FRIDAY, JANUARY 21
All UMN graduate student meeting | Watch the Recording
Meeting for all UMN Graduate Students to learn more about the benefits of membership with the MPC and LCC as well as MPC training programs.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 28
How did you get your postdoc? | This workshop was not recorded
Pop Studies Alumni: Man Xu (NYU-Abu Dhabi) and Sangyoo Lee (Penn)
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4
How to translate research to nonacademic audiences | Watch the Recording
Traci Toomey, Professor and MPC Member
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11
"Hot Topics!" article discussion | This workshop was not recorded
Evan Roberts, Assistant Professor and MPC Member
Join us as Evan Roberts leads a discussion on the paper Income-Related Gaps in Early Child Cognitive Development: Why Are They Larger in the United States Than in the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada? Please read the article ahead of time and come prepared to discuss.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18
Causality in different disciplines | Watch the recording
Rob Warren as moderator and MPC faculty member panelists Steve Manson, Susan Marshall Mason, Janna Johnson
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25
Paper Hatchlings - Virtual Only | This workshop was not recorded
Sign up to present or help give feedback on paper and research ideas.
FRIDAY, MARCH 4
PAA networking 101 | Watch the Recording
Come and get some tips and tricks to make the most of your networking opportunities at this years PAA meetings. Claire Kamp Dush will lead the session. Check out her blog post on the topic.
FRIDAY, MARCH 18
MPC Population Studies Trainee Presentations | Watch the Recording
- Kimberly Horner: “Labor distribution in refugee households: The impact of gender and health limitations”
- Mwaso Mnensa: “Effect of deforestation on migration, water scarcity and illness: Malawi case”
- Kobie Price: “Post disaster return migration after hurricane Harvey”
FRIDAY, MARCH 25
PAA poster practice | This workshop was not recorded
Those presenting posters at PAA will be practicing their talks. Come and support and give them feedback.
FRIDAY, APRIL 1
PAA presentation practice | This workshop was not recorded
Those presenting at PAA will be practicing their talks. Come and support and give them feedback.
FRIDAY, APRIL 15
NIH mock grant review panel | Watch the Recording
A panel of UMN faculty who have recently served on NIH study sections give tips and advice for submitting successful grant proposals.
FRIDAY, APRIL 22
Interdisciplinary Fellow (IDF) Presentations & Pop Studies Trainee Presentations | Watch the Recording
- Jessie Himmelstern: Occupational Complexity and Later-Life Cognitive Health
- Xiaofan Lei (LCC IDF): Stuttering in daily life: An Ecological Momentary Assessment
- Xiaowen Han: The Demographic Pathways of Intergenerational Educational Mobility in the Context of Policy Changes: Evidence from China
- Rania Madani (MPC IDF): Climate, migration and border demarcation
FRIDAY, APRIL 29 | Extended Time: 12:15 - 1:45 PM
How not to use data like a racist, sexist, homophobe (etc....): A seven-step framework for ethics and equity in data | Recording is not available for the public. If you are an MPC member/trainee contact us at mpc@umn.edu to request a special link.
Heather Krause, CEO/Founder We All Count | Co-Sponsored by the College of Liberal Art's Office of Research and Graduate Programs
FRIDAY, MAY 6
How to effectively Google for stuff: tips and tricks on tapping into public coding resources | See the slides | Watch the Recording
Christopher Levesque and Anna Bokun, Pop Studies Training Program Alumni and PhD students in Sociology