Spring 2024
1/11/2024 Demography of Health and Aging Student Seminar (*), Laura Stilwell, "The Causal Impact of Poverty Reduction on Housing Conditions of Low-Income, U.S. Children: Evidence from Baby’s First Years"
1/18/2024 Lucie Schmidt, Robert A. Woods Professor of Economics, Smith College, "The Impact of Expanding Public Health Insurance on Safety Net Program Participation: Evidence from the ACA Medicaid Expansion"
1/25/2024 John MacDonald, Professor of Criminology and Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, "Lessons Learned From a Citywide Abandoned Housing Experiment"
2/01/2024 Demography of Health and Aging Student Seminar (*), Fatima Fairfax, "The Impact of Personal Health Technology on Shared Decision Making in Healthcare"
2/08/2024 Lindsey Bullinger, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Georgia Tech University, "Effects of Universal and Unconditional Cash Transfers on Child Abuse and Neglect"
2/15/2024 Anna Gassman-Pines, Professor of Public Policy and Psychology & Neuroscience, Duke University, "How Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Affect Low-Wage Working Families?"
2/22/2024 Laura Tozer, Assistant Professor of Physical & Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto, "Addressing Energy Poverty with Climate Action"
2/29/2024 Demography of Health and Aging Student Seminar (*), David Rigby, "Historical Sundown Towns and the Racialization of Contemporary Park Usage" & Madelynn Wellons, "Networks and Health: What Determines a Disability Identity"
3/07/2024 Emilio Zagheni, Director, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, "Global Improvements in the Representation of Women in Science Have Stalled"
3/21/2024 Sarah Font, Associate Professor of Sociology and Public Policy, Pennsylvania State University, "Is Less Better? Revisiting the Role of Child Protection and Justice Systems within Vulnerable Families"
3/28/2024 Brittany Street, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Missouri, "Convictions, Incarceration, and Earnings in an Event Studies Framework"
4/04/2024 Demography of Health and Aging Student Seminar (*), Garrett Baker, "The Consequences of Sibling Criminal Legal System Contact for Family Life" & Renzo Severino, "Immigrant Classmates and Natives’ Academic Performance: Evidence from Peru"
4/11/2024 Seth Pollak, Bascom-Vaughan Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, "Re-thinking Adversity: Early Life Stress from the Child's Perspective"
(*) Demography of Health and Aging (DOHA) seminars are predoctoral student-led seminars.