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Presidents' Day

Holidays No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm. Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2025. Quarter: Winter. Event Types: Academics. Monday, February 17, 2025. For more info visit www.washington.edu.

**CANCELLED** Grad Workshop: Emotional Work & Academia

February 17th (Monday): Emotional Work & Academia 12:30-1:20pm in Savery 409 Dealing with rejection, exhaustion, frustration, jealousy, and other hard feelings. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 409. Accessibility Contact: To request disability accommodation, contact the Disability Services Office at least ten days in advance at: (206) 543-6450/V, (206) 543-6452/TTY, (206) 685-7264 (FAX), or dso@u.washington.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Event sponsors: UW Department of Sociology/GPC. Target Audience: Sociology Graduate Students. Monday, February 17, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:20 PM.

CACHE Seminar - February Seminar: "Social & Environmental Data Integration at the U.S. County Scale"

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Please register in advance for the seminar: Register Here, Once you register, you will receive a confirmation email containing the password required to join the seminar.   About the Seminar: , This seminar uses two ongoing interdisciplinary, research projects to illustrate techniques for integrating social and environmental data at the county scale. The projects engage different social data (American Time Use Survey; National Health Interview Survey) and different climate-related data (temperature data from GridMET; disaster data from FEMA and SHELDUS). Investigators will review project goals, background on data and measurement decisions, as well as integration and analytical strategies. Plenty of time will be provided for Q&A.     Behavioral Response to Extreme Temperatures among the Elderly, Integration of American Time Use Survey & temperature data from GridMET, Investigators: Kathryn Grace, Sarah Flood, University of Minnesota (Minnesota Population Center – MPC), Funded by NIA-UMNLCC seed funding… Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://cuboulder.zoom.us/meeting/register/QoERv5CtQpC7zlcq9FNWPA#/registration. Accessibility Contact: info@agingclimatehealth.org. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Tuesday, February 18, 2025, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM. For more info visit cuboulder.zoom.us.

CSDE Computational Demography Working Group-Kivan Polimis, Karna

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Raitt Hall (RAI). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMqduGuqDorH919no5Q_xMJS0f-yz_jIUIK#/registration. Campus room: 223. Accessibility Contact: csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Wednesday, February 19, 2025, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM. For more info visit washington.zoom.us.

When AI Outlistens Experts: Large Language Models as Tools for Verbal Autopsy Analysis | UW CSSS SEMINAR

Center for Statistics and Social Sciences Abstract:  Verbal autopsy (VA) serves as a crucial tool for understanding causes of death in regions lacking comprehensive vital registration systems. However, current methods for analyzing VA data face significant limitations: physician review is resource-intensive and potentially biased, while existing computational approaches struggle with the complexity of death classification. This talk presents preliminary results from using large language models (LLMs) to interpret VA interviews and predict causes of pregnancy-related deaths. We evaluated ChatGPT-4 and Claude.ai across different prompting strategies and found that LLM-based classification achieves performance superior to physicians.  I will discuss some implications of this, as well as methodological trade-offs, and future directions for this line of research.   Abraham Flaxman, PhD, is Associate Professor of Health Metrics Sciences and Global Health at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington. His… Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, February 19, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. SAV 409. For more info visit csss.uw.edu.

CSSS Seminar - When AI Outlistens Experts: Large Language Models as Tools for Verbal Autopsy Analysis

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Speaker: Abraham D. Flaxman, Associate Professor, Dept. of Health Metrics Sciences, University of Washington Abstract: Verbal autopsy (VA) serves as a crucial tool for understanding causes of death in regions lacking comprehensive vital registration systems. However, current methods for analyzing VA data face significant limitations: physician review is resource-intensive and potentially biased, while existing computational approaches struggle with the complexity of death classification. This talk presents preliminary results from using large language models (LLMs) to interpret VA interviews and predict causes of pregnancy-related deaths. We evaluated ChatGPT-4 and Claude.ai across different prompting strategies and found that LLM-based classification achieves performance superior to physicians.  I will discuss some implications of this, as well as methodological trade-offs, and future directions for this line of research. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/91889204671. Campus room: 409. Accessibility Contact: csss@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, February 19, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.

CSDE Seminar - Aging and the Social Brain: The Role of Social Networks in Alzheimer’s Disease

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Speaker: Brea Louise Perry, Sociology, Indiana University  Abstract: Research suggests social connectedness reduces dementia risk and helps older adults with neuropathology maintain cognitive functionality and quality of life. However, little is known about the specific underlying social and biological mechanisms. This presentation provides an overview of potential pathways through social bridging (i.e. cognitive enrichment through expansive social networks) and social bonding (i.e. neuroendocrine benefits of integration in cohesive social networks). Results from a cohort study of older adults that combines social network methodology with data on general and social cognitive function and neuroimaging biomarkers are presented. These findings provide insight into specific etiological mechanisms and have important implications for cognitive health disparities that can be leveraged to inform policies and programs that support brain health and cognitive function in older adults. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Parrington Hall (PAR). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_f2K7BGP_QV-Fhu8fdcmlOg#/registration. Campus room: 360. Accessibility Contact: Maddie Farris - CSDE Program Coordinator (csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu). Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Event sponsors: Population Health Initiative . Friday, February 21, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. For more info visit washington.zoom.us.

CSDE Computational Demography Working Group-Elizabeth Nova UW Sociology PhD student; CSDE T32 Fellow

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology From Likes to Lifestyles: Social Media's Role in Decision-Making for High-Risk Elective Cosmetic Procedures. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Raitt Hall (RAI). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMqduGuqDorH919no5Q_xMJS0f-yz_jIUIK#/registration. Campus room: 223. Accessibility Contact: csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM. For more info visit washington.zoom.us.

Using Regression to Select Qualitative Cases to Trace Population Processes | UW CSSS SEMINAR

Center for Statistics and Social Sciences Abstract: In this seminar, I will present work in progress from a book-length project in which I triangulate descriptive quantitative data from multiple sources with qualitative cases that allow me to look at what Jenny Trinitapoli calls “demography, narrated from the inside.” The goal of the book is to evaluate the role of three plausible mechanisms in shaping the apparent rise of transgender identification over several recent birth cohorts in the United States: the expanding empire of choice, biographical availability, and the primacy paradox. Drawing from the work of Jason Seawright and others, I will give an outline of the approach as it has been developed in the fields of political science and sociology, explain what drew me to use the approach in my work, and demonstrate the ways in which the approach has fit my goals, alongside with problems and questions that have arisen while implementing it.    Danya Lagos is an Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley’s Department of Sociology specializing in gender… Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. SAV 409. For more info visit csss.uw.edu.

CSSS Seminar - Using Regression to Select Qualitative Cases to Trace Population Processes

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Speaker: Danya Lagos, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, UC Berkeley Abstract: In this seminar, I will present work in progress from a book-length project in which I triangulate descriptive quantitative data from multiple sources with qualitative cases that allow me to look at what Jenny Trinitapoli calls “demography, narrated from the inside.” The goal of the book is to evaluate the role of three plausible mechanisms in shaping the apparent rise of transgender identification over several recent birth cohorts in the United States: the expanding empire of choice, biographical availability, and the primacy paradox. Drawing from the work of Jason Seawright and others, I will give an outline of the approach as it has been developed in the fields of political science and sociology, explain what drew me to use the approach in my work, and demonstrate the ways in which the approach has fit my goals, alongside with problems and questions that have arisen while implementing it. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/91889204671. Campus room: 409. Accessibility Contact: csss@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.

UW Public Lectures - A Scheme to Forget, a Demand to Remember: The Century-Long Battle Over the Memory of the Tulsa Race Massacre

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Speaker: Victor Luckerson, Journalist & Author Location: Town Hall Seattle Abstract: Tulsa’s Greenwood neighborhood was an ascendant black business district when it was burned to the ground by a white mob in 1921. Since the days after the destruction, people in power have been trying to erase the memory of the Tulsa Race Massacre, going so far as to rip pages from the historical record to hide what unfolded. This purposeful forgetting continues today, as state governments in Oklahoma and elsewhere limit what histories can be taught to children in schools. But all along black Tulsans have provided their own historical ledger, through oral histories, legal battles, and the black press. They demand that the city and the nation remember. In his lecture, Built From the Fire author Victor Luckerson will explore this century-long battle over the “terrain of the mind” in Tulsa. His talk will explore why the story of Greenwood has been wiped from the American consciousness for so long, and the ongoing efforts by… Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://events.uw.edu/event/f4da8e2c-0245-454e-81d1-4aa36c593018/overview?_gl=1*sdyt05*_ga*NjkzOTQzMDI5LjE2OTYyNjk2ODM.*_ga_3T65WK0BM8*MTczNDU0ODE0MC4xMDIuMC4xNzM0NTQ4MTQ1LjAuMC4w*_gcl_au*MTkyMjk3NTIyNS4xNzI5MDEyNDQ0*_ga_JLHM9WH4JV*MTczNDU0ODE0MC4xMDIuMC4xNzM0NTQ4MTQ1LjAuMC4w. Campus room: Town Hall Seattle. Accessibility Contact: dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Event sponsors: The Graduate School Evans School of Public Policy & Governance School of Social Work, Department of History Department of American Ethnic Studies College of the Built Environment, Department of Political Science The Honors Program Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology. Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM. For more info visit events.uw.edu.

HOLD- SocSem: Sarah Mayorga

Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 409. Accessibility Contact: To request disability accommodation, contact the Disability Services Office at least ten days in advance at: (206) 543-6450/V, (206) 543-6452/TTY, (206) 685-7264 (FAX), or dso@u.washington.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Sociology faculty and students. Thursday, February 27, 2025, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.

CSDE Seminar - Conceptualizing Age, Predicting Inequality

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Speaker: Sasha Johfre, Sociology, University of Washington  Abstract: This talk will discuss emerging perspectives on the social construction of age, with a focus on implications for demography and inequality research. I will draw on several of my ongoing projects about conceptualizing, theorizing, and measuring age as a social construct. “Aging” is often considered an individual and societal problem; but there is much more we can learn by going beyond this perspective and studying “age” as a multilevel and multidimensional system of inequality. Age is an under-theorized yet central piece of social structure, interactions, and individual experience. Being more precise in our theory and measurement of age opens the door for more expansive and impactful empirical and theoretical research on individuals and society. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Parrington Hall (PAR). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7-J4WDonS3mWbalzA0YQ5w#/registration. Campus room: 360. Accessibility Contact: Maddie Farris - CSDE Program Coordinator (csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu). Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Event sponsors: Population Health Initiative. Friday, February 28, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. For more info visit washington.zoom.us.

CSDE Computational Demography Working Group-Katie Paulson, UW PhD Student in Epidemiology; CSDE T32 Fellow

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Raitt Hall (RAI). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMqduGuqDorH919no5Q_xMJS0f-yz_jIUIK#/registration. Campus room: 223. Accessibility Contact: csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM. For more info visit washington.zoom.us.

Adaptive Hypotheses for Theory Testing and Theory Building | UW CSSS SEMINAR

Center for Statistics and Social Sciences Abstract:  Causal theories in the social sciences often involve abstract concepts that could take on many forms when translated into testable hypotheses. In such tests, researchers rely on concrete realizations of the theoretical intervention, yet not all realizations may similarly move outcomes of interest. In this seminar, I propose an adaptive experimental framework that incorporates both theory testing and theory building. First, I illustrate how adaptive experiments allow us to strategically explore the "theory space" for more informative hypothesis tests. Second, I extend this framework to theory building, addressing cases where minimal theoretical grounding exists. Through adaptive designs, we can improve statistical power, manage multiple testing concerns, and guide experiments toward effective interventions. This approach offers a flexible, principled way to evaluate and refine theories in the face of uncertainty.   Molly Offer-Westort is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political… Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. SAV 409. For more info visit csss.uw.edu.

CSSS Seminar - Adaptive Hypotheses for Theory Testing and Theory Building

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Speaker: Molly Offer-Westort, Assistant Professor, University of Chicago Abstract: Causal theories in the social sciences often involve abstract concepts that could take on many forms when translated into testable hypotheses. In such tests, researchers rely on concrete realizations of the theoretical intervention, yet not all realizations may similarly move outcomes of interest. In this seminar, I propose an adaptive experimental framework that incorporates both theory testing and theory building. First, I illustrate how adaptive experiments allow us to strategically explore the "theory space" for more informative hypothesis tests. Second, I extend this framework to theory building, addressing cases where minimal theoretical grounding exists. Through adaptive designs, we can improve statistical power, manage multiple testing concerns, and guide experiments toward effective interventions. This approach offers a flexible, principled way to evaluate and refine theories in the face of uncertainty. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/91889204671. Campus room: 409. Accessibility Contact: csss@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.

Recruitment Days

DRAFT agenda  STUDENT VISIT DAYS March 6-7 , EVENTS ARE IN SAVERY HALL ROOM 245 UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE,   THURSDAY, MARCH 6 , 11:30 am – Welcome: Sarah Quinn, Graduate Program Coordinator, 11:45 am – Program Information & Discussion  12:30 pm – Lunch with Staff & Current Students, 1:30 pm – Roundtable: Research  2:15 pm – What to Expect in The First Year, 3:15 pm – Break, 3:30 pm – Breakout Meetings, 4:15 pm – Research Highlight,   FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 9:00 am – Breakfast, 9:30 am – Mentoring Panel  10:15 am – Break, 10:30 am – Funding Panel  11:15 am – Lunch with Current Students, 12:30 pm – CSDE Lightning Talk/Poster Session, 1:30 pm – Breakout Meetings, 2:30 pm – Research Presentation, 4:00 pm – Happy Hour with Staff, Faculty, Students, 5:00 pm – Pub Night (Optional) with Graduate Students TBD,   BREAKOUT MEETINGS, Thursday March 6th, 3:30pm to 4:00pm ,   BREAKOUT MEETINGS, Friday, March 7th, 1:30pm to 2:00 pm ,    . Event interval: Ongoing event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 245 and SAV 409. Accessibility Contact: To request disability accommodation, contact the Disability Services Office at least ten days in advance at: (206) 543-6450/V, (206) 543-6452/TTY, (206) 685-7264 (FAX), or dso@u.washington.edu. Event Types: Special Events. Event sponsors: UW Department of Sociology. Target Audience: Newly admitted grad students. Thursday, March 6, 2025, 8:00 AM – Friday, March 7, 2025, 5:00 PM.

CSDE Biodemography Working Group Meeting

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Raitt Hall (RAI). Campus room: 223. Accessibility Contact: csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Event sponsors: The CSDE Biomarker Working Group is a forum for discussions of practical and theoretical issues associated with collecting and using biomarker data in social and behavioral science research. This working group is open to all students, faculty, and staff and meets on the first Thursday of each month. Thursday, March 6, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.

CSDE Seminar - Navigating Ambiguity: Imprecise Probabilities and the Updating of Disease Risk Beliefs

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Speaker: Jason Kerwin, Economics, University of Washington; Divya Pandey, Applied Economics, University of Minnesota Abstract: Probabilistic risk beliefs are key drivers of economic and health decisions, but people are not always certain about their beliefs. We study these “impre-cise probabilities” also known as ambiguous beliefs. Imprecision is measurable separately from the level of risk beliefs, and higher imprecision leads to more updating of beliefs in response to a randomized information treatment. New information also causes changes in imprecision levels. We can map our data onto both a standard Bayesian model and a version that is designed to handle imprecise probabilities; these models match some features of our data but not all of them. Imprecise probabilities have important implications for our understanding of decisionmaking and for the design of programs intended to change people’s minds. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Parrington Hall (PAR). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gNcmgE7_S-Kxgju0j6TM7Q#/registration. Campus room: 360. Accessibility Contact: Maddie Farris - CSDE Program Coordinator (csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu). Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Event sponsors: Population Health Initiative. Friday, March 7, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. For more info visit washington.zoom.us.

CSDE Computational Demography Working Group-Xinyi Zhao, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Raitt Hall (RAI). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMqduGuqDorH919no5Q_xMJS0f-yz_jIUIK#/registration. Campus room: 223. Accessibility Contact: csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM. For more info visit washington.zoom.us.

Political Economy of the Ordinal Society | UW CSSS SEMINAR

Center for Statistics and Social Sciences Abstract:  Today, the personal data we give in exchange for convenient tools like Gmail and Instagram provides the raw material for predictions about everything from our purchasing power to our character. Fueled by digital technologies, the infrastructure of the internet, and the rapid expansion of computer processing power, scores and metrics pervade our lives -- streamlining and automating processes of communication, risk prediction, resource allocation, transaction, labor control and decision-making. In The Ordinal Society, Kieran Healy and I argue that the disaggregation of social activities into data streams transforms the process of capital accumulation and facilitates a deeper integration of financial logics into everyday life. It also sustains the rise of insidious forms of social competition, moral judgment, and inequality.      Marion Fourcade is Professor of Sociology and Director of Social Science Matrix at UC Berkeley. She is the author of Economists and Societies: Discipline and Profession… Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. SAV 409. For more info visit csss.uw.edu.

CSSS Seminar - Political Economy of the Ordinal Society

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Speaker: Marion Fourcade, Professor, UC Berkeley Abstract: Today, the personal data we give in exchange for convenient tools like Gmail and Instagram provides the raw material for predictions about everything from our purchasing power to our character. Fueled by digital technologies, the infrastructure of the internet, and the rapid expansion of computer processing power, scores and metrics pervade our lives -- streamlining and automating processes of communication, risk prediction, resource allocation, transaction, labor control and decision-making. In The Ordinal Society, Kieran Healy and I argue that the disaggregation of social activities into data streams transforms the process of capital accumulation and facilitates a deeper integration of financial logics into everyday life. It also sustains the rise of insidious forms of social competition, moral judgment, and inequality. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/91889204671. Campus room: 409. Accessibility Contact: csss@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.

CSDE Winter 2025 Lightning Talks and Poster Session

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Raitt Hall (RAI). Campus room: 221. Accessibility Contact: Maddie Farris - CSDE Program Coordinator (csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu). Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Friday, March 14, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.

CACHE Seminar - March Seminar: "Measuring Extreme Temperatures and Thermal Comfort in Aging and Demographic Research"

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Please register in advance for the seminar: Register Here, Once you register, you will receive a confirmation email containing the password required to join the seminar.   About the Seminar: , The seminar will discuss heat measures for aging and demographic research. It will address the properties and pertinence of using mean and extreme temperature measures, as well as using combined indicators of heat (temperature, humidity, radiation, or ventilation) and their adjustments by age. To illustrate construct, measures results and data integration strategies results from two demonstration projects will be presented. Plenty of time will be provided for Q&A.   Impact of Extreme Weather on Hard-to-Capture, Vulnerable Populations: Evidence from Hart Island -- New York’s Public Burial Ground, Investigators: Frank W. Heiland, Deborah Balk, Selen Ozdogan, Jennifer Brite, Peter Marcotullio and Christian Braneon, Funded by NIAID R03 Grant AI166809-01, NIA R61AG086854 (CACHE),   Living Arrangements of the Elderly,… Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://cuboulder.zoom.us/meeting/register/hm01hVF6RSKIM5hDc89rtQ#/registration. Accessibility Contact: info@agingclimatehealth.org. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, March 19, 2025, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM. For more info visit cuboulder.zoom.us.

CSDE Biodemography Working Group Meeting

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Raitt Hall (RAI). Campus room: 223. Accessibility Contact: csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Event sponsors: The CSDE Biomarker Working Group is a forum for discussions of practical and theoretical issues associated with collecting and using biomarker data in social and behavioral science research. This working group is open to all students, faculty, and staff and meets on the first Thursday of each month. Thursday, April 3, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.

31st Annual REECAS Northwest Conference

Presenter and Participant Registration Required - Registration will open in mid-February Call for Papers open until February 17 at 11:59 pm. Apply via the conference website.  REECAS Northwest, the annual ASEEES Northwest Regional Conference for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies, welcomes students, faculty, independent scholars, and language educators from the United States and abroad. Established in 1994, REECAS Northwest is an important annual event for scholars and students in the Pacific Northwest and beyond, with participant and partner universities from across the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia. The interdisciplinary conference is organized by the University of Washington’s Ellison Center for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies. Sometimes abbreviated as “REECAS NW” the conference was recognized as the official ASEEES northwest regional conference by the ASEEES Board of Directors in 2017. The conference hosts many panels on a variety of topics from a wide… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Student Union Building (HUB). Accessibility Contact: reecasnw@uw.edu. Event Types: Conferences. Lectures/Seminars. Event sponsors: The Henry M. Jackson Foundation; the Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies; the Center for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies; the Center for Global Studies; the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. Thursday, April 10, 2025 – Saturday, April 12, 2025. For more info visit jsis.washington.edu.

HOLD SocSem: Gregory Sharp

Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 409. Accessibility Contact: To request disability accommodation, contact the Disability Services Office at least ten days in advance at: (206) 543-6450/V, (206) 543-6452/TTY, (206) 685-7264 (FAX), or dso@u.washington.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Sociology faculty and students. Thursday, April 10, 2025, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.

HOLD SocSem: Seth Abrutyn

Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 409. Accessibility Contact: To request disability accommodation, contact the Disability Services Office at least ten days in advance at: (206) 543-6450/V, (206) 543-6452/TTY, (206) 685-7264 (FAX), or dso@u.washington.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Sociology faculty and students. Thursday, April 24, 2025, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.

CSDE Biodemography Working Group Meeting

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Raitt Hall (RAI). Campus room: 223. Accessibility Contact: csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Event sponsors: The CSDE Biomarker Working Group is a forum for discussions of practical and theoretical issues associated with collecting and using biomarker data in social and behavioral science research. This working group is open to all students, faculty, and staff and meets on the first Thursday of each month. Thursday, May 1, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.

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HOLD SocSem: Karin Martin

Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 409. Accessibility Contact: To request disability accommodation, contact the Disability Services Office at least ten days in advance at: (206) 543-6450/V, (206) 543-6452/TTY, (206) 685-7264 (FAX), or dso@u.washington.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Sociology faculty and students. Thursday, May 8, 2025, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.