Minnesota Demography and Aging Seminar

All Seminars will be held in-person on Mondays from 12:15-1:15 PM CT in the Seminar Room in 50 Willey Hall. Seminars will also be live streamed via Zoom. Snacks and beverages will be served. View the schedule as a PDF. 

Special this semester - a three part mini-series on Demography & Criminal Justice. 

Contact mpc@umn.edu with any questions.

Fall 2024 Seminar Series

 

September 9

Fair Shake: Women's Fight for a Just Economy   |  Watch the Recording

June Carbone - Robina Chair in Law, Science and Technology, University of Minnesota

 

September 16

Social Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease: The Role of Chronic Distress and Trajectories of Risk |   Watch the Recording

Laura Kubzansky - Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences and Director of the Society and Health Labratory at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

 

September 23 

A SHiPP ‘In the Offing’: Delivering an Early Analysis of a c19th and c20th Scottish Registers-based Database  |  Watch the Recording

Peter Christen, SHiPP Research Lead, School of Geosciences at the University of Edinburgh and Chris Dibben, Chair in Geography, School of Geosciences at the University of Edinburgh 

 

September 30 - Extended time - 12:15 - 1:30 PM

LCC Pilot Grant Presentations   |  Watch the Recording

The recipients of the LCC pilot grants present the results of their early work. 

 

October 7

Lengthening Birth Intervals and the Role of Environmental Variation in Malawi  |  Watch the Recording

Monica Grant - Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin - Madison

 

October 14

Locked Out 2024 and the Expansion of Voting Rights for People with Felony Convictions  |  Watch the Recording

Christopher Uggen - Regent Professor and Martindale Chair in Sociology, Law, and Public Affairs, University of Minnesota

 

October 21

The Long Arc of Mass Incarceration  | This seminar was not recorded.

Evelyn Patterson - Professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University

 

October 28

Poor Quality Race/Ethnicity Data is Systemic Racism: Challenges and Solutions  |  Zoom Link

Stella Yi - Associate Professor, Department of Population Health, New York University

 

November 4

La Patria Grande? Anti-immigrant Attitudes in Latin America  |  Zoom Link This seminar will not be recorded.

Emilio Parrado - Director of the Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania 

 

November 11

Effect of System Affiliation on Hospital Choice: Evidence from Rural Markets  |  Zoom Link

Caitlin Carroll - Assistant Professor, Division of Health Policy & Management, University of Minnesota School of Public Health

 

November 18

Death and Disappearance: Measuring Racial Inequality in Mortality and Life Expectancy Among People in State Prisons, United States 2000-2014   |  Zoom Link

Bryan Sykes - Associate Professor, Cornell Brooks Public Policy

 

November 25

From Parks to Hearts: Promoting Green Exercise to Advance Cardiovascular Health Equity  |  Zoom Link

Junia Nogueira de Brito - Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota

 

December 2

Granular Income Inequality and Mobility using IDDA: Exploring Patterns across Race and Ethnicity  |  Zoom Link

Abigail Wozniak - Vice President at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Director of the Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute 

 

December 9

The Legacy of Early Interpersonal Experiences in Prospect and Retrospect  |  Zoom Link

Glenn Roisman - Robert Holmes Beck Chair of Ideas in Education, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Institute fo Child Development, University of Minnesota

 

To watch previous seminar recordings, visit the ISRDI YouTube channel.

Previous Seminar Series:

Since 2004, the MPC has been bringing national and international demographers to Minnesota to share their research at our Seminar Series. Click on the links below to see a listing of previous MPC Seminar Series presentations and speakers. If you would like more information regarding a past presentation, please contact mpc@umn.edu.