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CSDE Seminar - The Dividend and the Denominator: Why Demography Matters in Public Policy - Apoorva Jadhav

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Speaker: Apoorva Jadhav, Demographic Futures Lead at the William H. Gates Sr. Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health, Abstract & Bio: Getting population data to actually move policy requires more than good methods. It simultaneously requires creativity, an understanding of how bureaucracies and multilaterals function, strong interpersonal skills, and technical precision. Drawing on my last decade in public policy, including eight years at USAID, and subsequent work across think tanks, philanthropy, and multilateral advisory bodies, I illustrate this combination in practice through twelve examples, organized around four things this work actually demands: counting what gets measured, narrating what gets believed, strategizing what gets built, and brokering what gets resolved. Dr. Apoorva Jadhav is a demographer and policy strategist with twenty years of experience translating demographic evidence into the investments, programs, and policy… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Parrington Hall (PAR). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wQdYDOdPS52ghT4BjWzCOg#/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, October 30, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. For more info visit washington.zoom.us.

The Center for Social Science Computation and Research (CSSCR) Workshop- Geospatial Analysis in Python

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Online Meeting Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSesAZi9PRPNeAgM2iOKw7gK8XKEa3bUHjFthyOS-FF99KmNCw/viewform. Campus room: 117. Accessibility Contact: csscr@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Monday, November 2, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:20 AM. For more info visit depts.washington.edu.

CSDE Workshop - Intro to R III: Data Visualization

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Instructors: Jessica Godwin This workshop is a 75 minute introduction data visualization in R. We will cover all major types of plots in both base R and the tidyverse. Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: Zoom Link provide upon SignUp. Accessibility Contact: CSDE Program Coordinator (csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu). Event Types: Workshops. Tuesday, November 3, 2026, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM. For more info visit csde.washington.edu.

CSDE Computational Demography Working Group-Ishan Kahveci

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, November 4, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM. For more info visit csde.washington.edu.

The Center for Social Science Computation and Research (CSSCR) Workshop- Data Wrangling in R

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Online Meeting Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSesAZi9PRPNeAgM2iOKw7gK8XKEa3bUHjFthyOS-FF99KmNCw/viewform. Campus room: 121. Accessibility Contact: csscr@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Wednesday, November 4, 2026, 10:30 AM – 11:50 AM. For more info visit depts.washington.edu.

Facilitating Heterogeneous Effect Estimation via Statistically Efficient Categorical Modifiers | UW CSSS SEMINAR

Center for Statistics and Social Sciences Abstract: Categorical covariates such as race, sex, or group are ubiquitous in regression analysis. While main-only (or ANCOVA) linear models are predominant, linear models that include categorical-continuous or categorical-categorical interactions are increasingly important and allow heterogeneous, group-specific effects. However, with standard approaches, the addition of categorical interactions fundamentally alters the estimates and interpretations of the main effects, often inflates their standard errors, and introduces significant concerns about group (e.g. racial) biases. In this talk, I will advocate an alternative parametrization and estimation scheme using abundance-based constraints (ABCs). First, ABCs induce a model parametrization that is both interpretable and equitable. Second, I will show that with ABCs, the addition of categorical interactions 1) leaves main effect estimates unchanged and 2) enhances their statistical power, under reasonable conditions. This surprising result suggests that a… Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, November 4, 2026, 12:30 PM. SAV 409. For more info visit csss.uw.edu.

Sociology Faculty Meeting

I. Announcements / Updates  A. Review and approve previous meeting minutes B. Chair updates (Crowder) C. Administrative updates (Mookhtiar) D. Undergraduate Program update (Crowder) E. Graduate Program update (Quinn) II. Old Business III. New Business IV. Executive Session. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/91663439807. 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: Meetings. Target Audience: Sociology Faculty. Thursday, November 5, 2026, 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM.

College of Arts & Sciences Family Weekend Events

Explore everything the College of Arts & Sciences has planned for UW Family Weekend! Meet representatives from more than 25 departments at a pop-up in the HUB, join a timely conversation on AI, metacognition, and the future of learning, visit the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture and Henry Art Gallery for free, enjoy a showcase of student films, tour Biology's greenhouse, attend a drama performance or planetarium show, and discover even more opportunities to experience the creativity, scholarship, and innovation happening across the College. See all that's happening across the College of Arts & Sciences. Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: casevents@uw.edu. Event Types: Special Events. Student Activities. Screenings. Performances. Lectures/Seminars. Exhibits. Friday, November 6, 2026. For more info visit artsci.washington.edu.

11 am - 3 pm | College of Arts & Sciences: Paws for Fun Family Weekend Pop-Up

HUB Second Floor South Prefunction Space, adjacent to the South Ballroom entrance and South Lounge. As you check in at the HUB for Family Weekend, join the College of Arts & Sciences community of faculty, students and staff! Snap a family photo; explore hands-on displays, experiments and activities; grab snacks; get tips and resources to help your Husky make the most of the UW; discover all that’s happening across Arts & Sciences during Family Weekend; and pick up swag while it lasts: Bandanas! Totes! And stickers! And in honor of the upcoming National First-Generation College Celebration, we'll be handing out pins to students who are first-generation! College of Arts & Sciences: 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. C21/Gesture: 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Learn about the College's early career lab helping students transition from student to professional!  Applied Mathematics: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.  Art + Art History + Design: 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - There will be foam block printing! Asian Languages & Literature: 11:00… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Student Union Building (HUB). Accessibility Contact: casevents@uw.edu. Event Types: Special Events. Student Activities. Target Audience: UW students and families. Friday, November 6, 2026, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM.

11 am - 3 PM | First-Generation Pride and Arts & Sciences Pop-up

Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Student Union Building (HUB). Accessibility Contact: casevents@uw.edu. Event Types: Special Events. Student Activities. Event sponsors: HUB Second Floor South Prefunction Space, adjacent to the South Ballroom entrance and South Lounge. To recognize the accomplishments and experiences of first-generation students, we'll be honoring the National First-Generation College Celebration with UW first-generation pins and stickers and College of Arts & Sciences totes. Stop by the photo booth, connect with fellow Huskies, pick up swag while it lasts, and enjoy the College of Arts & Sciences Paws for Fun Family Weekend Pop-Up. Friday, November 6, 2026, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM.

CSDE Seminar - Leveraging Metabolomics and Proteomics to Advance Our Understanding of the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Diet: Objective Biomarkers and Potential Mediators - Hyunju Kim

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Speaker: Hyunju Kim, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Abstract & Bio: The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet, which reduced blood pressure and cholesterol in randomized, controlled feeding studies, is recommended by the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. However, assessing adherence to the DASH diet is challenging because self-reported diet is prone to measurement error and other systematic biases. Further, although short-term randomized feeding studies found that the DASH diet improves blood pressure and cholesterol, evidence on causal effects of the DASH diet on long-term health outcomes (e.g. incident coronary heart disease) is difficult to obtain. In this presentation, I discuss projects that used metabolomics and proteomics, technologies that allow simultaneous measurement of thousands of small molecules (metabolites) and proteins in biofluids, to discover objective biomarkers of the DASH diet. I also use plasma proteomics to support causal inference about… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Parrington Hall (PAR). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZC3JPMQxQ7mbOXcQYU0hvw#/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, November 6, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. For more info visit washington.zoom.us.

College of Arts & Sciences Family Weekend Events

Explore everything the College of Arts & Sciences has planned for UW Family Weekend! Meet representatives from more than 25 departments at a pop-up in the HUB, join a timely conversation on AI, metacognition, and the future of learning, visit the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture and Henry Art Gallery for free, enjoy a showcase of student films, tour Biology's greenhouse, attend a drama performance or planetarium show, and discover even more opportunities to experience the creativity, scholarship, and innovation happening across the College. See all that's happening across the College of Arts & Sciences. Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: casevents@uw.edu. Event Types: Special Events. Student Activities. Screenings. Performances. Lectures/Seminars. Exhibits. Saturday, November 7, 2026. For more info visit artsci.washington.edu.

FemQuant Seminar: Panel—A Conversation with Queerdem* Europe

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Panel—A Conversation with Queerdem* Europe Tuesday, November 10, 2026 at 9am ET/2pm GMT/3pm CET (Check in your time zone here) Sign up to receive the Zoom link on the day.This will be a moderated conversation with the organizers of Queerdem* Europe to learn more about their recent founding and goals of the collective. After a brief introduction, the rest of the session will be turned to audience questions and conversation. Queerdem* Europe is a community of academics working on LGBTQ* topics within demography and related disciplines. Our goal is to create a central point of reference for people working on or who would like to start working on topics related to gender and sexual diversity within European demography and to foster this community of researchers. Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd1uxu0fRQHcPip4q4tKlwjqsWaGJce1NDJAy4GCl56Eq3HLA/viewform. Accessibility Contact: femquant17@gmail.com. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 6:00 AM – 7:00 AM. For more info visit docs.google.com.

Veterans 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: Autumn. Event Types: Academics. Wednesday, November 11, 2026. For more info visit www.washington.edu.

CSDE Seminar - The Future of “Trust & Safety”: Examining the Shift to AI in Online Safety Efforts - Rachel E. Moran

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Speaker: Rachel E. Moran, Senior Research Scientist at the Center for an Informed Public & Affiliate Assistant Professor at the Information School, University of Washington, Abstract & Bio: Despite their importance, Trust and Safety (T&S) teams experienced significant downsizing between 2022 and 2025, including mass layoffs at major technology companies. Our prior research documented this contraction and identified a parallel expansion in the development and deployment of AI-enabled T&S tools designed to detect, manage, and reduce the spread of harmful and illegal content online. This project examines the shift toward AI through in-depth interviews with T&S professionals who build and use AI systems for online safety. We document the range of AI-enabled tools currently in use and assess professional attitudes toward their effectiveness. We also analyze expert perspectives on AI’s potential to address persistent industry challenges, including cost pressures, politicization of human-led moderation, and the… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Parrington Hall (PAR). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zGKBA0BcSs-g_r6gZsYn8Q#/. 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, November 13, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. For more info visit washington.zoom.us.

CSDE Computational Demography Working Group-Global Health in Context: Linking Census Data to Health Surveys using IPUMS DHS and IHGIS

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, November 18, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM. For more info visit csde.washington.edu.

The Childless Society? Adult–Child Contact in an Era of Demographic Aging | UW CSSS SEMINAR

Center for Statistics and Social Sciences Abstract: How much do adults interact with children in daily life? Interpersonal contact between adults and children is a fundamental form of intergenerational connection, with important implications for infectious disease transmission, fertility behavior, and health and well-being across the life course. Despite its importance, population-level evidence on adult-child interaction remains limited. We use social contact data to quantify adults' daily interactions with children overall and across the adult life course, by sex, across countries, and over time. Population estimates of adult-child contact ranged from 3.2 contacts per day in rural Zimbabwe in 2015 to 0.5 contacts per day in Italy in 2023. Whereas only 10% of adults in rural Zimbabwe reported no daily contact with children, post-pandemic estimates from the United States and several European countries indicate that a majority of adults (66%-70%) have no contact with children on a typical day. Results from nonparametric Shapley decomposition analyses… Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, November 18, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. SAV 409. For more info visit csss.uw.edu.

The Center for Social Science Computation and Research (CSSCR) Workshop- Human Gates for AI Agents in Research

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Online Meeting Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSesAZi9PRPNeAgM2iOKw7gK8XKEa3bUHjFthyOS-FF99KmNCw/viewform. Campus room: 121. Accessibility Contact: csscr@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Wednesday, November 18, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:50 PM. For more info visit depts.washington.edu.

SocSEM Speaker: Anjum Hajat

Dr. Hajat is an associate professor of epidemiology and a social and environmental epidemiologist. Her research examines how stressors in the social and physical environment disproportionately impact the health of disadvantaged populations. She has an interest in applying causal inference methods to her research and works to engage communities to answer questions that are most important to them. She is a faculty affiliate at the Center for Studies on Demography and Ecology, the West Coast Poverty Center, the Center for Exposures, Diseases, Genomics, and Environment, and the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies. Prior to academia she worked in public health practice for several years. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV409. 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: Earl & Edna Stice Lecture in Social Sciences and UW Dept of Sociology. Target Audience: Sociology Faculty and Graduate Students. Thursday, November 19, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM.

CSDE Seminar - The Effects of Receiving Rental Assistance on Early Adulthood Outcomes - Raheem Chaudhry

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Speaker: Raheem Chaudhry, Assistant Professor at the Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, University of Washington, Abstract & Bio: , Raheem is an Assistant Professor at the Evans School. His research focuses on how public policy and political institutions can expand access to opportunity for all individuals, particularly those from disadvantaged or historically marginalized communities. He received his PhD from the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley and his Masters in Public Affairs from the University of Texas, Austin. Prior to getting his PhD, he conducted research on a range of issues affecting low-income families at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Parrington Hall (PAR). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__ocMsPduRW6tKtamvb2q7g#/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, November 20, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. For more info visit washington.zoom.us.

Thanksgiving 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: Autumn. Event Types: Academics. Thursday, November 26, 2026. For more info visit www.washington.edu.

Native American Heritage 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: Autumn. Event Types: Academics. Friday, November 27, 2026. For more info visit www.washington.edu.

CSDE Computational Demography Working Group-Elizabeth Hazelwood

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, December 2, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM. For more info visit csde.washington.edu.

Agentic AI for Social Science Research | UW CSSS SEMINAR

Center for Statistics and Social Sciences Abstract: Large language models are transitioning from static text processors to autonomous, tool-using agents that can plan, execute, and iterate across the research lifecycle. In contrast to a chatbot, agentic AI reads and edits files in your project, runs your code on your computer, fixes errors, and carries out long-running multi-step plans. I review current approaches to using agentic AI to augment routine parts of the social science research process that happen on a computer. I will demonstrate how to use open source software and free or low cost models (avoiding vendor lock in). I will review tools, skills, and model context protocols (MCP) useful for social science research. This approach will be most useful for researchers already using R or Python with small to medium sized data in Quarto or Jupyter notebooks. This is a human-at-the-helm approach (rather than an end-to-end automated paper-writing system) where you are steering the agent and you are responsible for all decisions. I review emerging e… Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, December 2, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. SAV 409. For more info visit csss.uw.edu.

Sociology Faculty Meeting

I. Announcements / Updates  A. Review and approve previous meeting minutes B. Chair updates (Crowder) C. Administrative updates (Mookhtiar) D. Undergraduate Program update (Crowder) E. Graduate Program update (Quinn) II. Old Business III. New Business IV. Executive Session. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/91663439807. 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: Meetings. Target Audience: Sociology Faculty. Thursday, December 3, 2026, 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM.

CSDE Seminar - Navigating the Double-Edge of Statistics: Indigenous Health, Patient Activism, and Collective Care in Chile - Paula Saravia

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Speaker: Paula Saravia, Assistant Teaching Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology, University of Washington. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Parrington Hall (PAR). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_226bF2lLR0yghII_WVyCTA#/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, December 4, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. For more info visit washington.zoom.us.

FemQuant Seminar: TBD with Dr. Byron Villacis

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Seminar—TBD with Dr. Byron Villacis Tuesday, December 8, 2026 at 11:30am EST/4:30pm GMT/5:30pm CET (Check in your time zone here) Sign up to receive the Zoom link on the day.Description forthcoming. Dr. Byron Villacis received a B.A. in Economics from University of San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), a M.Sc. in Economics from the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) and a Ph.D. in Sociology and Demography from the University of California-Berkeley in 2023. Before joining the University of Oregon he was an Assistant Professor at Bowdoin College and before his Ph.D. he was the head of the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses of Ecuador. His research focuses on 1) exploring how societies shape and are shaped by quantifications, 2) studying the role of experts and how power relations shape expertise in the fields of corruption, dollarization, statistics, and gender, and 3) understanding how modern notions of anti-corruption are associated with austerity, inequality, and the compression of… Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/e/1FAIpQLSeO35zGUVI85ifVJkRcZlWGFUVzErIsUyPbSr1P22YvPNQX6w/viewform?usp=publish-editor. Accessibility Contact: femquant17@gmail.com. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Tuesday, December 8, 2026, 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM. For more info visit docs.google.com.

CSDE Computational Demography Working Group-Recovering Administrative Archives: Vision-Language Models for Entity Recognition and Structured Extraction in Early 20th-Century Records

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, December 9, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM. For more info visit csde.washington.edu.

Correcting Inferences in AI-Assisted Content Analysis | UW CSSS SEMINAR

Center for Statistics and Social Sciences Content analysis methods measures social categories and constructs in unstructured data. In social science, human annotators interpret and categorize communication data such as behaviors, messages, or images to build or test theories. Machine learning classifiers, increasingly in the form of language models, can help automate this process. The trouble is that machines and humans may interpret the data in different ways.  Divergence between machine and human classifiers creates problems for inference, but methods that use human and machine classifications together can reduce bias and variance. Practical trade-offs between methods will be discussed with an emphasis on suitability for causal inference estimators. https://washington.zoom.us/s/99784881142. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, December 9, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. SAV 409. For more info visit csss.uw.edu.

CSDE Fall 2026 Lightning Talks & 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. Event sponsors: Population Health Initiative. Friday, December 11, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.

Christmas Day

Holidays No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm. Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2027. Quarter: Winter. Event Types: Academics. Friday, December 25, 2026. For more info visit www.washington.edu.

New Year's Day

Holidays No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm. Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2027. Quarter: Winter. Event Types: Academics. Friday, January 1, 2027. For more info visit www.washington.edu.

FemQuant Seminar: TBD with Dr. Christopher A. Julian

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Seminar—TBD with Dr. Christopher A. Julian Thursday, January 7, 2027 at 10am EST/3pm GMT/4pm CET (Check in your time zone here) Sign up to receive the Zoom link on the day.Description forthcoming. Dr. Christopher A. Julian is a Postdoctoral Scholar at Vanderbilt University’s LGBTQ+ Policy Lab. Chris is a family demographer and sociologist whose research examines changes in sexual and gender identities and their intersection with shifting family patterns and population aging in the United States. Their work documents LGBTQ+ family experiences, evaluates survey methods used to measure them, and explores how diverse family forms shape health and well-being across the life course. Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdwcND1G6xpnim7i9tbky_W63J4gwcp2wRROkbsSnNJecrqfw/viewform. Accessibility Contact: femquant17@gmail.com. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Thursday, January 7, 2027, 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM. For more info visit docs.google.com.

Sociology Faculty Meeting

I. Announcements / Updates  A. Review and approve previous meeting minutes B. Chair updates (Crowder) C. Administrative updates (Mookhtiar) D. Undergraduate Program update (Crowder) E. Graduate Program update (Quinn) II. Old Business III. New Business IV. Executive Session. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/91663439807. 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: Meetings. Target Audience: Sociology Faculty. Thursday, January 7, 2027, 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM.

SocSEM Speaker: Sarah Burgard

Sarah Burgard is a professor of Sociology and by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Public Policy. She is also a Research Professor in the Population Studies Center and Research Affiliate in the Survey Research Center, both at the Institute for Social Research, and am the incoming director of the Population Studies Center. Burgard has a publication record in social and health science journals in the areas of the life course determinants of health and well-being in later life and related health disparities, and has received funding for her research and for data collection in these areas from NIH and private foundations. Burgard is currently an affiliate and Advisory Panel member for the Michigan Center for the Demography of Aging (MICDA), a Technical Review Committee member of the National Longitudinal Studies program of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a former member on the Population Association Board of Directors. She also led implementation of the Institute for Social Research Strategic plan for Diversity, Eq… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV409. 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: Earl & Edna Stice Lecture in Social Sciences and UW Dept of Sociology. Target Audience: Sociology Faculty and Graduate Students. Thursday, January 14, 2027, 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Holidays No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm. Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2027. Quarter: Winter. Event Types: Academics. Monday, January 18, 2027. For more info visit www.washington.edu.