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Ohio Population Consortium Webinar - The Relational Context of Fertility Goals

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology The Relational Context of Fertility Goals Most children are born into two parent families, and romantic relationships are likely the most proximal determinants of fertility goals. Yet relatively little research is focused on the relationship context of fertility goals. A major issue is that most demographic studies are restricted to measures of relationship status and do not consider more refined measures of the relationship quality and dynamics. Further, many studies highlighting relationship indicators are based solely on heterosexual couples. Speakers in this webinar will reflect on what we know about how relationship qualities and partners form fertility goals. They will also discuss how demographic research can be expanded to consider how intimate relationships are related to fertility goals. Presenters, Nicole Hiekel, Research Group Leader, “Gender Inequalities and Fertility,” Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany , Alina Pelikh, Senior Research Fellow in Demography and… Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://osu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jgBbNccoS8eH5O7IanT1OA#/registration. Accessibility Contact: hayford.10@osu.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM. For more info visit www.bgsu.edu.

NIH OBSSR Director's Webinar: How Responsible Use of Mobile Device Data Can Advance Our Understanding of Fertility

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology OverviewFor millions of Americans, the pathway to parenthood includes conception failure and miscarriage. These experiences are difficult to capture in administrative or clinical data—and therefore, difficult to study in populations. Indeed, much of what we know about variation in conception and miscarriage is shaped by how we have studied them. New forms of mobile device data provide a rare window into early pregnancy in large populations. In this talk, Dr. Nobles argues that pregnancy success is sensitive to social, economic, and environmental exposures, and that our understanding of these relationships can be significantly advanced through responsible use of mobile device data. Understanding the upstream drivers of pregnancy success has implications for how we interpret, support, and reduce infertility and miscarriage. Jenna Nobles, Ph.D./University of California, Berkeley, BiographyJenna Nobles is a Professor and Chair of Demography at the University of California, Berkeley. She studies the effects of… Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: ahurst@scgcorp.com. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM. For more info visit obssr.od.nih.gov.

CSDE Computational Demography Working Group-Kentaro Hoffman, University of Washington

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Raitt Hall (RAI). Online Meeting Link: https://csde.washington.edu/computational-demography-working-group-talks/. Campus room: 223. Accessibility Contact: csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Wednesday, April 1, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM. For more info visit csde.washington.edu.

Evans School Research Seminar - Jodi Sandfort, Dean and Professor, Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington, "Addressing State and Local Problems: How Universities can Accelerate Public Impact Research through Public Affairs

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Wednesday, April 1, 12:00-1:00, PAR360: Jodi Sandfort, Dean and Professor, Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington, "Addressing State and Local Problems: How Universities can Accelerate Public Impact Research through Public Affairs”. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Parrington Hall (PAR). Campus room: 360. Accessibility Contact: cstruth@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, April 1, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.

CACHE Seminar - Housing Data for Aging Research

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Speaker: Alex Mikulas, University of Colorado Boulder and CACHE Postdoctoral Associate Dr. Alex Mikulas will provide a framework for considering how housing shapes environment and weather risk, exposure severity, and resiliency for older adults. He will review several housing-related data sources, how they may supplement research on the health impacts of the environment, and the challenges associated with housing data. These data sources include housing market data, public census data products, and federal public health datasets with unique housing variables. Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://cuboulder.zoom.us/meeting/register/RYmRZZFPRKmaIXbjEeT7fw. Accessibility Contact: cache@colorado.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Event sponsors: Speaker: Alex Mikulas, University of Colorado Boulder and CACHE Postdoctoral Associate Dr. Alex Mikulas will provide a framework for considering how housing shapes environment and weather risk, exposure severity, and resiliency for older adults. He will review several housing-related data sources, how they may supplement research on the health impacts of the environment, and the challenges associated with housing data. These data sources include housing market data, public census data products, and… Thursday, April 2, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM. For more info visit agingclimatehealth.org.

Graduate Student Job Market Panel

*A Panel with a Q&A* THURSDAY, APRIL 2nd 2:00 PM-3:00 PM Zoom Meeting: https://washington.zoom.us/j/9811798117 Curious about the academic job market? Join sociology faculty Patrick Greiner and Rosalind Kichler to learn more about when to apply, what you will need, and how the process works. Come prepared with any questions you might have.  If you think you might want to apply for an academic job at any point in the future, I encourage you to attend. It's helpful to know far in advance what the process entails. Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/9811798117. Accessibility Contact: https://depts.washington.edu/uwdrs/?_gl=1*1gm9md8*_ga*MjEwMjE3MDI5MC4xNzQxODk5Nzcz*_ga_3T65WK0BM8*czE3NTc1NDEwNjMkbzEzJGcxJHQxNzU3NTQxMTEzJGoxMCRsMCRoMA..*_gcl_au*OTUzNjYxODIxLjE3NTIxNzM4MTE.*_ga_JLHM9WH4JV*czE3NTc1NDEwNjMkbzEzJGcxJHQxNzU3NTQxMTEzJGoxMCRsMCRoMA.. Event Types: Information Sessions. Special Events. Event sponsors: UW Sociology Graduate Program. Target Audience: UW Sociology Grad Students. Thursday, April 2, 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM.

CSDE Seminar - Improving Hiring Decisions: Experimental Evidence on the Value of Reference Information About Teacher Applicants - Dan Goldhaber

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Speaker: Dan Goldhaber, Director, CALDER at the American Institutes for Research & CEDR at the University of Washington Abstract: Professional references are widely used in hiring decisions, yet their effectiveness remains largely understudied. We analyze structured ratings collected from the professional references of teacher applicants and conduct an experiment to see whether the ratings influence hiring managers’ assessments of applicants and hiring decisions. We find little evidence that providing reference ratings to hiring managers influences their evaluations of candidates or hiring choices in productive ways. Importantly, we also find that reference ratings are predictive of future job performance. The result is a paradox: reference ratings offer potentially low-cost, high-value information, but hiring managers do not appear to make productive use of them. Bio: Dr. Dan Goldhaber is the Director of the Center for Education Data & Research (CEDR, cedr.us) at the University of Washington and the… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Parrington Hall (PAR). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1x6hbdb0RkmHHCRgmsX4mA#/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, April 3, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. For more info visit csde.washington.edu.

Explore the College of Arts & Sciences: UW's Admitted Student Day

10:30 AM and 12:00 PM | Arrive Early and Start Strong with College Edge - College of Arts & Sciences Information Session 10:30 - 12:30 PM | Open House: Natural Sciences Majors in Action 11:30 - 1:30 PM | Open House: Understanding and Changing the World through the Social Sciences 12:30 - 2:00 PM | Open House: Your Creative Future at the UW, Meet the Arts Programs  12:30 - 2:00 PM | Open House | Meet the Humanities: Languages, Study Abroad, Creative Writing & More Learn more about UW Admitted Student Day. Please note: ASD is now at capacity. What next?  Sign up for the ASD waitlist , Join us for an online information session , Attend other campus events in April. Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: asinfo@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Special Events. Saturday, April 4, 2026, 10:30 AM – 2:00 PM. For more info visit artsci.washington.edu.

CSDE Computational Demography Working Group-

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Raitt Hall (RAI). Online Meeting Link: https://csde.washington.edu/computational-demography-working-group-talks/. Campus room: 223. Accessibility Contact: csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Wednesday, April 8, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM. For more info visit csde.washington.edu.

From Marginalization to Resilience: Understanding the Effects of Stress and Identifying Culturally Responsive Interventions | UW CSSS SEMINAR

Center for Statistics and Social Sciences In this presentation, I summarize  a systematic, multi-method research program that examines how sociocultural stressors, including racial discrimination and acculturative stress, shape mental health and substance use among people of color. This research integrates complementary designs and statistical analysis methods to strengthen causal inference and measurement precision. Racial marginalization elevates stress and negative emotions and varies across contexts and individuals, and data suggest modifiable resilience factors such as social support and bicultural self-acceptance. By combining rigorous statistical approaches with diverse study designs, this research advances cumulative science and informs culturally responsive interventions.   Priscilla Lui is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Washington (UW) and a licensed clinical psychologist (WA, PY61473662). She received her B.S. in biology and psychology from the UW, and M.A. in general psychology from the… Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, April 8, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. SAV 409. For more info visit csss.uw.edu.

CSSS Seminar - From Marginalization to Resilience: Understanding the Effects of Stress and Identifying Culturally Responsive Interventions

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Priscilla Lui, Associate Professor of Psychology, UW, Wednesday, April 8th, 2026 - 12:30 pm In this presentation, I summarize  a systematic, multi-method research program that examines how sociocultural stressors, including racial discrimination and acculturative stress, shape mental health and substance use among people of color. This research integrates complementary designs and statistical analysis methods to strengthen causal inference and measurement precision. Racial marginalization elevates stress and negative emotions and varies across contexts and individuals, and data suggest modifiable resilience factors such as social support and bicultural self-acceptance. By combining rigorous statistical approaches with diverse study designs, this research advances cumulative science and informs culturally responsive interventions.   Priscilla Lui is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Washington (UW) and a licensed clinical psychologist (WA, PY61473662). She received… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/s/91612004486. Campus room: 409. Accessibility Contact: csss@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, April 8, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. For more info visit csss.uw.edu.

SocSEM Speaker: Scott Allard

Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/97653316579. 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. Special Events. Event sponsors: The Earl & Edna Stice Memorial Lectureship in Social Science. Target Audience: Sociology Faculty and Graduate Students. Thursday, April 9, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.

CSDE Seminar - Aging with Limited Kin in Family-Oriented Societies - Bussarawan “Puk” Teerawichitchainan

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Speaker: Bussarawan “Puk” Teerawichitchainan, Associate Professor of Sociology & Anthropology & Co-Director of the Centre for Family and Population Research, National University of Singapore Abstract: Across the Asia Pacific, rapid demographic transitions and changing family structures are producing a growing number of adults aging with limited close kin. Drawing on mixed-methods evidence from Thailand and Singapore, this talk examines how childlessness and other forms of constrained kin availability shape later-life vulnerability, adaptation, and inequality in societies where aging systems continue to rely heavily on family support. Findings reveal heterogeneous pathways into kin limitation and the diverse ways older adults navigate—or struggle to adapt to—constrained kin configurations through their support networks, care arrangements, and planning strategies. These patterns are shaped by gendered life course trajectories, socioeconomic circumstances, and institutional contexts. The evidence also reveals… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Parrington Hall (PAR). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9kO1inSGRfmZZLQ1OpBxwg#/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, April 10, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. For more info visit csde.washington.edu.

CSDE Computational Demography Working Group-Andrew Messamore, University of Washington, Dept. of Sociology

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Raitt Hall (RAI). Online Meeting Link: https://csde.washington.edu/computational-demography-working-group-talks/. Campus room: 223. Accessibility Contact: csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Wednesday, April 15, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM. For more info visit csde.washington.edu.

Reciprocal Relationships, Reverse Causality, and Temporal Ordering: Testing Theories with Cross-lagged Panel Models | UW CSSS SEMINAR

Center for Statistics and Social Sciences Abstract:  Reciprocal causal relationships are a common feature of criminological theories. For example, stable employment may reduce offending while offending may lead to job loss, and perceived disorder may increase fear of crime while fear of crime may increase sensitivity to signs of disorder. When multiple observations over time are available, cross-lagged panel models are commonly used to estimate these reciprocal effects. Yet this is often done without careful attention to how they map on to the theoretical process they are meant to capture or whether key assumptions of the models are satisfied. This may result in estimates that are not substantively meaningful or are biased or even reversed in sign. Reciprocal relationships also pose challenges for causal assumptions based on graphical tools; theories that posit reciprocal causation often rely on underlying macro–micro mechanisms not explicitly represented in empirical models. We provide guidance on how to align theory, model specification, and choic… Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, April 15, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. SAV 409. For more info visit csss.uw.edu.

CSSS Seminar - Reciprocal Relationships, Reverse Causality, and Temporal Ordering: Testing Theories with Cross-lagged Panel Models

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Charles C. Lanfear, Associate Professor, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, Wednesday, April 15th, 2026 - 12:30 pm Abstract:  Reciprocal causal relationships are a common feature of criminological theories. For example, stable employment may reduce offending while offending may lead to job loss, and perceived disorder may increase fear of crime while fear of crime may increase sensitivity to signs of disorder. When multiple observations over time are available, cross-lagged panel models are commonly used to estimate these reciprocal effects. Yet this is often done without careful attention to how they map on to the theoretical process they are meant to capture or whether key assumptions of the models are satisfied. This may result in estimates that are not substantively meaningful or are biased or even reversed in sign. Reciprocal relationships also pose challenges for causal assumptions based on graphical tools; theories that posit reciprocal causation often rely on underlying macro–micro… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/s/91612004486. Campus room: 409. Accessibility Contact: csss@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, April 15, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. For more info visit csss.uw.edu.

CSDE Seminar - Civilizing Contention: International Aid in Syria’s War - Rana Khoury

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Speaker: Rana Khoury, Assistant Professor of Political Science & Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Abstract: In Civilizing Contention, Rana B. Khoury asserts that to understand civilian and refugee activism in war, we must regard the international actors and organizations that enter the scene to help. When these organizations respond to crises, they work with local actors. In so doing, they facilitate the activists’ participation in something like a civil society even in the depths of war. Yet as aid imposes its structures and routines, it also leaves activists unprotected from the violence of war and its aftermaths. Khoury pursues these ideas through analysis of Syria’s war that emerged from the 2011 Arab Uprisings. She traces the afterlife of a social movement that did not merely take up arms or capitulate to repression. Interviews with Syrian activists and international aid workers in Jordan, Turkey, and Lebanon provide insight into action among… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Parrington Hall (PAR). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1Ij7h6opR1mdgyO7C0IUzQ#/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, Middle East Center. Friday, April 17, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. For more info visit csde.washington.edu.

CSDE Computational Demography Working Group-

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Raitt Hall (RAI). Online Meeting Link: https://csde.washington.edu/computational-demography-working-group-talks/. Campus room: 223. Accessibility Contact: csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Wednesday, April 22, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM. For more info visit csde.washington.edu.

Evans School Research Seminar - Marilyn Rubin, Distinguished Research Fellow, School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University, "Gender Responsive Budgeting in North America”

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Wednesday, April 22, 11:30-12:30, PAR360: Marilyn Rubin, Distinguished Research Fellow, School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University, "Gender Responsive Budgeting in North America”. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Parrington Hall (PAR). Campus room: 360. Accessibility Contact: cstruth@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, April 22, 2026, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM.

How Militarization Impacts the Climate Crisis: A Global Perspective | UW CSSS SEMINAR

Center for Statistics and Social Sciences Abstract:  In this talk I will provide a broad overview of my collaborative research concerning the ways in which militarization, as a form of coercive power, contributes to anthropogenic carbon emissions for nations throughout the world. First, I will summarize research on the short-run and long-run effects of militarization on national carbon emissions. Second, I will describe research that focuses on how militarization shapes the effect of economic growth on nations’ carbon emissions. Third, I will summarize research on militarization facilitating and supporting transnational capital in Global North nations outsourcing their carbon pollution to Global South nations. This body of empirical work serves as the foundation for a book in progress.   Andrew Jorgenson is a Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of the Climate & Society Lab at the University of British Columbia, and a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Theoretical Economics at Vilnius University. As an environmental sociologist… Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, April 22, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. SAV 409. For more info visit csss.uw.edu.

CSSS Seminar - How Militarization Impacts the Climate Crisis: A Global Perspective

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Andrew Jorgenson, Professor of Sociology, University of British Columbia, Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026 - 12:30 pm Abstract:  In this talk I will provide a broad overview of my collaborative research concerning the ways in which militarization, as a form of coercive power, contributes to anthropogenic carbon emissions for nations throughout the world. First, I will summarize research on the short-run and long-run effects of militarization on national carbon emissions. Second, I will describe research that focuses on how militarization shapes the effect of economic growth on nations’ carbon emissions. Third, I will summarize research on militarization facilitating and supporting transnational capital in Global North nations outsourcing their carbon pollution to Global South nations. This body of empirical work serves as the foundation for a book in progress.   Andrew Jorgenson is a Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of the Climate & Society Lab at the University of British Columbia, and a Senior… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/s/91612004486. Campus room: 409. Accessibility Contact: csss@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, April 22, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. For more info visit csss.uw.edu.

CACHE Seminar - Integrating Government, Consumer, and Foundation Data to Study “Aging Climate Movers” Nationwide

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Speakers: James Elliott, Rice University, and Alex Priest, University of Alberta This seminar provides an overview of how one can integrate diverse data sources to find, track, survey, and interview residents on the front lines of “climate retreat” nationwide (many of whom are aging homeowners). It highlights relevant challenges, emergent insights, and translation to web-based interactive tools. Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://cuboulder.zoom.us/meeting/register/xlHN6VH6R--Jf5dR3ibJww. Accessibility Contact: cache@colorado.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Thursday, April 23, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM. For more info visit agingclimatehealth.org.

Graduate Student Town Hall

This event is only open to UW Sociology graduate students. Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: SAV 409. Accessibility Contact: https://depts.washington.edu/uwdrs/?_gl=1*1gm9md8*_ga*MjEwMjE3MDI5MC4xNzQxODk5Nzcz*_ga_3T65WK0BM8*czE3NTc1NDEwNjMkbzEzJGcxJHQxNzU3NTQxMTEzJGoxMCRsMCRoMA..*_gcl_au*OTUzNjYxODIxLjE3NTIxNzM4MTE.*_ga_JLHM9WH4JV*czE3NTc1NDEwNjMkbzEzJGcxJHQxNzU3NTQxMTEzJGoxMCRsMCRoMA.. Event Types: Special Events. Event sponsors: UW Department of Sociology. Target Audience: UW Graduate Students. Thursday, April 23, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.

CSDE Seminar - Data Equity and Identity: A Qualitative Analysis of Public Feedback on Asian Racial Categories - Ninez Ponce

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Speaker: Ninez Ponce, Professor and Endowed Chair of Health Policy and Management & Director of UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, University of California Los Angeles Abstract: Proposed changes to the federal racial and ethnic classification system in the United States offer a unique opportunity to understand how the general public thinks about Asian American identity and how Asian populations should be classified in federal data. The Improving Asian Classification Typologies (ImpACT) project analyzes public comments submitted in response to two Federal Register Notices: (1) the OMB's proposed revisions to Statistical Policy Directive 15, 2023, and (2) the U.S. Census Bureau's draft race and ethnicity coding guidelines, 2024.Using a mixed deductive-inductive coding framework, six coders working in pairs analyzed comments to develop key themes. Overall, we found the boundaries of the Asian category are contested in the comments, particularly at the intersections with the Middle Eastern and North… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Parrington Hall (PAR). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ArtF2ykuSWqtwqypHVaZYg#/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, April 24, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. For more info visit csde.washington.edu.

CSDE Computational Demography Working Group-PAA Practice Talks

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Raitt Hall (RAI). Online Meeting Link: https://csde.washington.edu/computational-demography-working-group-talks/. Campus room: 223. Accessibility Contact: csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Wednesday, April 29, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM. For more info visit csde.washington.edu.

Marginalized Regression for Bounded Outcomes with Floor and Ceiling Effects | UW CSSS SEMINAR

Center for Statistics and Social Sciences Abstract:  Outcomes studied in social science and health research frequently take the form of fractions or percentages with a defined lower and upper limit, such as the percentage of medication doses taken, the rate of condom-protected sex, and the number of substance use-related problems endorsed in a screening questionnaire. Such data commonly exhibit floor and ceiling effects due to many participants that never engage in the outcome (e.g. never take prescribed medication) or are consistently at the upper limit (e.g. take all prescribed doses). Prevailing statistical approaches used to analyze such data do not fully account for clusters of responses at the lower and upper limits, which risk invalid conclusions about the effectiveness of interventions and theoretical models. We introduce an accessible extension to zero-inflated regression, the marginalized zero- and N-inflated binomial (MZNIB) model, that can analyze fractions and percentage data on the entire range between zero and 100% with greater… Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, April 29, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. SAV 409. For more info visit csss.uw.edu.

CSSS Seminar - Marginalized Regression for Bounded Outcomes with Floor and Ceiling Effects

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology David Huh, Research Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, UW, Wednesday, April 29th, 2026 - 12:30 pm Abstract:  Outcomes studied in social science and health research frequently take the form of fractions or percentages with a defined lower and upper limit, such as the percentage of medication doses taken, the rate of condom-protected sex, and the number of substance use-related problems endorsed in a screening questionnaire. Such data commonly exhibit floor and ceiling effects due to many participants that never engage in the outcome (e.g. never take prescribed medication) or are consistently at the upper limit (e.g. take all prescribed doses). Prevailing statistical approaches used to analyze such data do not fully account for clusters of responses at the lower and upper limits, which risk invalid conclusions about the effectiveness of interventions and theoretical models. We introduce an accessible extension to zero-inflated regression, the marginalized zero- and N-inflated binomial (MZNIB) model,… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/s/91612004486. Campus room: 409. Accessibility Contact: csss@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, April 29, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. For more info visit csss.uw.edu.

China Studies Program - From Malthus to Musk: Searching for Population Equilibrium in East Asia

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Please join the East Asia Center for a special public panel featuring: Yong Cai Associate Professor, Department of Sociology The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Feng Wang Professor, Sociology, School of Social Sciences University of California, Irvine Sara Curran Professor, International Studies & Sociology Director, Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology University of Washington James Lin Associate Professor, International Studies & History Chair, Taiwan Studies Program University of Washington From Malthus’s warnings of overpopulation to Musk’s urge to boost fertility, the drastic turn of humanity’s relationship with population growth is one of the defining features of East Asian societies. Nowhere have demographic shifts been more seismic in their speed, scale, and scope than in East Asia over the past century. Populations in this region now simultaneously exhibit the world's longest life expectancies and its lowest fertility rates. How did East Asian societies arrive at this point?… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Student Union Building (HUB). Campus room: 337. Accessibility Contact: eacenter@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Special Events. Event sponsors: East Asia Center Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. Thursday, April 30, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.

CSDE Seminar - Population Association of America Annual Meeting 2026: Practice Talks

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology CSDE will be hosting its annual “PAA 2026 Practice Talks” during our regular seminar time on Friday, May 1st from 12:30-1:30 in 360 PAR. This is an in-person only event. Please come listen to our trainees practice their presentations and offer them your good feedback and wisdom! Your time and insights will be appreciated! Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Parrington Hall (PAR). 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, May 1, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. For more info visit csde.washington.edu.

Evans School Research Seminar - Craig McIntosh, Professor, School of Global Policy and Strategy, Co-Director of the Policy Design and Evaluation Lab, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), “Structured Payment in Pawnshop Borrowing: Mandates vs. Choi

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Monday, May 4, 11:30-12:30, Savery 410: Craig McIntosh, Professor, School of Global Policy and Strategy, Co-Director of the Policy Design and Evaluation Lab, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), “Structured Payment in Pawnshop Borrowing: Mandates vs. Choice”. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Parrington Hall (PAR). Campus room: 360. Accessibility Contact: cstruth@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Event sponsors: *Co-sponsored with Department of Economics. Monday, May 4, 2026, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM.

CSDE Computational Demography Working Group-

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Raitt Hall (RAI). Online Meeting Link: https://csde.washington.edu/computational-demography-working-group-talks/. Campus room: 223. Accessibility Contact: csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Wednesday, May 6, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM. For more info visit csde.washington.edu.

CACHE Webinar - Measuring Heat for Use in Population Research

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology PAA 2026 CACHE Workshop Registration: Measuring Heat for Use in Population Research  May 6, 1-5:30 PM CT  So many questions arise when trying to measure heat as a health exposure – let CACHE help!   Heat is one of the most frequently examined environmental influences on population health, and a wide variety of data sources exist to measure exposure. This workshop, sponsored by the Center on Aging, Health, and Environment (CACHE), provides an overview of heat measures and examples of two, including hands-on experience with code available via the CACHE website. Participants will generate temperature exposure measures from publicly available data, as well as wet bulb temperatures. The Universal Thermal Climate Index data will also be demonstrated and linked to population data.  The workshop’s first exercise uses data from two different sources: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) weather-stations and ERA5-Land Reanalysis from the European Union’s Copernicus Project. Both are publicly avail… Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: cache@colorado.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Wednesday, May 6, 2026, 11:00 AM – 3:30 PM. For more info visit docs.google.com.

Evans School Research Seminar - : Michael Lens, Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy, Luskin School of Public Affairs, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), "Where the Hood At? Fifty Years of Change in Black Neighborhoods”

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Wednesday, May 6, 11:30-12:30, PAR360: Michael Lens, Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy, Luskin School of Public Affairs, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), "Where the Hood At? Fifty Years of Change in Black Neighborhoods” [you may view his book here]. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Parrington Hall (PAR). Campus room: 360. Accessibility Contact: cstruth@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Event sponsors: *Co-sponsored with Department of Real Estate. Wednesday, May 6, 2026, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM.

Using Multilevel Modeling to Investigate Agitation in Long-Term Care: Evidence from Older Chinese Residents | UW CSSS SEMINAR

Center for Statistics and Social Sciences Abstract:  Agitation is one of the most common and distressing behavioral symptoms among older adults living in long-term care facilities, particularly among residents with cognitive impairment. Despite its clinical importance, limited research has examined how individual and facility-level factors jointly contribute to agitation among older Chinese residents in institutional settings. In this seminar, Dr. Wang will introduce the application of multilevel modeling to investigate agitation in long-term care facilities serving older Chinese adults. The presentation will discuss conceptual considerations in studying behavioral symptoms across nested care environments, methodological decisions in multilevel analysis, and challenges encountered when working with facility-based data. The study underscores the need for person-centered strategies that consider residents’ psychosocial needs, family engagement, and organizational support within long-term care settings.   Kaipeng Wang joined the University of… Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, May 6, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. SAV 409. For more info visit csss.uw.edu.

CSSS Seminar - Using Multilevel Modeling to Investigate Agitation in Long-Term Care: Evidence from Older Chinese Residents

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Kaipeng Wang, Associate Professor, School of Social Work, UW, Wednesday, May 6th, 2026 - 12:30 pm Abstract:  Agitation is one of the most common and distressing behavioral symptoms among older adults living in long-term care facilities, particularly among residents with cognitive impairment. Despite its clinical importance, limited research has examined how individual and facility-level factors jointly contribute to agitation among older Chinese residents in institutional settings. In this seminar, Dr. Wang will introduce the application of multilevel modeling to investigate agitation in long-term care facilities serving older Chinese adults. The presentation will discuss conceptual considerations in studying behavioral symptoms across nested care environments, methodological decisions in multilevel analysis, and challenges encountered when working with facility-based data. The study underscores the need for person-centered strategies that consider residents’ psychosocial needs, family engagement, and… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/s/91612004486. Campus room: 409. Accessibility Contact: csss@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, May 6, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. For more info visit csss.uw.edu.

NO CSDE SEMINAR: Population Association of America Annual Meeting 2026

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology No CSDE Seminar as CSDE staff, faculty, affiliates, and trainees are at the PAA conference in St. Louis on Friday, May 8th, 2026. Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Maddie Farris - CSDE Program Coordinator (csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu). Event Types: Not Specified. Friday, May 8, 2026. For more info visit csde.washington.edu.

CSDE Computational Demography Working Group-Jing Xu & Yehong Deng

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Raitt Hall (RAI). Online Meeting Link: https://csde.washington.edu/computational-demography-working-group-talks/. Campus room: 223. Accessibility Contact: csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Wednesday, May 13, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM. For more info visit csde.washington.edu.

From Estimands to Robust Inference of Treatment Effects in Master Protocol Trials | UW CSSS SEMINAR

Center for Statistics and Social Sciences Abstract: A platform trial is an innovative clinical trial design that uses a master protocol to evaluate multiple treatments, where patients are often assigned to different subsets of treatment arms based on individual characteristics, enrollment timing, and treatment availability. While offering increased flexibility, this constrained and non-uniform treatment assignment poses inferential challenges, with two fundamental ones being the precise definition of treatment effects and robust, efficient inference on these effects. Such challenges arise primarily because some commonly used analysis approaches may target estimands defined on populations inadvertently depending on randomization ratios or trial operation format, thereby undermining interpretability. This article, for the first time, presents a formal framework for constructing a clinically meaningful estimand with precise specification of the population of interest. Specifically, the proposed entire concurrently eligible (ECE) population not only pre… Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, May 13, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. SAV 409. For more info visit csss.uw.edu.

CSSS Seminar - From Estimands to Robust Inference of Treatment Effects in Master Protocol Trials

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Ting Ye, Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, UW, Wednesday, May 13th, 2026 - 12:30 pm Abstract: A platform trial is an innovative clinical trial design that uses a master protocol to evaluate multiple treatments, where patients are often assigned to different subsets of treatment arms based on individual characteristics, enrollment timing, and treatment availability. While offering increased flexibility, this constrained and non-uniform treatment assignment poses inferential challenges, with two fundamental ones being the precise definition of treatment effects and robust, efficient inference on these effects. Such challenges arise primarily because some commonly used analysis approaches may target estimands defined on populations inadvertently depending on randomization ratios or trial operation format, thereby undermining interpretability. This article, for the first time, presents a formal framework for constructing a clinically meaningful estimand with precise specification of the… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/s/91612004486. Campus room: 409. Accessibility Contact: csss@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, May 13, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. For more info visit csss.uw.edu.

Graduate Student Symposium

Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/97653316579. 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: Special Events. Lectures/Seminars. Event sponsors: The Earl & Edna Stice Memorial Lectureship in Social Science. Target Audience: Sociology Faculty and Graduate Students. Thursday, May 14, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.

CSDE Seminar - Enduring Illegality: Time and the State of Waiting in Undocumented Middle Life - Angela Garcia

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Speaker: Angela Garcia, Associate Professor of Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy and Practice, The University of Chicago Abstract: How does the state govern immigrant lives not only through law, but through time? This book talk centers “illegality” as a temporal mechanism of U.S. migration governance: by withholding broad pathways to legal status, the state sustains prolonged legal uncertainty, blocked mobility, and restricted cross-border movement that structure the life course. Drawing on three waves of longitudinal interviews with long-settled undocumented Mexican immigrants in Chicago, the talk traces how those who migrated as young adults enter middle life in a condition of legal and temporal suspension that coincides with peak responsibility for others—raising children in the United States while supporting aging parents from afar. Examining the undocumented “sandwich generation,” the talk shows how family caregiving is reorganized through prolonged legal uncertainty: strain concentrates when… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Parrington Hall (PAR). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wtrRLfCUShaM-cx7iXCuJQ#/. Campus room: 360. Accessibility Contact: Maddie Farris - CSDE Program Coordinator (csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu). Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Event sponsors: Population Health Initiative, Evans School of Public Policy & Governance. Friday, May 15, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. For more info visit csde.washington.edu.

CSDE Computational Demography Working Group-

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Raitt Hall (RAI). Online Meeting Link: https://csde.washington.edu/computational-demography-working-group-talks/. Campus room: 223. Accessibility Contact: csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Wednesday, May 20, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM. For more info visit csde.washington.edu.

Almost Magic: The Promise and Pitfalls of AI-Assisted Coding | UW CSSS SEMINAR

Center for Statistics and Social Sciences Abstract:  Artificial intelligence tools are democratizing programming, making computational research accessible to researchers who have little or no formal programming background. This seminar offers a practical introduction to programming with AI assistance, beginning with a brief history of how AI—and AI coding tools in particular—came to be. We then discuss practical considerations for programming with AI: how to work effectively with AI assistants, how to frame problems clearly, and how to evaluate the code they produce. The foregoing skills are essential in addressing “technical debt” in AI-assisted programming, where generated code does not generalize easily to new features. The talk should provide insights into what AI-assisted programming can and cannot do, and a foundation for using AI tools responsibly.   Joseph L. Hellerstein received his PhD in Computer Science from the University of California at Los Angeles. He has thirty years of experience in research and software engineering at the IBM TJ… Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, May 20, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. SAV 409. For more info visit csss.uw.edu.

CSSS Seminar - Almost Magic: The Promise and Pitfalls of AI-Assisted Coding

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Joseph L Hellerstein, Senior Fellow, eScience Institute, Affiliate professor, Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, Affiliate professor, Department of Bioengineering, UW, Wednesday, May 20th, 2026 - 12:30 pm Abstract:  Artificial intelligence tools are democratizing programming, making computational research accessible to researchers who have little or no formal programming background. This seminar offers a practical introduction to programming with AI assistance, beginning with a brief history of how AI—and AI coding tools in particular—came to be. We then discuss practical considerations for programming with AI: how to work effectively with AI assistants, how to frame problems clearly, and how to evaluate the code they produce. The foregoing skills are essential in addressing “technical debt” in AI-assisted programming, where generated code does not generalize easily to new features. The talk should provide insights into what AI-assisted programming can and cannot do, and a foundation for using… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/s/91612004486. Campus room: 409. Accessibility Contact: csss@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, May 20, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. For more info visit csss.uw.edu.

SocSEM Speaker: Magda Boutros

Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: 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: The Earl & Edna Stice Memorial Lectureship in Social Science. Target Audience: Sociology Faculty and Graduate Students. Thursday, May 21, 2026, 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM.

CSDE Seminar - The Promises and Pitfalls of Social Scientific Instruction in U.S. Medical Schools - Lauren Olsen

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Speaker: Lauren Olsen, Assistant Professor of College of Liberal Arts, Temple University Abstract: Medical schools have increasingly incorporated the humanities and social sciences into their teaching, seeking to make future physicians more empathetic and more concerned with equity. In practice, however, these good intentions have not translated into critical consciousness. Humanities and social sciences education has often not only failed to deliver on its promise but even entrenched the inequalities that the medical profession set out to address. Lauren D. Olsen examines how U.S. medical school faculty conceived, designed, and implemented their vision of education, tracing the failures of curricular reform. She argues that the way medical students encounter humanities and social sciences material in practice has served to reinforce the status quo by teaching them to individualize systemic problems. Students learn to avoid advocacy, critique, and attention to structural inequalities—while also gathering… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Parrington Hall (PAR). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_56keS5XjThydaYu4w-9NnA#/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, Department of Bioethics and Humanities. Friday, May 22, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. For more info visit csde.washington.edu.

Memorial Day

Holidays No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm. Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2026. Quarter: Spring. Event Types: Academics. Monday, May 25, 2026. For more info visit www.washington.edu.

CSDE Computational Demography Working Group-Jiahui Xu

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Raitt Hall (RAI). Online Meeting Link: https://csde.washington.edu/computational-demography-working-group-talks/. Campus room: 223. Accessibility Contact: csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM. For more info visit csde.washington.edu.

Evans School Research Seminar - Amanda Bankston, Director of the Evans Policy Innovation Collaborative (EPIC) and Julia Karon, PhD Student, Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington, "EPIC Reflections: Three Cases of Communit

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Wednesday, May 27, 11:30-12:30, PAR360: Amanda Bankston, Director of the Evans Policy Innovation Collaborative (EPIC) and Julia Karon, PhD Student, Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington, "EPIC Reflections: Three Cases of Community-Engaged Research for Public Impact” [This talk will describe empirical cases, and relates to the 4/1 session]. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Parrington Hall (PAR). Campus room: 360. Accessibility Contact: cstruth@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM.

One Model, Many Methods: NIMBLE for Hierarchical Statistical Modeling in Social and Other Sciences | UW CSSS SEMINAR

Center for Statistics and Social Sciences Abstract: People often need to customize statistical models for particular problems and then consider a variety of methods for estimation and inference. Customizations may include adding components across space, time, repeated sampling, networks, non-parametric relationships or distributions, or multiple data sources, among others. Methods may include MCMC with potentially many kinds of samplers, empirical Bayes or marginal maximum likelihood, Laplace approximation and its extension to adaptive Gauss-Hermite quadrature, integrated nested Laplace approximation and related methods, sequential Monte Carlo, and others. Some methods represent hybrids, such as Particle MCMC combining particle filtering and MCMC. I will give an overview of the NIMBLE framework (R package nimble) for such problems. NIMBLE combines a language for writing models (an extension of the BUGS/JAGS language) and an algorithm programming system from R, in which all built-in algorithms are written and users can write new algorithms. Models an… Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. SAV 409. For more info visit csss.uw.edu.

CSSS Seminar - One Model, Many Methods: NIMBLE for Hierarchical Statistical Modeling in Social and Other Sciences

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Perry de Valpine, Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California, Berkeley, Wednesday, May 27th, 2026 - 12:30 pm Abstract: People often need to customize statistical models for particular problems and then consider a variety of methods for estimation and inference. Customizations may include adding components across space, time, repeated sampling, networks, non-parametric relationships or distributions, or multiple data sources, among others. Methods may include MCMC with potentially many kinds of samplers, empirical Bayes or marginal maximum likelihood, Laplace approximation and its extension to adaptive Gauss-Hermite quadrature, integrated nested Laplace approximation and related methods, sequential Monte Carlo, and others. Some methods represent hybrids, such as Particle MCMC combining particle filtering and MCMC. I will give an overview of the NIMBLE framework (R package nimble) for such problems. NIMBLE combines a language for writing models (an extension… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/s/91612004486. Campus room: 409. Accessibility Contact: csss@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. For more info visit csss.uw.edu.

CSDE Seminar - Ice Geographies and Critical Demography - Jen Rose Smith

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Speaker: Jen Rose Smith, Assistant Professor of Geography, University of Washington Abstract: Ice animates the look and feel of climate change. It is melting faster than ever before, causing social upheaval among northern coastal communities and disrupting a more southern, temperate world as sea levels rise. Economic, academic, and activist stakeholders are increasingly focused on the unsettling potential of ice as they plan for a future shaped by rapid transformation. Yet, in Ice Geographies, Jen Rose Smith demonstrates that ice has always been at the center of making sense of the world. Ice as homeland is often at the heart of Arctic and sub-Arctic ontologies, cosmologies, and Native politics. Reflections on ice have also long been a constitutive element of Western political thought, but it often privileges a pristine or empty “nature” stripped of power relations. Smith centers ice to study race and indigeneity by investigating ice relations as sites and sources of analysis that are bound up with colonial… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Parrington Hall (PAR). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2LFo6vFKRTejjGFahFF-Cw#/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, May 29, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. For more info visit csde.washington.edu.

Addressing Measurement Error Bias in Grouped Continuous Data for Causal Inferences | UW CSSS SEMINAR

Center for Statistics and Social Sciences Abstract:  Applied researchers often analyze ordered categories that discretize continuous quantities (income, time frequencies, biomarkers, exposures). Treating such indices as continuous or imputing bin midpoints are convenient but misleading strategies to estimate marginal effects in regression analyses. This paper characterizes a form of measurement error that arises in those strategies by design, from the sampling mechanism, which induces biased and inconsistent estimations that are model-dependent and a priori unpredictable. I provide a solution to this problem, a calibration method - regularized interval regression - that treats responses as intervals of a latent distribution, and predicts calibrated proxies robust to measurement error biases in downstream linear regressions. Monte Carlo evidence shows that, relative to midpoint imputation and “ordinal-as-continuous,” the calibrated proxy yields unbiased linear estimates, especially in the presence of right-censoring/top-coding. An example based on su… Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, June 3, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. SAV 409. For more info visit csss.uw.edu.

CSSS Seminar - Addressing Measurement Error Bias in Grouped Continuous Data for Causal Inferences

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Ramses Llobet, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, UW, Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026 - 12:30 pm Abstract:  Applied researchers often analyze ordered categories that discretize continuous quantities (income, time frequencies, biomarkers, exposures). Treating such indices as continuous or imputing bin midpoints are convenient but misleading strategies to estimate marginal effects in regression analyses. This paper characterizes a form of measurement error that arises in those strategies by design, from the sampling mechanism, which induces biased and inconsistent estimations that are model-dependent and a priori unpredictable. I provide a solution to this problem, a calibration method - regularized interval regression - that treats responses as intervals of a latent distribution, and predicts calibrated proxies robust to measurement error biases in downstream linear regressions. Monte Carlo evidence shows that, relative to midpoint imputation and “ordinal-as-continuous,” the calibrated proxy yields unbiased… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/s/91612004486. Campus room: 409. Accessibility Contact: csss@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, June 3, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. For more info visit csss.uw.edu.

CSDE Closing Reception 2026: Celebration of Trainees' Accomplishments

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Parrington Hall (PAR). Campus room: 320. Accessibility Contact: Maddie Farris - CSDE Program Coordinator (csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu). Event Types: Ceremonies. Friday, June 5, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. For more info visit csde.washington.edu.

Juneteenth

Holidays No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm. Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2026. Quarter: Summer. Event Types: Academics. Friday, June 19, 2026. For more info visit www.washington.edu.