Feinian Chen, Johns Hopkins University

In-person seminar: SSCERT lab (Public Affairs Building 2400)

Biography: Feinian Chen is Professor of Sociology and faculty affiliate at the Hopkins Population Center at Johns Hopkins University. She received her PhD in sociology from the University of North […]

Alexandra Killewald, Harvard University

In-person seminar: SSCERT lab (Public Affairs Building 2400)

Biography: Alexandra (Sasha) Killewald is Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. She uses quantitative methods to study inequality in the contemporary United States. In one line of research, Killewald investigates […]

Workshop: CCPR Computing Resources Overview

In-person seminar: SSCERT lab (Public Affairs Building 2400)

Workshop: CCPR Computing Resources Overview Instructor: Matt Lahmann Instructor: Mike Tzen This workshop has two halves. In the first half, we will dive into the 3 main computing resources that […]

Kareem Haggag, UCLA

Biography: Kareem Haggag is an Assistant Professor at UCLA's Anderson School of Management in the Behavioral Decision Making area. He is also a Research Fellow at the National Bureau of […]

Ray Lovett, Australian National University

In-person seminar: SSCERT lab (Public Affairs Building 2400)

Title: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Data Development in Australia: Supporting Our Nation(s) Agenda. Author(s) and presenters: Ray  Lovett (Wongaibon/Ngiyampaa), Jan Chapman (Taungurung), Makayla Brinckley (Wiradjuri), Nadine Hunt (Iamalaig and Kaanju). Indigenous Peoples worldwide lack opportunity to […]

Cecilia Menjivar and Panel

State-created Categories, Displacements and Possibilities from the Margins: A conversation with demography Abstract: This panel discussion is based on Menjívar’s ASA presidential address. She argues for the importance of state-created […]

Amanda Glassman, Center for Global Development

Venue: Zoom seminar. Please contact ccpradmin@ccpr.ucla.edu for Zoom link.

Biography: Amanda Glassman is executive vice president and senior fellow at the Center for Global Development and also serves as chief executive officer of CGD Europe. Her research focuses on priority-setting, resource […]

Zack W. Almquist, University of Washington (CANCELLED)

In-person seminar: SSCERT lab (Public Affairs Building 2400)

Biography: Zack W. Almquist is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, Adjunct Associate Professor of Statistics, and Senior Data Science Fellow at the eScience Institute at the […]

Benjamin R. Karney, UCLA

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Biography: Benjamin Karney is a Professor and Chair of Social Psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and an adjunct behavioral scientist at the RAND Corporation.  His research examines […]

Computing Resource Overview Workshop

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CCPR Workshop: Computing Resources Overview Jan 18, 2022, 12:00pm-1:30pm Presenters: Matt Lahmann This workshop has two halves. In the first half, we will dive into the 3 main computing resources […]

Charlie Branas, Columbia University

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Biography: Dr. Charles Branas is currently Department Chair and Gelman Endowed Professor of Epidemiology at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Dr. Branas has conducted research that extends from urban […]

Graeme Blair, UCLA

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Biography: Graeme Blair is an associate professor of political science at UCLA and serves as Co-Director of Training and Methods of Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP). Graeme uses experiments, […]

Robert Hummer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Biography: Robert A. Hummer is the Howard W. Odum Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Fellow of the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH). […]

Juliana Londoño-Vélez, UCLA

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Biography: Juliana Londoño-Vélez is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles, an NBER Faculty Research Fellow, a J-PAL Affiliate, and a Faculty Affiliate at CCPR […]

Chris Blattman, University of Chicago

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Biography: Chris Blattman is the Ramalee E. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies at The University of Chicago’s Pearson Institute and Harris School of Public Policy. He is an economist […]

Sonalde Desai, University of Maryland (IN-PERSON EVENT ONLY)

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Please note that this is an in-person event only. The talk will not be live streamed or recorded.  Biography: Sonalde Desai (Distinguished University Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Maryland […]

Yotam Shem-Tov, UCLA

Biography: Yotam Shem-Tov is an Assistant Professor of Economics at UCLA. His research primarily focuses on Labor and Public Economics with a special interest in the U.S. criminal justice system. […]

PAA Student Practice Talks

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Who Is Having the Second Baby? Educational Assortative Mating and Transition to the Second Child in China  Iris Zhao, Acton Jiashi Feng (equal authorship) Abstract: China continues to experience low […]