assess global judgment about one’s satisfaction with life as a whole rather than specific domains of life. Popularly used by many organizations, including the World Health Organization (WHO), the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), it has been translated into over 30 languages. However, with its standard version using a 7-point Likert response scale, it is subject to measurement error due to response style and measurement non-comparability across groups associated with systematically different response styles. More importantly, whether and how this is addressed in research may have implications for its inclusivity. This study examines the utility of balancing the SWL scale experimentally with multiple racial/ethnic/linguistic groups in the US: Latinx dominant in English, Latinx dominant in Spanish, non- Latinx Whites, non-Latinx Blacks, non-Latinx Koreans dominant in English and non-Latinx Koreans dominant in Korean. The results suggest the benefit of balancing measurement scales but not for groups that engage in middle response style.

Reducing Acquiescent Response Style with Conversational Interviewing

Rachel Davis

Acquiescent response style (ARS), the tendency for survey respondents to select positive answers such as “Strongly Agree,” is of particular concern for increasing measurement error in surveys with populations who are more likely to acquiesce, such as U.S. Latinx respondents. This study enrolled 891 Latinx telephone survey respondents in an experiment to address two questions: (1) Does administering a questionnaire using conversational interviewing (CI) yield less ARS than standardized interviewing (SI)? (2) Do item-specific (IS) response scales reduce ARS when compared to disagree/agree (DA) response formats? No difference was observed in ARS between the DA and IS response scales. However, CI yielded significantly lower ARS than SI, likely due to the CI interviewers' efforts to clarify questions and help with response mapping. Findings from this study suggest that using CI to administer survey questions may decrease use of ARS and improve data quality among survey respondents who are more likely to engage in ARS.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 19 Oct 2021 12:06:36 -0400 2021-10-27T12:00:00-04:00 2021-10-27T13:10:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion event flyer
Innovation in Tracking and Collecting Migrant Data (October 27, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85330 85330-21626242@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 27, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

This webinar series on the Chitwan Valley Family Study (CVFS) is about global and comparative population research. Sessions include measuring mental health, Covid-19, linking data, genetics, & migrant data.

Webinar 4: Innovation in Tracking and Collecting Migrant Data
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
2-3pm EDT
Presenter: Dirgha Ghimire

This webinar will provide an overview of CVFS design for tracking migrants and innovation in collecting migrant data along with empirical findings investigating consequences of international migration. There will be a Q&A session after the presentation.

The webinar will be hosted using Zoom. Registration is required to attend the webinar. Support provided by NICHD (R25 HD101358).

Registration is required for this event: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEtcu-trzsjGdW33jgiYGmw1_x0dEER9CZO

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Presentation Tue, 17 Aug 2021 12:15:26 -0400 2021-10-27T14:00:00-04:00 2021-10-27T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Presentation Nepal mountains
Introduction to Survey Sampling (October 28, 2021 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/87433 87433-21642132@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 28, 2021 9:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques

Introduction to Survey Sampling
Course Date: Oct. 28-Nov. 18, 2021
Days: Th (9:00am-12:30pm)

Registration requires at, https://si.isr.umich.edu/

This is a foundation course in sample survey methods and principles. The instructors will present, in a non-technical manner, basic sampling techniques such as simple random sampling, systematic sampling, stratification, and cluster sampling. The instructors will provide opportunities to implement sampling techniques in a series of exercises that accompany each topic.

Participants should not expect to obtain sufficient background in this course to master survey sampling. They can expect to become familiar with basic techniques well enough to converse with sampling statisticians more easily about sample design.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 23 Sep 2021 10:26:57 -0400 2021-10-28T09:30:00-04:00 2021-10-28T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques Class / Instruction course flyer
“Disparities in Reproductive Aging & Midlife Health between Black & White Women” and “Taking Action to Advance the Study of Race & Ethnicity” (October 28, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87494 87494-21642885@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 28, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Midlife Science

Please register for more information and Zoom link.
https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JiZPRVJaStK7yNbArsSubA

The webinar, hosted by the Center for Midlife Science, features papers that will appear in a special series for the journal, Women's Midlife Health.

Talk #1 “Disparities in Reproductive Aging and Midlife Health between Black and White Women: Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN)” with Tené T. Lewis, PhD, Department of Epidemiology, Emory University; and Siobán D. Harlow, PhD, Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan.

Talk #2: “Taking Action to Advance the Study of Race and Ethnicity: The Women’s Health Initiative (WHI)” with Shawna Follis, PhD, MS (Dept. of Medicine, Stanford Univ. School of Medicine); Monik C. Jiménez, ScD, SM, FAHA, (Harvard Medical School and T.H. Chan School of Public Health); and Lorena Garcia, MPH, DrPH, (Division of Epidemiology, Dept. of Public Health Sciences, UC Davis School of Medicine).

Moderators: Sherri-Ann M. Burnett-Bowie, MD, MPH, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School; and Gloria Bachmann, MD, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

Sponsored by the journal, Women’s Midlife Health; Center for Midlife Science at the University of Michigan's School of Public Health; Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Medicine Diversity and Inclusion Board. SWAN is funded by the National Institute of Aging, the National Institute of Nursing Research and the Office of Research on Women's Health. WHI is funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 24 Sep 2021 12:04:41 -0400 2021-10-28T16:00:00-04:00 2021-10-28T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Midlife Science Lecture / Discussion Webinar Series on Structural Racism and Midlife Health
Trans Medicine: The Emergence and Practice of Treating Gender (October 29, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86703 86703-21635604@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 29, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

Surfacing in the mid-twentieth century, yet shrouded in social stigma, transgender medicine is now a rapidly growing medical field. In Trans Medicine (NYU Press, 2021), stef shuster makes an important intervention in how we understand the development of this field and how it is being used to “treat” gender identity today.

Drawing on interviews with medical providers as well as ethnographic and archival research, shuster examines how health professionals approach patients who seek gender-affirming care. From genital reconstructions to hormone injections, the practice of trans medicine charts new medical ground, compelling medical professionals to plan treatments without widescale clinical trials to back them up. Relying on cultural norms and gut instincts to inform their treatment plans, shuster shows how medical providers’ lack of clinical experience and scientific research undermines their ability to interact with patients, craft treatment plans, and make medical decisions. This situation defies how providers are trained to work with patients and creates uncertainty. As providers navigate the developing knowledge surrounding the medical care of trans folk, Trans Medicine offers a rare opportunity to understand how providers make decisions while facing challenges to their expertise and, in the process, have acquired authority not only over clinical outcomes, but over gender itself.

stef m. shuster is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Michigan State University. Their work on transgender healthcare has appeared in Gender & Society, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, and Social Science & Medicine.

Register: https://myumi.ch/88rbx

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 12 Oct 2021 11:42:01 -0400 2021-10-29T12:00:00-04:00 2021-10-29T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Research on Women and Gender Livestream / Virtual Trans Medicine
Professor Enrica Ruggs (October 29, 2021 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88308 88308-21652310@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 29, 2021 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

In recent years, many organizations have adopted the notion that employees should “bring their whole selves to work,” or be authentic in the workplace. Research supports the benefits of authenticity at work (Cha et al., 2019). The conversation often assumes that everyone has equal opportunity to express themselves authentically. Yet, given the discrimination experienced by some employees, such Black women, authentic behavior may not be attainable, even for those in leadership positions. Drawing from research on power and intersectionality, we examined the factors that influence authenticity for Black women leaders in organizations. Findings from qualitative interviews reveal factors that inhibit and facilitate the willingness to be authentic at work, as well as the different manifestations and consequences of authentic behavior for Black women leaders at work. I discuss the theoretical and practical insights that emerge from this work.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 15 Oct 2021 11:47:01 -0400 2021-10-29T13:30:00-04:00 2021-10-29T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Consequences of Receiving Versus Being Denied a Wanted Abortion (November 1, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86164 86164-21631757@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 1, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Michigan Population Studies Center Brown Bag seminars presents:

Diana Greene Foster will discuss the context and findings of The Turnaway Study. The Turnaway Study answers the question, Does abortion hurt women? and the converse, What are the harms when women are unable to get a wanted abortion? Dr. Foster will review the challenges of studying abortion and what has happened in the absence of rigorous data. She will describe the study design of the Turnaway Study and present its major findings about women’s mental health, physical health and the wellbeing of their children. She will describe the reasons people give for seeking to end an unwanted pregnancy and what that tells us about whether one can trust women’s decision-making abilities around pregnancy.

Diana Greene Foster, PhD, is a demographer who uses quantitative models and analyses to evaluate the effectiveness of family planning policies and the effect of unwanted pregnancy on women’s lives. She is a professor at the University of California, San Francisco and Director of Research at the UCSF ANSIRH Program. She led the Turnaway Study, a nationwide longitudinal prospective study of the health and well-being of women who seek abortion including both women who do and do not receive the abortion in the United States. She is currently collaborating with scientists on an NIH-funded Turnaway Study in Nepal. Dr. Foster received her undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley, her MA and PhD in Demography and Public Policy from Princeton University. She is the author of the 2020 book, The Turnaway Study: Ten Years, a Thousand Women and the Consequences of Having – or Being Denied – an Abortion. She is the recipient of the 2021 Harriet B. Presser Award for the study of gender and demography from the Population Association of America.

Michigan Population Studies Center (PSC) Brown Bag seminars highlight recent research in population studies and serve as a focal point for building our research community.

https://www.psc.isr.umich.edu/events/brown-bag/

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 25 Oct 2021 10:46:51 -0400 2021-11-01T12:00:00-04:00 2021-11-01T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Diana Greene Foster
Rod Little - On the Definition of Response Propensity – MPSM JPSM Seminar Series (November 3, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88318 88318-21652407@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 3, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

Rod Little is Richard D. Remington Distinguished University Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Michigan, where he also holds appointments in the Department of Statistics and the Institute for Social Research. He has over 250 publications, notably on methods for the analysis of data with missing values and model-based survey inference, and the application of statistics to diverse scientific areas, including medicine, demography, economics, psychiatry, aging and the environment. Little is an elected member of the International Statistical Institute, a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a member of the National Academy of Medicine. In 2005, Little was awarded the American Statistical Association’s Wilks Medal for research contributions, and he gave the President’s Invited Address at the Joint Statistical Meetings. He was the COPSS Fisher Lecturer at the 2012 Joint Statistics Meetings.

On the Definition of Response Propensity

Nonresponse propensities play a central role in unit nonresponse adjustments from both design and model-based perspectives, but are often not clearly defined because of lack of clarity about the variables on which the propensities are conditioned. I propose a definition of response propensity for the purpose of nonresponse adjustments, where the conditioning is restricted to include the variables measured in the survey as well as design and auxiliary variables measured for respondents and nonrespondents. The proposed definition is justified from both design-based and model-based perspectives. The role of the missing at random assumption is discussed for both perspectives, for cross-sectional surveys and longitudinal surveys with attrition.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Oct 2021 17:53:30 -0400 2021-11-03T12:00:00-04:00 2021-11-03T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Lecture / Discussion Rod Little - On the Definition of Response Propensity – MPSM JPSM Seminar Series
Detecting white supremacist speech on social media (November 3, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88358 88358-21653508@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 3, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Detecting white supremacist speech on social media
Wednesday, November 3, 1pm ET

Social media have been repeatedly shown to harbor white supremacist networks, enabling far-right extremists to find one another, recruit and radicalize new members, and normalize their hate. In order to address the problem of white supremacist speech on social media, platforms must first be able to identify it.

In this talk, Libby Hemphill will present research to understand what white supremacist speech looks like, especially how it’s different from general or commonplace speech, and to determine whether white supremacists try to adapt to avoid detection from social media platforms’ current content moderation systems.

ISR Insights Speaker Series is a series focusing on the research happening at ISR.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Oct 2021 12:25:09 -0400 2021-11-03T13:00:00-04:00 2021-11-03T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion event flyer
Introduction to Survey Sampling (November 4, 2021 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/87433 87433-21642133@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 4, 2021 9:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques

Introduction to Survey Sampling
Course Date: Oct. 28-Nov. 18, 2021
Days: Th (9:00am-12:30pm)

Registration requires at, https://si.isr.umich.edu/

This is a foundation course in sample survey methods and principles. The instructors will present, in a non-technical manner, basic sampling techniques such as simple random sampling, systematic sampling, stratification, and cluster sampling. The instructors will provide opportunities to implement sampling techniques in a series of exercises that accompany each topic.

Participants should not expect to obtain sufficient background in this course to master survey sampling. They can expect to become familiar with basic techniques well enough to converse with sampling statisticians more easily about sample design.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 23 Sep 2021 10:26:57 -0400 2021-11-04T09:30:00-04:00 2021-11-04T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques Class / Instruction course flyer
A Holistic Approach to Advancing Diversity in Graduate Programs (November 5, 2021 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88457 88457-21654142@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 5, 2021 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

The first round of attempts to diversify the academy, what we call Diversity 1.0, largely entailed attempting to remediate underrepresented students, through program support and other efforts, so that they could thrive within the academy. By and large, these efforts did not consider the biases embedded within institutions of higher education and the institutional changes that need to happen in order for minoritized students to feel they belong and can thrive within these institutional spaces. That deeper, institutional work is what we call Diversity 2.0 -- the process of evaluating and addressing the structural factors that make departments and campuses feel unwelcoming and unsupportive to minoritized students. To address this challenge, we suggest a holistic approach, one that includes a focus on admissions, belonging, climate, and data equity, as the best approach for creating the institutional transformations needed to make departments and campuses truly inclusive.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 20 Oct 2021 11:49:49 -0400 2021-11-05T13:30:00-04:00 2021-11-05T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Measuring Child Exposure to the U.S. Justice System: Evidence from Longitudinal Links between Survey and Administrative Data (November 8, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88675 88675-21656594@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 8, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Michigan Population Studies Center Brown Bag seminars presents Michael Mueller-Smith who will discuss, "Measuring Child Exposure to the U.S. Justice System: Evidence from Longitudinal Links between Survey and Administrative Data."

Mike Mueller-Smith is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Michigan and Faculty Associate at the Population Studies Center. His research focuses on measuring the scope and prevalence of the criminal justice system in the U.S. as well as its broadly defined impact on the population. He is the Director of the Criminal Justice Administrative Records System (CJARS), a new data infrastructure project joint with the U.S. Census Bureau that seeks to collect and link extensive amounts of criminal justice microdata with social and economic data held at the Census Bureau. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University in 2015, and completed a NICHD Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Michigan’s Population Studies Center between 2015-2017.

Michigan Population Studies Center (PSC) Brown Bag seminars highlight recent research in population studies and serve as a focal point for building our research community.

https://www.psc.isr.umich.edu/events/brown-bag/

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 02 Nov 2021 14:44:30 -0400 2021-11-08T12:00:00-05:00 2021-11-08T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Measuring Child Exposure to the U.S. Justice System (poster)
OS Info Night (November 9, 2021 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88279 88279-21652022@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 9, 2021 5:30pm
Location: 1100 North University Building
Organized By: Organizational Studies Program (OS)

Want to learn more about Organizational Studies?

Join us to hear more about this interdisciplinary major based in social sciences where students customize their own education. OS Info Night is an informational session for those students (typically first-years) that are interested in learning more about OS as a possible major.

OS Director Mark Mizruchi will give a brief overview of the program, and OS staff provide information on the curriculum, opportunities, admissions process, and possible career paths available to OS majors.

Do you think you would enjoy a small community of dedicated and ambitious students with access to top-notch faculty and an engaged alumni network? Then the OS major may be for you!

Please register to attend!

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Reception / Open House Thu, 14 Oct 2021 15:54:02 -0400 2021-11-09T17:30:00-05:00 2021-11-09T19:00:00-05:00 1100 North University Building Organizational Studies Program (OS) Reception / Open House Students listening
Representative Research: Assessing Diversity in Online Samples (November 10, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86292 86292-21640719@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 10, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Representative Research: Assessing Diversity in Online Samples
Wednesday, November 10, noon to 1:10pm Eastern via Zoom

Speaker: Frances Barlas
Vice President, Research Methods at Ipsos Public Affairs

In 2020, we saw a broader awakening to the continued systemic racism throughout all aspects of our society and heard renewed calls for racial justice. For the survey and market research industries, this has renewed questions about how well our industry does to ensure that our public opinion research captures the full set of diverse voices that make up the United States. These questions were reinforced in the wake of the 2020 election with the scrutiny faced by the polling industry and the role that voters of color played in the election. In this talk, we’ll consider how well online samples represent people of color in the United States. Results from studies that use both KnowledgePanel – a probability-based online panel – and non-probability online samples will be shared. We’ll discuss some strategies for ways to improve our sample quality.

Dr. Frances Barlas is a Senior Vice President and the lead KnowledgePanel Methodologist for Ipsos. She has worked in the survey and market research industries for 20 years. In her current role, she is charged with overseeing and advancing the statistical integrity and operational efficiency of KnowledgePanel, the largest probability-based panel in the US, and other Ipsos research assets. Her research interests focus on survey measurement and online survey data quality. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Temple University.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 29 Oct 2021 16:18:12 -0400 2021-11-10T12:00:00-05:00 2021-11-10T13:10:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion poster
Introduction to Survey Sampling (November 11, 2021 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/87433 87433-21642134@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 11, 2021 9:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques

Introduction to Survey Sampling
Course Date: Oct. 28-Nov. 18, 2021
Days: Th (9:00am-12:30pm)

Registration requires at, https://si.isr.umich.edu/

This is a foundation course in sample survey methods and principles. The instructors will present, in a non-technical manner, basic sampling techniques such as simple random sampling, systematic sampling, stratification, and cluster sampling. The instructors will provide opportunities to implement sampling techniques in a series of exercises that accompany each topic.

Participants should not expect to obtain sufficient background in this course to master survey sampling. They can expect to become familiar with basic techniques well enough to converse with sampling statisticians more easily about sample design.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 23 Sep 2021 10:26:57 -0400 2021-11-11T09:30:00-05:00 2021-11-11T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques Class / Instruction course flyer
Reconquista: Indigenous Migrants and their New Geographies of Mestizaje (November 12, 2021 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89010 89010-21659651@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 12, 2021 12:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of History

Undisciplined // Global Theories of Critique 2021-22
All meetings are on Zoom, and open to all publics.

The Global Theories of Critique (GTC) workshop this year revolves around the practice of un-disciplining knowledge. Each speaker will open up the session with the body of theory and/or practice they strive to un-discipline and challenge in their work. Followed by a round-table discussion of the speakers’ work that the participants will read beforehand.

In our November meeting, we will be rethinking the concept of indigeneity in the context of the migration of indigenous people from Latin America to the United States since 1994.

Fri, Nov 12, 12:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

"Reconquista: Indigenous Migrants and their New Geographies of Mestizaje"

Professor María Josefina Saldaña-Portillo

Department of Social & Cultural Analysis & the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, New York University.

Register in advance for this event here: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0qdeugrjoiGNdLSP8YS8lxfbhI53giJsjn. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Abstract:

Tens of thousands of indigenous peoples from Latin America have migrated to the United States since 1994, the vast majority of those from Mexico and Mesoamerica traveling as family units. As a consequence, according to the 2020 US Census, the Native American population in the US increased by 86% since 2010. Zapotec is now second only to Navajo as the most-spoken indigenous language in the United States, while Mixtec is taught as part of the bilingual education curriculum in New York City. This is challenging how we define indigeneity in the United States, our official categories of recognition. Latin American indigenous people in US cities and towns not only bring into sharp relief different hemispheric modes of defining indigenous identity, they also challenge the ongoing biopolitical function of mestizaje and indigenismo in Latin America. How does the mass migration that we are witnessing of indigenous peoples require a hemispheric rethinking of indigeneity? Of mestizaje? Of who gets to sing the nation-state now, and in what languages?

For this event, we will read the following 2 pieces. They will be sent to participants prior to the event:

1. Saldaña-Portillo, "Where is the Indian in Aztlán?" (forthcoming/unpublished article)

2. Saldaña-Portillo, "Who's the Indian in Aztlán? Re-Writing Mestizaje, Indianism, and Chicanismo from the Lacandón" in Who's the Indian in Aztlán? Re-Writing Mestizaje, Indianism, and Chicanismo from the Lacandón (Duke UP)

This event is co-sponsored by the Department of American Culture and the Center of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Michigan.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 05 Nov 2021 14:52:09 -0400 2021-11-12T12:30:00-05:00 2021-11-12T14:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of History Lecture / Discussion
Organizational Support for Diversity & Inclusion Management Practices (November 12, 2021 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88701 88701-21656853@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 12, 2021 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Organizations are continuing to direct efforts to recruit women and underrepresented minority members (URM; Black/African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander, or Hispanic/Latinx) to increase workforce diversity. Yet, the underrepresentation of women and URM members persists across many industries and organizations, rendering the need to strengthen the body of research that looks to find ways organizations can increase recruitment and selection of minority employees. My colleagues and I address this need by focusing on diversity recruitment within an academic setting, a context where hiring and promoting women and URM members continues to be a challenge. In the first two studies, we utilized and extend homophily theory to explain how and why the demographic composition of the recruitment team can contribute to attracting more women and URM candidates. In the third study, we examined how and why diversity recruitment strategies can have negative effects for URM applicants

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 27 Oct 2021 09:28:51 -0400 2021-11-12T13:30:00-05:00 2021-11-12T15:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Science Communications in a Social Media Crisis: Lessons Learned from Dear Pandemic (November 15, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87140 87140-21639086@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 15, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

A PSC Brown Bag seminar.

Dr. Malia Jones is an interdisciplinary researcher working at the intersection of infectious disease and social epidemiology, demography, and geography. She will discuss Science Communications in a Social Media Crisis: Lessons Learned from Dear Pandemic.

She is an Associate Scientist in Health Geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Applied Population Laboratory, where her work focuses on how the places we spend time affect our health, especially spatial clustering of infectious disease and vaccines. She was also a co-founder and inaugural Editor-in-Chief of Dear Pandemic. Over the past year, Dr. Jones has emerged as a national leader in pandemic-related science communications. She is developing a research program that aims to understand how social media, trust, and science communication intersect.

Dr. Jones' current research work is funded by a K01 Career Development Award from the National Institutes for Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.

She received an MPH and a PhD in Public Health at UCLA and completed postdoctoral training at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine. Her work has been published in leading scientific journals such as the American Journal of Public Health, Health Affairs, and Demography.

https://DearPandemic.org/

Michigan Population Studies Center (PSC) Brown Bag seminars highlight recent research in population studies and serve as a focal point for building our research community.

https://www.psc.isr.umich.edu/events/brown-bag/

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 08 Nov 2021 14:28:04 -0500 2021-11-15T12:00:00-05:00 2021-11-15T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar flyer
Introduction to Survey Sampling (November 18, 2021 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/87433 87433-21642135@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 18, 2021 9:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques

Introduction to Survey Sampling
Course Date: Oct. 28-Nov. 18, 2021
Days: Th (9:00am-12:30pm)

Registration requires at, https://si.isr.umich.edu/

This is a foundation course in sample survey methods and principles. The instructors will present, in a non-technical manner, basic sampling techniques such as simple random sampling, systematic sampling, stratification, and cluster sampling. The instructors will provide opportunities to implement sampling techniques in a series of exercises that accompany each topic.

Participants should not expect to obtain sufficient background in this course to master survey sampling. They can expect to become familiar with basic techniques well enough to converse with sampling statisticians more easily about sample design.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 23 Sep 2021 10:26:57 -0400 2021-11-18T09:30:00-05:00 2021-11-18T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques Class / Instruction course flyer
Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Information Session (December 2, 2021 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89094 89094-21660472@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 2, 2021 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science (MPSDS) offers graduate degrees that combine ideas and techniques for producing and analyzing data about humans and our society. Join us to launch your career in this exciting and rewarding field in which scientists interpret the world through data.
Visit our website: https://surveydatascience.isr.umich.edu/ for detailed information.

Advance registration is required, https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/4716359688195/WN_MSEcVDFwQT2eQhNyK0sw8Q

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Presentation Tue, 09 Nov 2021 10:41:54 -0500 2021-12-02T11:00:00-05:00 2021-12-02T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Presentation info session flyer
Discussion of High Impact Research Topics in Global Population Research (December 15, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85339 85339-21626252@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 15, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

This webinar series on the Chitwan Valley Family Study (CVFS) is about global and comparative population research. Sessions include measuring mental health, Covid-19, linking data, genetics, & migrant data.

Webinar 7: Discussion of High Impact Research Topics in Global Population Research
Wednesday, December 15, 2021
2-3pm EDT
Presenter: SPE Program Team

This webinar will feature investigators discussing high priority topics for new global population health research. Discussion will include the potential of CVFS being used to address these topics, as well as other global population health data resources. We will also discuss the potential of proposals to NIH for funding to launch new research on these topics. There will be a Q&A session after the presentation.

The webinar will be hosted using Zoom. Registration is required to attend the webinar. Support provided by NICHD (R25 HD101358).

Registration is required for this event: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUpcO2rrz4vGdH_MismMAIU7j0yKB5qlbuc

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 17 Aug 2021 14:38:15 -0400 2021-12-15T14:00:00-05:00 2021-12-15T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Nepal mountains
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (January 10, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21668872@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 10, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-01-10T12:00:00-05:00 2022-01-10T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (January 11, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21668887@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 11, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-01-11T12:00:00-05:00 2022-01-11T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (January 12, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21674674@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 12, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-01-12T12:00:00-05:00 2022-01-12T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (January 13, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21674673@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 13, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-01-13T12:00:00-05:00 2022-01-13T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (January 17, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21668873@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 17, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-01-17T12:00:00-05:00 2022-01-17T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
Advancing Climate Justice & Environmental Health: people-centered approaches to transformational research (January 18, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90764 90764-21673518@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 18, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

REGISTRATION REQUIRED
https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qa4rv9J3SZehApoPqRPIVw
A life-long learner and advocate, Dr. Jalonne L. White-Newsome founded Empowering a Green Environment and Economy, LLC, a strategic consulting firm, with the mission of transforming communities through the development of people-centered solutions. She serves a diverse set of clients with forward-thinking and intersectional approaches to tackle issues such as climate change, public health, environmental injustice, and advancing racial equity.

Dr. White-Newsome ha has multi-sector experience having worked in environmental philanthropy, state government, non-profit, grassroots, academia and private industry. Most notably, she created and implemented the transformational Climate Resilient and Equitable Water Systems (CREWS) Initiative at the Kresge Foundation as a Senior Program Officer; she was the first Director of WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s federal policy office in Washington, DC; and, her doctoral research illuminated the impact of climate change & extreme heat on the low-income, elderly in Detroit, and is still referenced to drive public health interventions.

A native of Detroit, Jalonne earned a Ph.D. in environmental health sciences from the University of Michigan School of Public Health, a master’s degree in environmental engineering from Southern Methodist University, a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Northwestern University, and her certificate in Diversity and Inclusion from Cornell University.

Jalonne serves on multiple national and local academic, non-profit and for-profit Boards. She is a Lecturer at The George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, a lifetime member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and the proud mom of Arielle and Jeannelyn.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 10 Jan 2022 16:24:08 -0500 2022-01-18T12:00:00-05:00 2022-01-18T12:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Lecture / Discussion Jan 18 Advancing Climate Justice & Environmental Health
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (January 18, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21668888@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 18, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-01-18T12:00:00-05:00 2022-01-18T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
LHS Collaboratory (January 18, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89940 89940-21666535@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 18, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

This presentation will explore how Big Data Science and Informatics research can overcome deficiencies within the electronic health record and optimize real world data collection. We will discuss examples of how standardized nomenclature integrated into clinical workflow can enable statistical AI methods to advance clinical decision support and improve outcome models. Our successes in radiation oncology come from single multi-institutional, multi-national and multi-professional society collaboration.

Presenters:
Charles Mayo, PhD
Professor
Director of Radiation Oncology Informatics and Analytics
Department of Radiation Oncology
University of Michigan Medical School

Michelle Mierzwa, MD
Associate Professor
Associate Chair of Clinical Research
Co-Chair of Head and Neck Clinical Trials
Department of Radiation Oncology
University of Michigan Medical School

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 11 Jan 2022 15:56:37 -0500 2022-01-18T12:00:00-05:00 2022-01-18T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Learning Health Sciences Lecture / Discussion Collaboratory logo
UROP Summer Fellowship Info Sessions (January 19, 2022 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91076 91076-21676394@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 19, 2022 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Undergraduate Students interested in participating in a 10-week paid summer research fellowship can learn more about the Biomedical & Life Sciences, Engineering and Women & Gender programs during our virtual info sessions offered during the following dates:

January 19th (2pm-3pm)
January 25th (12pm-1pm)
February 3rd (5pm-6pm)
February 9th (5pm-6pm)

Register for an info session at: https://myumi.ch/7e36D

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 17 Jan 2022 09:58:41 -0500 2022-01-19T14:00:00-05:00 2022-01-19T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Livestream / Virtual UROP Paid Summer Fellowships
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (January 19, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21674647@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 19, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-01-19T18:00:00-05:00 2022-01-19T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (January 20, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21674660@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 20, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-01-20T18:00:00-05:00 2022-01-20T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
Organizational Science and Health Care (January 21, 2022 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90175 90175-21668509@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 21, 2022 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Research on topics of organizational science in health care settings for a variety of reasons has proliferated in recent years across both organization- and health-focused disciplines. Yet, questions abound about what we as organizational scholars know, what we have learned, and whether the research we are conducting is relevant. The first goal of this session is to take stock of this important domain by drawing together findings from two recent works: a critical history and analysis of the patient safety movement and an analysis of almost 700 articles published over the past decade in leading organizational science (OS) and health care (HC) journals. A second goal is to provide insight into promising avenues that could ultimately advance organizational science and health care with future research that is both rigorous and relevant.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 21 Dec 2021 22:41:02 -0500 2022-01-21T13:30:00-05:00 2022-01-21T15:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Organizational Science and Health Care (January 21, 2022 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90175 90175-21668766@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 21, 2022 1:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Research on topics of organizational science in health care settings for a variety of reasons has proliferated in recent years across both organization- and health-focused disciplines. Yet, questions abound about what we as organizational scholars know, what we have learned, and whether the research we are conducting is relevant. The first goal of this session is to take stock of this important domain by drawing together findings from two recent works: a critical history and analysis of the patient safety movement and an analysis of almost 700 articles published over the past decade in leading organizational science (OS) and health care (HC) journals. A second goal is to provide insight into promising avenues that could ultimately advance organizational science and health care with future research that is both rigorous and relevant.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 21 Dec 2021 22:41:02 -0500 2022-01-21T13:30:00-05:00 2022-01-21T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (January 24, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21668874@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 24, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-01-24T12:00:00-05:00 2022-01-24T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
New Deal policy and the racialization of homeownership (January 24, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90734 90734-21673479@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 24, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

New Deal policy and the racialization of homeownership
by Jacob William Faber, New York University

Bio:
Jacob William Faber is an Associate Professor at New York University's Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service and holds a joint appointment in NYU's Sociology Department. His research and teaching focuses on spatial inequality. He leverages observational and experimental methods to study the mechanisms responsible for sorting individuals across space and how the distribution of people by race and class interacts with political, social, and ecological systems to create and sustain economic disparities. While there is a rich literature exploring the geography of opportunity, there remain many unsettled questions about the causes of segregation and its effects on the residents of urban ghettos, wealthy suburbs, and the diverse set of places in between.

Michigan Population Studies Center (PSC) Brown Bag seminars highlight recent research in population studies and serve as a focal point for building our research community.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 18 Jan 2022 13:38:39 -0500 2022-01-24T12:00:00-05:00 2022-01-24T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion event flyer
Water Ties as Political Methodology in the Everglades and Beyond (January 24, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89829 89829-21665906@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 24, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Water Ties as Political Methodology in the Everglades and Beyond
Jessica Cattelino, UCLA

Monday, Jan 24, Open Talks 12-1pm, Grad Workshops 1-3pm, via Zoom

Meeting ID: 95385019774
Meeting Password: 520095
Link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/95385019774?pwd=N0I1THZGYlQwZi9UT2Q5dFlXSEttdz09

Abstract:
Water connects and obligates people to one another and to their environments in this time of ecological reckoning. Water ties, in this presentation, is an analytical term for, first, the ways that people are tied to water and are obliged to care for it, and second, the consequential and patterned ways that people are tied to one another through their relationships to water. In the Florida Everglades, where the world’s largest wetlands restoration project is underway and where pitched battles are fought over the values of agricultural production (especially sugarcane) and ecosystem health, water ties are the underappreciated keys to achieving flourishing with contested waters. Water ties are also political methodology: methodology for ecosystem governance, for Seminole sovereignty, and for ethnography.

This is a part of the Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD) Winter 2022 Series - "Water Ways: New Social Science, Science Studies, and Environmental Approaches to Water"

This is also a part of the class Anthrcul 558 section 002

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Presentation Mon, 24 Jan 2022 13:30:22 -0500 2022-01-24T12:00:00-05:00 2022-01-24T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Presentation event flyer
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (January 25, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21668889@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 25, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-01-25T12:00:00-05:00 2022-01-25T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
UROP Summer Fellowship Info Sessions (January 25, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91076 91076-21676395@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 25, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Undergraduate Students interested in participating in a 10-week paid summer research fellowship can learn more about the Biomedical & Life Sciences, Engineering and Women & Gender programs during our virtual info sessions offered during the following dates:

January 19th (2pm-3pm)
January 25th (12pm-1pm)
February 3rd (5pm-6pm)
February 9th (5pm-6pm)

Register for an info session at: https://myumi.ch/7e36D

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 17 Jan 2022 09:58:41 -0500 2022-01-25T12:00:00-05:00 2022-01-25T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Livestream / Virtual UROP Paid Summer Fellowships
CVFS COVID-19 2021 Pilot (January 26, 2022 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85341 85341-21626254@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 26, 2022 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

This webinar series on the Chitwan Valley Family Study (CVFS) is about global and comparative population research. Sessions include measuring mental health, Covid-19, linking data, genetics, & migrant data.

Webinar 9: CVFS COVID-19 2021 Pilot
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
2-3pm EDT
Presenter: Sabrina Hermosilla

This webinar will review the methods and primary findings from the COVID-19 CVFS Pilot Study implemented in the first quarter of 2021. This study explored the physical, social, and economic disruptions caused by COVID-19 prevention measures within households of the CVFS. There will be a Q&A session after the presentation.

The webinar will be hosted using Zoom. Registration is required to attend the webinar. Support provided by NICHD (R25 HD101358).

Registration is required for this event: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqcuCgpz8jGtNqH0O03W4w1QbQmBQAS1ph

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Presentation Tue, 17 Aug 2021 14:47:13 -0400 2022-01-26T14:00:00-05:00 2022-01-26T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Presentation Nepal mountains
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (January 26, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21674648@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 26, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-01-26T18:00:00-05:00 2022-01-26T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (January 27, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21674661@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 27, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-01-27T18:00:00-05:00 2022-01-27T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
Musical Repatriation (January 28, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90471 90471-21671100@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 28, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for World Performance Studies

Free & Open to the public
Register to attend on Zoom: https://myumi.ch/pZZV5

This virtual panel, hosted by the U-M Center for World Performance Studies, seeks to explore issues surrounding musical repatriation, primarily of recordings from archive, to the communities from which they were initially recorded or collected. Drawing on their diverse experiences as ethnographers, curators and archivists, panelists will discuss ethical considerations of “return,” and strategies for providing reconnection and Indigenous control and access to cultural materials. The conversation will highlight questions of ownership of and access to musical heritage, and issues involving memory, identity, history, power, agency, research, scholarship, preservation, performance, distribution, legitimacy, commodification, curation, decoloniality, and sustainability.

Dr. Robin R.R. Gray (Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2015) is Ts’msyen and Mikisew Cree, and an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto Mississauga. Prior to joining our faculty, Dr. Gray held a 2-year University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship in the History Department at the University of California Santa Cruz. Her research centers primarily on the politics of Indigeneity in settler colonial contexts such as Canada, USA, New Zealand and Australia. As a socio-cultural anthropologist and Indigenous studies scholar, Dr. Gray employs critical ethnographic, community-based, Indigenous and intersectional methodologies in the study and presentation of knowledge, power, culture and society.

Dr. Frank Gunderson is Professor of Musicology at Florida State University. He received the B.A. degree from Evergreen State College (WA), and the M.A. in World Music and Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology from Wesleyan University (CT). Gunderson’s research and teaching interests include musical intersections with Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) and sonic repatriation, African history, Islam, musical labor, veterans’ issues, biographical approaches, refugee communities, and documentary film. Gunderson is currently General Editor (2018-2022) of the SEM academic journal *Ethnomusicology* and is co-founder and co-Editor-in-Chief (together with Benjamin Harbert) of the new SEM Journal of *Audiovisual Ethnomusicology*. He co-edited with Robert Lancefield and Bret Woods *The Oxford Handbook of Musical Repatriation* (OUP 2018).

Dr. Noel Lobley is Assistant Professor in the Department of Music at the University of Virginia. He is a sound curator, ethnomusicologist, and artist. At the core of his creative practice, he is committed to developing new and ethical ways to exhibit sound. His installations have been presented across South Africa, Europe, and the U.S. in spaces ranging from art galleries and festivals to rainforests, in schools and on the streets. In addition to his careers as a curator and academic, he also has worked as a DJ, in radio, and in the music industry for twenty years. Noel’s first monograph *Sound Fragments: from field recording to African Electronic Stories* is forthcoming (Wesleyan, Spring 2022).

Dr. Kelly Askew is Chair of Anthropology and the Niara Sudarkasa Collegiate Professor of Anthropology and Afroamerican & African Studies at the University of Michigan. She has worked for over three decades in Tanzania and Kenya. Her current research and documentary film projects span: poetic and performing arts, postsocialist politics, pastoralism and indigenous communities, energy access and property rights. She is the author of *Performing the Nation: Swahili Music and Cultural Politics in Tanzania* (Chicago, 2002) and co-editor of *African Postsocialisms* (with M. Pitcher, Edinburgh, 2006) and The Anthropology of Media (with R. Wilk, Blackwell, 2002), among numerous publications. She co-leads the “Music Time in Africa” project, working to digitize the Leo Sarkisian collection, and make it publicly accessible.

*If you require accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the Center for World Performance Studies, at 734-936-2777 or cwps.information@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange.*

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 17 Jan 2022 09:27:06 -0500 2022-01-28T12:00:00-05:00 2022-01-28T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for World Performance Studies Lecture / Discussion Flyer
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (January 31, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21668875@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 31, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-01-31T12:00:00-05:00 2022-01-31T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
Chokepoints: Temporalities of Navigation in the Red Sea (January 31, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89830 89830-21665907@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 31, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Chokepoints: Temporalities of Navigation in the Red Sea
Jatin Dua, University of Michigan, Anthropology

Monday, Jan. 31, The Open Talks will be held noon to 1pm, and the Grad Workshops will be held 1 to 3pm.

Zoom Link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/95385019774?pwd=N0I1THZGYlQwZi9UT2Q5dFlXSEttdz09
Passcode: 520095
Meeting ID: 953 8501 9774

Abstract:
Shipping plays a crucial role in global circulation and geopolitical imaginaries of mobility. Approximately 90% of the world’s imports and exports travel by sea on some 93,000 merchant vessels, operated by 1.25 million seafarers, carrying almost six billion tons of cargo. This global circulation, however, is dependent on navigating a variety of chokepoints—narrow straits, ports, and other geographic locales that ‘choke’ the seemingly frictionless flow of global shipping. Focusing on ports and shipping lanes in the Bab-el-Mandeb, a narrow strait that separates Africa from Asia and connects the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean, this talk explores the generative power of chokepoints. Beyond the problem of lag, I argue for understanding chokepoint politics—a mode of politics and place-making built on channeling circulation.

This is a part of the Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD) Winter 2022 Series - "Water Ways: New Social Science, Science Studies, and Environmental Approaches to Water"

This is also a part of the class Anthrcul 558 section 002

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Presentation Tue, 25 Jan 2022 09:01:13 -0500 2022-01-31T12:00:00-05:00 2022-01-31T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Presentation event flyer
The Scars of Life Course Trauma on the Immune System (January 31, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90732 90732-21673478@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 31, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

The Scars of Life Course Trauma on the Immune System
by Grace Noppert

Monday, January 31
12-1:10 pm ET via Zoom

Abstract:
We are currently observing an unprecedented rise in childhood trauma from COVID-19—specifically related to the loss and disruption of caregiving. Yet, we know little about the impact or persistence of early life trauma on later life immune function. Using nationally representative data on older adults from the U.S. Health and Retirement Study, we examined the association between experiencing parental death or parental separation before the age of 16 years and four markers of immune function in late life: high sensitive C-reactive Protein (CRP), Interleukin-6 (IL-6), soluble Tumor Necrosis Factor (sTNFR), and immune response to cytomegalovirus (CMV) measured by the level of Immunoglobulin G (IgG). We also examined racial and ethnic differences in these associations. We found that racialized minority individuals were more likely to experience parental death/separation in early life compared to non-Hispanic Whites and had poorer immune function in later life. We also found consistent associations between parental death or separation and poor immune function in later life measured by both CMV and IL-6 across all race/ethnic subgroups. This presentation will discuss the growing body of evidence that early life trauma becomes embedded in the architecture of the immune system with consequences for health throughout the life course.

Bio:
Dr. Noppert's work lies at the intersection of biology, sociology, and epidemiology. Her work seeks to explain how social processes become biologically embedded with implications for health across the life course. She began her work as an infectious disease epidemiologist examining health disparities in tuberculosis (TB) in the U.S. Since then, her work has focused on uncovering the social underpinning of a range of infectious diseases, both established (e.g., TB) and emergent (e.g., SARS-CoV-2). Her current work focuses on sociobiological exposures such as persistent viral infections (e.g., CMV, HSV-1, etc.) and how they intersect with the immune system. Understanding the link between social factors, infections, and immune function may hold clues to explaining and disrupting persistent health inequities across the life course.

Michigan Population Studies Center (PSC) Brown Bag seminars highlight recent research in population studies and serve as a focal point for building our research community.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 18 Jan 2022 13:39:42 -0500 2022-01-31T12:00:00-05:00 2022-01-31T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion event flyer
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (February 1, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21668890@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 1, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-02-01T12:00:00-05:00 2022-02-01T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (February 2, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21674649@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 2, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-02-02T18:00:00-05:00 2022-02-02T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
UROP Summer Fellowship Info Sessions (February 3, 2022 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91076 91076-21676396@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 3, 2022 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Undergraduate Students interested in participating in a 10-week paid summer research fellowship can learn more about the Biomedical & Life Sciences, Engineering and Women & Gender programs during our virtual info sessions offered during the following dates:

January 19th (2pm-3pm)
January 25th (12pm-1pm)
February 3rd (5pm-6pm)
February 9th (5pm-6pm)

Register for an info session at: https://myumi.ch/7e36D

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 17 Jan 2022 09:58:41 -0500 2022-02-03T17:00:00-05:00 2022-02-03T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Livestream / Virtual UROP Paid Summer Fellowships
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (February 3, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21674662@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 3, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-02-03T18:00:00-05:00 2022-02-03T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (February 7, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21668876@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 7, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-02-07T12:00:00-05:00 2022-02-07T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
Conversations on Europe. Reinventing Tradition: Innovation and Transgression in Barcelona's Public Nativity Displays (February 7, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89731 89731-21665267@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 7, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for European Studies

Public displays of Christian symbols like the crèche have gone from being taken-for-granted elements of local tradition to objects of contestation in diverse European contexts due to pressures generated by secularization and religious diversification. Barcelona’s city government has responded creatively to these pressures by commissioning public crèches with highly abstract designs that dilute their religious symbolism, thereby rendering them more compatible with principles of separation and neutrality, and with the progressive image, the city wishes to project. This strategy of “aesthetic transmutation” represents an alternative to other possible responses, such as elimination or supplementation (i.e., adding minority religious symbols). In analyzing its development, Astor employs an interactionist approach that elucidates how the stances and actions of diverse actors implicated in the process do not reflect rigid pre-established ideological positions on identity, church-state relations, or the place of religion in the public sphere, but rather respond flexibly to situational interactions, pressures, and opportunities. His findings have implications for how sociologists conceptualize religious icons, the forces driving their transformation, and the role of interactive contexts in shaping how such transformation unfolds.

Avi Astor is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and is part of the Research Center for the Sociology of Religion (ISOR). He obtained his PhD in sociology from the University of Michigan in 2011. He has written on a variety of topics related to religion, culture, and identity. He is the author of *Rebuilding Islam in Contemporary Spain* (Sussex, 2017). His work has appeared in several prominent journals, including Theory and Society, the J*ournal for the Scientific Study of Religion*, *Qualitative Sociology*, the *International Migration Review*, the *Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies*, and the *International Journal for Urban and Regional Research*.

Registration for this webinar is required at https://myumi.ch/9P5y1

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 25 Jan 2022 09:13:13 -0500 2022-02-07T12:00:00-05:00 2022-02-07T13:20:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for European Studies Lecture / Discussion Pessebre 2021, photos by Avi Astor
Veins, plumes, and mantles: the slippery form of subterranean water movement in Costa Rica (February 7, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89831 89831-21665908@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 7, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Veins, plumes, and mantles: the slippery form of subterranean water movement in Costa Rica
Andrea Ballestero, University of Southern California

Monday, Feb. 7, The Open Talks will be held noon to 1pm, and the Grad Workshops will be held 1 to 3pm.

Zoom Link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/95385019774?pwd=N0I1THZGYlQwZi9UT2Q5dFlXSEttdz09
Meeting ID: 953 8501 9774
Passcode: 520095

Abstract:
Among Costa Rican hydrogeologists and water activists there is a longstanding struggle over the most appropriate metaphor to describe subterranean water. Veins (venas) have captured their imagination since at least colonial times when mining and other extractive projects dominated visual renderings of water. Plumes (plumas)have emerged more recently as hydrogeologists try to convey to the public the fragility and volatility of aquifers in danger of chemical contamination. Mantles (mantos) persist as figures that evoke the extended and enveloping character of water as a material substance. Measured against human bodies, human-made disasters, and human needs, these figurations that guide political decisions about harm and well-being. This paper examines the assumptions about collective life in Costa Rica that are written into these figures. I query how and where do these figures collide, and ask whose imagination is privileged in that process?

This is a part of the Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD) Winter 2022 Series - "Water Ways: New Social Science, Science Studies, and Environmental Approaches to Water"

This is also a part of the class Anthrcul 558 section 002

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Presentation Tue, 01 Feb 2022 16:03:48 -0500 2022-02-07T12:00:00-05:00 2022-02-07T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Presentation event flyer
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (February 8, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21668891@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 8, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-02-08T12:00:00-05:00 2022-02-08T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
Guest Lecture: Valuing Black Lives, Properties, and Cities with Andre M. Perry (February 8, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92066 92066-21686463@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 8, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Weiser Center for Real Estate

Andre M. Perry, Senior Fellow at Brookings Metro, scholar in residence at American University, and columnist for the Hechinger Report, will be in dialogue with Chase L. Cantrell, Taubman College Lecturer and professional in residence at the Weiser Center for Real Estate to discuss Perry’s scholarship on Black-majority cities and institutions in America, focusing on valuable assets worthy of investment. Andre is a nationally known and respected commentator on race, structural inequality, and education, Perry is the author of the book “Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Property in America’s Black Cities”. Perry is a regular contributor to MSNBC and has been published by numerous national media outlets, including The New York Times, The Nation, The Washington Post, TheRoot.com and CNN.com. Perry has also made appearances on HBO, CNN, PBS, National Public Radio, NBC, and ABC.

REGISTRATION CLOSES AT 12:00 PM EST ON FEBRUARY 8TH

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 08 Feb 2022 11:56:00 -0500 2022-02-08T18:00:00-05:00 2022-02-08T19:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Weiser Center for Real Estate Lecture / Discussion Andre M. Perry
Brian M. Wells and Hani Zainulbhai - Using a Web Diary Survey to Measure Out-of-Home Media Consumption and Engagement (February 9, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90980 90980-21675125@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 9, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

Brian M. Wells is a Senior Data Scientist at Nielsen where he works on a variety of quantitative projects to evaluate, improve, and expand Nielsen panels. Previously he served as the Data Quality and Survey Methodology Manager for the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) where he evaluated the need for and implemented a new data collection methodology. Brian received his PhD in Survey Methodology from the University of Michigan.

Hani Zainulbhai is a Senior Data Scientist at Nielsen and a 2018 MPSM graduate. At Nielsen, she has been involved in developing alternative recruitment methods for the TV audience measurement panel.

Using a Web Diary Survey to Measure Out-of-Home Media Consumption and Engagement

Dimensions of out-of-home (OOH) media measurement rely on human input and cannot be fully captured through passive data collection via smart devices or portable meters. To better understand OOH TV consumption, we designed a web-based diary survey to capture the various components of OOH TV consumption while trying to minimize recall bias, especially for brief, unanticipated viewings. The study consisted of two parts: a Recruitment phase and a Diary phase. During the Recruitment phase, selected panelists from a nationally representative sample completed a short survey and were asked to participate in the 7-day diary. Those who agreed were enrolled in the Diary and were asked to complete a once-daily diary, logging all their OOH activity and TV consumption. The surveys were conducted over four weeks from mid-October to mid-November 2021, with each week having an independent and representative sample covering a different 7-day period. This presentation will provide an overview of the methodology and process used to administer the Recruitment and Diary surveys, including sample design, recruitment procedures, web-based diary survey design, and participation and response rates for each survey. In addition, we will discuss the results of a questionnaire experiment exploring differences between the concepts of attention to and engagement with media. A random half-sample was assigned questions about either “attention” or “engagement” to each program viewed. Within each half-sample, we also randomly assigned each respondent to an ascending or a descending response order condition to observe if there is any primacy effect due to collection in a self-administered mode. Preliminary results show differences in the distributions for attention and engagement implying some differentiation in how respondents perceive these two measures. In addition, the direction of the response order seems to alter the response distribution for attention but not for engagement.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 27 Jan 2022 14:44:56 -0500 2022-02-09T12:00:00-05:00 2022-02-09T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Lecture / Discussion Brian M. Wells and Hani Zainulbhai - Using a Web Diary Survey to Measure Out-of-Home Media Consumption and Engagement
Studying Women’s Employment in Chitwan: Seasonal Work History Calendars (February 9, 2022 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85342 85342-21626255@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 9, 2022 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

This webinar series on the Chitwan Valley Family Study (CVFS) is about global and comparative population research. Sessions include measuring mental health, Covid-19, linking data, genetics, & migrant data.

Webinar 10: Studying Women’s Employment in Chitwan: Seasonal Work History Calendars
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
2-3pm EDT
Presenter: Sarah Brauner-Otto

This webinar will describe the process of developing the seasonal work history calendars used to study women’s employment in the CVFS and will provide some illustrations of how to analyze these data alone and in combination with other CVFS components. There will be a Q&A session after the presentation.

The webinar will be hosted using Zoom. Registration is required to attend the webinar. Support provided by NICHD (R25 HD101358).

Registration is required for this event: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcpd-yhqDssGdJq-kASxS6dz-vJ3YTBhr1Q

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Presentation Tue, 17 Aug 2021 14:51:52 -0400 2022-02-09T14:00:00-05:00 2022-02-09T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Presentation Nepal mountains
UROP Summer Fellowship Info Sessions (February 9, 2022 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91076 91076-21676397@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 9, 2022 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Undergraduate Students interested in participating in a 10-week paid summer research fellowship can learn more about the Biomedical & Life Sciences, Engineering and Women & Gender programs during our virtual info sessions offered during the following dates:

January 19th (2pm-3pm)
January 25th (12pm-1pm)
February 3rd (5pm-6pm)
February 9th (5pm-6pm)

Register for an info session at: https://myumi.ch/7e36D

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 17 Jan 2022 09:58:41 -0500 2022-02-09T17:00:00-05:00 2022-02-09T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Livestream / Virtual UROP Paid Summer Fellowships
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (February 9, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21674650@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 9, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-02-09T18:00:00-05:00 2022-02-09T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
U-M Addiction Center 4-Part Community Education Series (February 9, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91538 91538-21683051@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 9, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UM Addiction Center

The U-M Addiction Center is hosting a free, virtual community education series designed for individuals and families. Join experts from U-M Addiction Treatment Services (UMATS), live via Zoom to learn more about important topics related to addiction and recovery.

Session 1: February 9th - Addiction 101: Basics of Addiction and the Role of the Brain


This first session will take place on February 9th from 7pm-8pm via Zoom. Registration is required. Participants will be given an overview of substance use disorders, the reasons why people turn to drugs and alcohol, and the neuroscience behind addiction. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of why addiction is considered a chronic brain disease. Resources on how to obtain help and support will be provided.


Session 2: March 9 - Addiction Treatment and Therapy

Session 3: April 13 - Medications for Treating Addiction

Session 4: May 11 - Family and addiction: How families and friends can get help and support a loved one with addiction

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 01 Feb 2022 12:53:59 -0500 2022-02-09T19:00:00-05:00 2022-02-09T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UM Addiction Center Livestream / Virtual Click on the link below to register.
Exposure to Violence and Subsequent Weapons Use in Two Urban High-Risk Communities (February 10, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91744 91744-21682698@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 10, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

ISR Insights Speaker Series
Exposure to Violence and Subsequent Weapons Use in Two Urban High-Risk Communities
Thursday, Feb. 10, noon ET via Zoom

Speakers: Eric F. Dubow (Adjunct Research Scientist, Research Center for Group Dynamics; Professor of Psychology, Bowling Green State University) and L. R. Huesmann (Amos N Tversky Collegiate Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies and Psychology, Professor Emeritus of Communication and Media, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, College of LSA and Research Professor Emeritus, Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research)

Researchers Dubow and Huesmann report preliminary results of data that they have collected over the last 13 years from youth and young adults in two diverse, urban, high-crime communities (Flint, MI, and Jersey City, NJ). Their findings have shown that early exposure to weapons violence (whether in the family, neighborhood, or through engaging with violent media) significantly correlates at modest levels with weapon carrying, weapon use or threats-to-use, arrests for weapons use, and criminally violent acts 10 years later. Violence exposure was significantly linked to beliefs about the acceptability of behaving aggressively. They argue that youth who observe more violence with weapons, whether in the family, among peers, in the neighborhood, or through the media or video games become infected from the exposure with a social-cognitive-emotional disease (evidenced particularly by normative beliefs approving of gun violence) that increases their own risk of behaving violently with weapons later in life.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 31 Jan 2022 14:38:02 -0500 2022-02-10T12:00:00-05:00 2022-02-10T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion flyer
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (February 10, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21674663@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 10, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-02-10T18:00:00-05:00 2022-02-10T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (February 14, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21668877@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 14, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-02-14T12:00:00-05:00 2022-02-14T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
Sensing Water in Mexico City (February 14, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89832 89832-21665909@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 14, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Sensing Water in Mexico City
Branko Kerkez and Elizabeth F.S. Roberts, University of Michigan

Monday, Feb. 14, The Open Talks will be held noon to 1pm, and the Grad Workshops will be held 1 to 3pm.
Zoom only

Abstract:
A growing number of the world’s urban households only receive water intermittently. In this paper we describe our multi-disciplinary project, bringing together engineers and ethnographers, that seeks to sense the effects of intermittency in working class neighborhoods in Mexico City. We installed newly engineered water sensors in participant households, allowing us to apprehend previously unseen dynamics, for example that weekly versus daily intermittency has substantial effects on water quality. Through ethnographic data from these same households we found that in regards to the constant labor of managing water, daily versus weekly intermittency also has complex and counterintuitive effects on domestic life. Our ethnographic/engineering collaboration allows us to document complex water phenomena, that we could not have seen on our own, and by sensing how these complex water dynamics produce different household water ways we have more of a sense of what the future might hold.

This is a part of the Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD) Winter 2022 Series - "Water Ways: New Social Science, Science Studies, and Environmental Approaches to Water"

This is also a part of the class Anthrcul 558 section 002

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Presentation Wed, 09 Feb 2022 16:13:26 -0500 2022-02-14T12:00:00-05:00 2022-02-14T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Presentation event flyer
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (February 15, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21668892@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-02-15T12:00:00-05:00 2022-02-15T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
BLI & SOUL Event (February 15, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92032 92032-21686278@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Barger Leadership Institute

All SOUL students are invited to a meet and greet event at the BLI!
You will have an opportunity to connect and learn from SOUL alumni about how they've advanced their leadership learning with the BLI, practice a contemplative activity, and enjoy a grab and go dinner! Please register to confirm your (Jerusalem Garden) dinner choice.

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Reception / Open House Mon, 07 Feb 2022 10:21:54 -0500 2022-02-15T16:00:00-05:00 2022-02-15T18:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Barger Leadership Institute Reception / Open House BLI-SOUL student event
2022 Sociology Winter Colloquium (February 16, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91811 91811-21683064@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Sociology

Talk Title: Figures of the Future: Latino Civil Rights and the Politics of Demographic Change

Assistant Professor Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz (Northwestern University)

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 15 Feb 2022 11:35:26 -0500 2022-02-16T12:00:00-05:00 2022-02-16T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Sociology Workshop / Seminar Michael Rodriguez-Muniz
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (February 16, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21674651@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-02-16T18:00:00-05:00 2022-02-16T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (February 17, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21674664@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 17, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-02-17T18:00:00-05:00 2022-02-17T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
WCEE Lecture. Refugee Crises in Contemporary Europe, From the English Channel to the Polish-Belarusian Border (February 18, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90884 90884-21674511@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 18, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia

John A. Young, Senior Staff Development Officer at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), joins Genevieve Zubrzycki, professor of sociology at the University of Michigan and director of the Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia, in a discussion exploring the current crisis taking place in the corner of Europe where the fictional shtetl of Anatevka was set, as well as concurrent crises, showing the ongoing relevance of a key theme of *Fiddler on the Roof*, that of people forced from their home into desperate circumstances.

John A. Young (BA Russian/REES ‘86, JD ‘90) has devoted most of his career to refugee protection in Europe and the Middle East. Based mainly with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) since 1994, he also worked five years at the European Commission in pre-accession projects on law and justice, human rights, and minorities. Throughout his career, John has been engaged in refugee status determination, resettlement, asylum-building, migration management, and the identification and response to vulnerable persons. While in Brussels he prepared UNHCR's legal submissions for ECHR in Strasbourg, and the Court of Justice, and worked with the European Parliament and Commission on EU Asylum legislation. Presently he is the Head of the UNHCR Protection Learning Unit in Budapest. He has also served in Russia, Switzerland, Serbia, and Slovakia, with missions to Kenya, Uganda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.

Geneviève Zubrzycki is professor of sociology and director of the Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia. Zubrzycki is a comparative-historical and cultural sociologist who studies national identity and religion, collective memory and national mythology, and the contested place of religious symbols in the public sphere.

Registration for this webinar is required at https://myumi.ch/n878k

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 12 Jan 2022 10:48:17 -0500 2022-02-18T12:00:00-05:00 2022-02-18T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia Lecture / Discussion Photo by Radek Homola on Unsplash
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (February 21, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21668878@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 21, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-02-21T12:00:00-05:00 2022-02-21T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
Hardship and Hard Work: Son Preference Attitudes among Highly Educated Urban Chinese Women (February 21, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90731 90731-21677132@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 21, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Hardship and Hard Work: Son Preference Attitudes among Highly Educated Urban Chinese Women
by Yun Zhou
Monday, February 21
12-1:10 pm ET via Zoom

Abstract:
Extensive research on son preference in China has predominantly focused on rural and rural-to-urban migrant populations. Son preference attitudes among other demographic groups have received little attention. Drawing on 70 in-depth interviews with highly educated urban Chinese women, I examine whether son preference attitudes persist among this previously under-explored group—and if yes, why. I discover a lasting preference for sons among women who otherwise support gender egalitarianism. I elucidate two distinct logics—the gendered hardship and hard work—that underpin this seeming paradox: Invoking their own experiences of gender inequality, these women articulate their son preference as a desire to shield their children from gendered hardship. They view raising daughters amidst pervasive gender discrimination as emotionally taxing hard work. I illustrate the nuanced reasoning—beyond the devaluation of girls—that underlies highly educated urban Chinese women’s son preference attitudes. I further demonstrate that despite the nuance, such reasoning ultimately does not disrupt entrenched patriarchal familial expectations that favour boys over girls and holds behavioural implications for second-birth outcomes.

Bio:
Yun Zhou is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Chinese Studies at the University of Michigan. Trained as a social demographer, Zhou’s research examines social inequality and state-market-family relations through the lens of gender, marriage, and reproduction. Intersecting the studies of population and politics, Zhou's current project investigates the demographic, political, and gendered consequences of China's recent ending of the one-child policy. Zhou received her Ph.D. in Sociology from Harvard University in 2017. She completed her postdoctoral training (2017-2019) as a Postdoctoral Research Associate of Population Studies at the Population Studies and Training Center, Brown University.

Michigan Population Studies Center (PSC) Brown Bag seminars highlight recent research in population studies and serve as a focal point for building our research community.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 18 Jan 2022 13:40:14 -0500 2022-02-21T12:00:00-05:00 2022-02-21T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion event flyer
Managing Melt: Ice, Refrigeration, and Hawaiian Body Politics (February 21, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89616 89616-21664564@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 21, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Managing Melt: Ice, Refrigeration, and Hawaiian Body Politics
Hiʻilei Julia Kawehipuaakahaopulani Hobart, UT Austin – Anthropology

Monday, Feb 21: Open Talks 12-1pm, Grad Workshops 1-3pm
Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/95385019774?pwd=N0I1THZGYlQwZi9UT2Q5dFlXSEttdz09

Abstract:
Nearly everything Hawaiʻi residents eat is imported, despite its history of agricultural abundance, and real estate development has encroached on arable farmlands such that a mere 11.6% of food is locally grown. Not only is Hawaiʻi dependent upon imported food, but the added energy costs built-in for maintaining perishables makes its groceries the most expensive in the United States. In this way, cold chain logics offer one way to trace the role that temperature plays in organizing bodies in within the tropics. Examining how freezing and refrigeration technologies function as a critical node of Hawaiʻi’s food system as a structure of settler colonialism, this talk considers what the promises and limits of thermal management might be for decolonial struggles over land and sovereignty. In doing so, Hiʻilei Julia Kawehipuaakahaopulani Hobart asks: how does ‘artificial’ ice and refrigeration constrain the conditions of possibility within movements that call for de-occupation, demilitarization, and the dismantling of the settler state? In what ways does it support activist and movement spaces? And, lastly, what place does refrigeration have within Indigenous futures that aim to move beyond capitalism, settler colonialism, and imperialism, when coldness has played such an infrastructural role in these political systems of oppression?

This is a part of the Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD) Winter 2022 Series - "Water Ways: New Social Science, Science Studies, and Environmental Approaches to Water"

This is also a part of the class Anthrcul 558 section 002

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 Feb 2022 09:04:07 -0500 2022-02-21T12:00:00-05:00 2022-02-21T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion event flyer
We Can Be Heroes Film Screening Event (February 22, 2022 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90983 90983-21675131@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 22, 2022 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UM Addiction Center

On February 22, 2022, the U-M Addiction Center, Washtenaw Families Against Narcotics, and Under the Hood Productions invite you to bring a one-of-a-kind free event to the Michigan Theater on the evening of February 22, 2022, starting at 5:30 p.m. This event will include a:

• Documentary film screening of We Can Be Heroes, from acclaimed director Mike Ramsdell, Under the Hood Productions.The film follows Taylor “Machine Gun” Duerr as he fights his way to a national boxing title inside the ring, while fighting the demons of addiction out of the ring;

• Panel discussion on addiction stigma moderated by the Director of the U-M Addiction Center, Dr. Frederic C. Blow. Panelists include Taylor Duerr, Mike Ramsdell, treatment professionals, and community and national leaders;

• Curated art show featuring local and regional artists who have been affected by substance use disorders, reflecting their experience and their hope; and

• Free print copy of I’m Still a Person: The Stigma of Substance Use & Power of Respect, a workbook designed to help people take thoughtful action to address the stigma of addiction within themselves, their families, and their communities.

Learn more and get your free tickets! http://www.uthproductions.com/wecanbeheroes

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Film Screening Thu, 13 Jan 2022 16:44:54 -0500 2022-02-22T17:30:00-05:00 2022-02-22T21:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UM Addiction Center Film Screening We Can Be Heroes Event
New CVFS Data on the Transition to Adulthood: Web Panel on Sensitive Topics and Hair-based Cortisol to Measure Stress (February 23, 2022 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85343 85343-21626256@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 23, 2022 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

This webinar series on the Chitwan Valley Family Study (CVFS) is about global and comparative population research. Sessions include measuring mental health, Covid-19, linking data, genetics, & migrant data.

Webinar 11:New CVFS Data on the Transition to Adulthood: Web Panel on Sensitive Topics and Hair-based Cortisol to Measure Stress
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
2-3pm EDT
Presenters: William Axinn, Dirgha Ghimire, Heather Gatny, Sabrina Hermosilla

During the 2021-2022 year CVFS is launching two innovative approaches to measurement of key experiences in the transition to adulthood. First, with support from an NICHD R01 to study the consequences of parental mental disorders on their children’s transitions to adulthood, CVFS is launching a new web-based panel survey of potentially sensitive topics, including sex, contraception, sexual assault, alcohol use, and substance use. Second, with support from an NICHD R21 CVFS will launch a large-scale collection and analysis of young adult respondent’s hair samples to measure biological indicators of chronic psychological stress.

The webinar will be hosted using Zoom. Registration is required to attend the webinar. Support provided by NICHD (R25 HD101358).

Registration is required for this event: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAofuGsrD8vGNaAKLUxm-Be3aVG90WSOgS1

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Presentation Tue, 17 Aug 2021 14:56:09 -0400 2022-02-23T14:00:00-05:00 2022-02-23T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Presentation Nepal mountains
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (February 23, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21674652@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 23, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-02-23T18:00:00-05:00 2022-02-23T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
LHS Collaboratory (February 24, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90079 90079-21667713@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 24, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

The session will describe the landscape history, current status, and future of federated health data networks that are used to support a Learning Health System. Dr. Brown will describe the creation, infrastructure, operation, and uses of several networks from the perspective of a network coordinating center. Dr. Harris will describe insights from participating in multiple networks as a network partner, including infrastructure, governance, and operational lessons learned.

Presenters:
Jeffrey Brown, PhD
Dr. Brown is the inventor of PopMedNet, an open-source software platform that facilitates creation and operation of distributed health data networks.

Marcelline Harris, Ph.D., RN, FACMI
Associate Professor Emerita
Department of Systems, Populations and Leadership
University of Michigan School of Nursing

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 29 Jan 2022 11:26:41 -0500 2022-02-24T12:00:00-05:00 2022-02-24T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Learning Health Sciences Lecture / Discussion Collaboratory logo
The Trouble with Passion: How Searching for Fulfillment at Work Fosters Inequality (February 24, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91307 91307-21677932@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 24, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

ISR Insights Speaker Series
The Trouble with Passion: How Searching for Fulfillment at Work Fosters Inequality
Thursday, February 24 at 12pm ET via Zoom

Speaker: Erin Cech, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan; Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center

“Follow your passion” is a popular mantra for career decision-making in the United States. In this talk, Cech will discuss her research on this ubiquitous cultural narrative that she call the “passion principle.” The passion principle is rooted in tensions between postindustrial capitalism and cultural norms of self-expression and is compelling to college-educated career aspirants and workers because passion is presumed to motivate the hard work required for success while providing opportunities for meaning and self-expression. Although passion-seeking seems like a promising option for individuals hoping to avoid drudgery in their labor force participation, she argues that the passion principle has a dark side: it reinforces socio-economic disadvantages and occupational segregation among career aspirants and workers in the aggregate and helps reproduce an exploited, overworked white-collar labor force. These findings have implications for cultural notions of “good work” popular in higher education and the US workforce and raises broader questions about what it means when becoming a dedicated labor force participant feels like an act of self-fulfillment.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 Feb 2022 12:45:30 -0500 2022-02-24T12:00:00-05:00 2022-02-24T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion event flyer
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (February 24, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21674665@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 24, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-02-24T18:00:00-05:00 2022-02-24T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO