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/. Campus room: 223. Accessibility Contact: csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops.
Wednesday, January 14, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
For more info visit csde.washington.edu. Modern Experimental Design: When Agents Compete | UW CSSS SEMINAR
Center for Statistics and Social Sciences
Due to data use agreements, this week's seminar is only open to researchers and students affiliated with universities, and its content cannot be posted publicly. Alexander Volfovsky is an Associate Professor of Statistical Science at Duke University, where he also serves as co-director of the Polarization Lab. He is also an Amazon Scholar working in Supply Chain Optimization Technologies (SCOT). His research lies at the intersection of causal inference, network analysis, and machine learning, with applications to understanding social behavior, online interactions, and decision-making in complex systems. He develops novel statistical methodologies for estimating causal effects in the presence of interference, modeling relational data, and designing adaptive experiments. Volfovsky’s work often bridges methodological innovation with large-scale empirical studies, integrating tools from Bayesian statistics, randomized experiments, and computational social science. His research has been supported by the…
Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars.
Wednesday, January 14, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
SAV 409.
For more info visit csss.uw.edu. CSSS Seminar - Modern Experimental Design: When Agents Compete - Alexander Volfovsky
Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
Alexander Volfovsky is an Associate Professor of Statistical Science at Duke University, where he also serves as co-director of the Polarization Lab. He is also an Amazon Scholar working in Supply Chain Optimization Technologies (SCOT). His research lies at the intersection of causal inference, network analysis, and machine learning, with applications to understanding social behavior, online interactions, and decision-making in complex systems. He develops novel statistical methodologies for estimating causal effects in the presence of interference, modeling relational data, and designing adaptive experiments. Volfovsky’s work often bridges methodological innovation with large-scale empirical studies, integrating tools from Bayesian statistics, randomized experiments, and computational social science. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Department of Defense, and the Templeton Foundation, among others.
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, January 14, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
SocSEM Speaker: Courtney Boen
SocSEM Guest Speaker: Courtney Boen, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Faculty Affiliate in the Population
Studies and Training Center at Brown University.
Title of Presentation: State Violence & Population Health: The Case of Three Strikes Laws & Racialized Patterns of Birth Outcomes in the US
While state incarceration policies have received much attention in research on the causes of mass incarceration in the United States, their roles in shaping population health and health disparities remain largely unknown.
This talk will focus on one particularly notorious state incarceration policy—three strikes—and assess whether, how, and why it shaped racialized patterns of birth outcomes in the US. Using a difference-in-differences event study research design that models the dynamic impact of this policy over time, results show that birth weight outcomes—including mean birth weight and low birth weight—for Black infants worsened markedly in the year three strikes policies were adopted. Descriptive analyses of…
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. Target Audience: Sociology Faculty and Graduate Students.
Thursday, January 15, 2026, 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM.
CSDE Seminar - Panel on Gun Violence - Avanti Adhia & Ali Rowhani-Rahbar
Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
Speakers: Avanti Adhia, Nursing, University of Washington & Ali Rowhani-Rahbar, Epidemiology, University of Washington.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Parrington Hall (PAR). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_z3k1yI4vRYqCUNtDz39KGA#/registration. Campus room: 360. Accessibility Contact: Maddie Farris - CSDE Program Coordinator (csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu). Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, January 16, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. 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: 2026. Quarter: Winter. Event Types: Academics.
Monday, January 19, 2026.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. CSDE Workshop - Survey Methods I: Online Survey Design & Administration with REDCap
Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
Instructors: Matt Dunbar & Paul Litwin
**Please Note: This workshop will meet at the same time for two weeks (Jan 20 and Jan 22 10:00AM to 12:00 PM)
REDCap is a secure, web-based application that offers a streamlined process for rapidly developing databases that support data capture for research projects. It provides an intuitive interface for data entry, including data validation and audit trails. REDCap’s survey functionality offers advanced data collection features such as branching logic, calculated fields, and repeating instruments. REDCap also provides automated export procedures for seamless data downloads to common statistical packages. Finally, REDCap provides a robust framework for managing the logistics of running a research project, including tools such as automated email alerts to study participants or study staff and completely customizable user privilege’s for any sized research team.
Come join us to learn how you can use REDCap to support your next data collection activity, from sending out…
Event interval: Ongoing event. Campus room: Zoom Link provide upon SignUp. Accessibility Contact: CSDE Program Coordinator (csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu). Event Types: Workshops.
Tuesday, January 20, 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
For more info visit csde.washington.edu. GRAD STUDENTS: Empowering Prevention and Inclusive Communities (EPIC) training
Event interval: Ongoing event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/97653316579. Campus room: SAV411. 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: Workshops. Target Audience: Sociology Faculty and Graduate Students.
Tuesday, January 20, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM.
CSDE Computational Demography Working Group-Dennis Feehan, University of California Berkeley
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/. Campus room: 223. Accessibility Contact: csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops.
Wednesday, January 21, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
For more info visit csde.washington.edu. Estimating place-based and racial and ethnic disparities in life expectancy and cause-specific mortality in the US | UW CSSS SEMINAR
Center for Statistics and Social Sciences
Abstract: Mortality rates differ widely across racial and ethnic populations and locations, and these patterns vary by cause of death and over time. To better understand these patterns in the US, we estimated life expectancy and cause-specific mortality for approximately 175 causes of death by county, race and ethnicity, and year (2000–2023). This seminar will focus on the methods used for this analysis and present preliminary findings. Laura Dwyer-Lindgren, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Health Metric Sciences at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington. Her research focuses on quantifying and describing geographic patterns and disparities in health outcomes, and how other types of health disparities are patterned spatially and intersect with place-based disparities. At IHME, Dr. Dwyer-Lindgren leads the US Health Disparities team which focuses on describing levels and trends in burden of disease in the US by county, racial and ethnic group, and…
Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars.
Wednesday, January 21, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
SAV 409.
For more info visit csss.uw.edu. CSSS Seminar - Estimating Place-Based and Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Life Expectancy and Cause-Specific Mortality in the US - Laura Dwyer-Lindgren
Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
Mortality rates differ widely across racial and ethnic populations and locations, and these patterns vary by cause of death and over time. To better understand these patterns in the US, we estimated life expectancy and cause-specific mortality for approximately 175 causes of death by county, race and ethnicity, and year (2000–2023). This seminar will focus on the methods used for this analysis and present preliminary findings.
Laura Dwyer-Lindgren, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Health Metric Sciences at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington. Her research focuses on quantifying and describing geographic patterns and disparities in health outcomes, and how other types of health disparities are patterned spatially and intersect with place-based disparities. At IHME, Dr. Dwyer-Lindgren leads the US Health Disparities team which focuses on describing levels and trends in burden of disease in the US by county, racial and ethnic group, and socioeconomic status.…
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, January 21, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
CSDE Workshop - Survey Methods I: Online Survey Design & Administration with REDCap
Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
Instructors: Matt Dunbar & Paul Litwin
**Please Note: This workshop will meet at the same time for two weeks (Jan 20 and Jan 22 10:00AM to 12:00 PM)
REDCap is a secure, web-based application that offers a streamlined process for rapidly developing databases that support data capture for research projects. It provides an intuitive interface for data entry, including data validation and audit trails. REDCap’s survey functionality offers advanced data collection features such as branching logic, calculated fields, and repeating instruments. REDCap also provides automated export procedures for seamless data downloads to common statistical packages. Finally, REDCap provides a robust framework for managing the logistics of running a research project, including tools such as automated email alerts to study participants or study staff and completely customizable user privilege’s for any sized research team.
Come join us to learn how you can use REDCap to support your next data collection activity, from sending out…
Event interval: Ongoing event. Campus room: Zoom Link provide upon SignUp. Accessibility Contact: CSDE Program Coordinator (csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu). Event Types: Workshops.
Thursday, January 22, 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
For more info visit csde.washington.edu. CSDE Seminar - School-Based Support for Children's Mental Health: Evidence from North Carolina - Sarah Komisarow
Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
Speaker: Sarah Komisarow, Public Policy & Economics, Duke University
Abstract: In this paper I estimate the impact of specialized instructional support personnel—school nurses and social workers—on student outcomes using quasi-experimental variation from North Carolina’s Child and Family Support Teams (CFST) program. The CFST program created two sources of natural variation: directly treated schools received substantial state-funded staffing increases in the form of highly trained two-person teams composed of a school nurse and a school social worker. At the same time, other schools in the same districts experienced more modest staffing increases indirectly through reallocations of existing personnel and district-led compensatory equalization. Using event-study and difference-in-differences designs, I show that expanded access to support personnel reduced student absences and chronic absenteeism. In directly treated schools, annual absences decreased by 0.4 days (6%) and chronic absenteeism declined by 0.9…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Parrington Hall (PAR). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BHFmn9YjS3i-86QGyrFevQ#/registration. Campus room: 360. Accessibility Contact: Maddie Farris - CSDE Program Coordinator (csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu). Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, January 23, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. GRAD STUDENTS: Empowering Prevention and Inclusive Communities (EPIC) training
In January the sociology department will host the Empowering Prevention and Inclusive Communities (EPIC) training, and it is open to all soc grad students. The program is for the prevention of sexual harassment and it has been created specifically by and for UW Academic Student Employees (ASEs).
This interactive, in-person training builds on extensive research to provide participants with skills in bystander intervention, sexual harassment prevention, and more, and is tailored to the needs and interests of each department’s ASEs. Your participation is essential—when enough of us engage, we create the momentum needed to shift our community culture towards inclusivity.
We are excited to be offering a two-part training with sessions on Tuesdays 1/26/26 and 2/2/26 from 12:30-1:20 PM in SAV 411. You can register by filling out this form https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=W9229i_wGkSZoBYqxQYL0p85F90KriFNiChwOP7aPn5UNlQ2MlI0SDExODc0NUtPM0JYVEZKSDA1QiQlQCN0PWcu.
Event interval: Ongoing event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV411. 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: Workshops. Target Audience: Graduate Students.
Monday, January 26, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM.
For more info visit forms.office.com. CSDE Workshop - Survey Methods II: Statistical Analysis of Surveys in R
Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
Instructor: Jessica Godwin
Introduction to statistical analysis of data arising from probability surveys using the survey package in R.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: CSDE Program Coordinator (csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu). Event Types: Workshops.
Tuesday, January 27, 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
For more info visit csde.washington.edu. CSDE Workshop - Biomarker Lab Methods I: Immunoassay Principles
Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
Enzyme immunoassays are the primary method used in the CSDE Biodemography Lab for generating biomarker data. This workshop will provide an overview of immunoassay principles and laboratory practices in preparation for hands-on lab work.
Join us if you are interested in learning about how we can quantify specific biomarkers in a variety of specimen types.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: 221 Raitt Hall. Accessibility Contact: CSDE Program Coordinator (csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu). Event Types: Workshops.
Tuesday, January 27, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit csde.washington.edu. 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/. Campus room: 223. Accessibility Contact: csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops.
Wednesday, January 28, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
For more info visit csde.washington.edu. Epistemic diversity across language models mitigates knowledge collapse | UW CSSS SEMINAR
Center for Statistics and Social Sciences
Abstract: The growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) raises concerns of knowledge collapse, i.e. a reduction to the most dominant and central set of ideas. Prior work has demonstrated single-model collapse, defined as performance decay in an AI model trained on its own output. Inspired by ecology, we ask whether AI ecosystem diversity, that is, diversity among models, can mitigate such a collapse. We build on the single-model approach but focus on ecosystems of models trained on their collective output. We find that increased epistemic diversity mitigates collapse, but, interestingly, only up to an optimal level. In the context of AI monoculture, our results suggest the need to monitor diversity across AI systems and to develop policies that incentivize more domain- and community-specific models. Jevin West is the co-founder of the new Center for an Informed Public at UW aimed at resisting strategic misinformation, promoting an informed society and strengthening democratic discourse. His research…
Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars.
Wednesday, January 28, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
SAV 409.
For more info visit csss.uw.edu. CSSS Seminar - Epistemic Diversity Across Language Models Mitigates Knowledge Collapse - Jevin West
Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
The growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) raises concerns of knowledge collapse, i.e. a reduction to the most dominant and central set of ideas. Prior work has demonstrated single-model collapse, defined as performance decay in an AI model trained on its own output. Inspired by ecology, we ask whether AI ecosystem diversity, that is, diversity among models, can mitigate such a collapse. We build on the single-model approach but focus on ecosystems of models trained on their collective output. We find that increased epistemic diversity mitigates collapse, but, interestingly, only up to an optimal level. In the context of AI monoculture, our results suggest the need to monitor diversity across AI systems and to develop policies that incentivize more domain- and community-specific models.
Jevin West is the co-founder of the new Center for an Informed Public at UW aimed at resisting strategic misinformation, promoting an informed society and strengthening democratic discourse. His research and teaching…
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, January 28, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
CSDE Workshop - Biomarker Lab Methods II: Hands-on Lab Work
Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
This workshop is a 4-hour, hands-on introduction to performing an enzyme immunoassay in the CSDE Biodemography Lab to produce biomarker data. You will gain experience using micropipettes, following assay procedures, and evaluating results and quality control.
The workshop will be in person. Due to space constraints, registration is capped at 20 participants.
Laboratory safety rules require that you wear shoes that cover the entire foot and heel and clothing that covers the legs and torso.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: 230 Raitt Hall. Accessibility Contact: CSDE Program Coordinator (csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu). Event Types: Workshops.
Thursday, January 29, 2026, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit csde.washington.edu. CSDE Seminar - Aging with Limited Kin: Childlessness and Care Arrangements in Singapore and Thailand - Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan
Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
Speaker: Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan, Sociology & Anthropology, National University of Singapore
Abstract: Rapid demographic transitions and changing family structures are increasing the 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 long-term care and advance care planning in later life. Findings reveal substantial heterogeneity among childless older adults, pronounced gender differences in care vulnerabilities and planning behaviors, and persistent tensions between familistic norms and the lived realities of kin limitation. Moving beyond deficit-based framings, the presentation highlights adaptive strategies through which older adults reconfigure care and planning, and argues for reimagining kin, care, and policy in low-fertility, family-oriented societies.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Parrington Hall (PAR). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bmg-69zfTQqHm_cVc0FBag#/registration. Campus room: 360. Accessibility Contact: Maddie Farris - CSDE Program Coordinator (csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu). Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, January 30, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. GRAD STUDENTS: Empowering Prevention and Inclusive Communities (EPIC) training
In January the sociology department will host the Empowering Prevention and Inclusive Communities (EPIC) training, and it is open to all soc grad students. The program is for the prevention of sexual harassment and it has been created specifically by and for UW Academic Student Employees (ASEs).
This interactive, in-person training builds on extensive research to provide participants with skills in bystander intervention, sexual harassment prevention, and more, and is tailored to the needs and interests of each department’s ASEs. Your participation is essential—when enough of us engage, we create the momentum needed to shift our community culture towards inclusivity.
We are excited to be offering a two-part training with sessions on Tuesdays 1/26/26 and 2/2/26 from 12:30-1:20 PM in SAV 411. You can register by filling out this form https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=W9229i_wGkSZoBYqxQYL0p85F90KriFNiChwOP7aPn5UNlQ2MlI0SDExODc0NUtPM0JYVEZKSDA1QiQlQCN0PWcu.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV411. 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: Information Sessions. Target Audience: Sociology Graduate Students.
Monday, February 2, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
For more info visit forms.office.com. CSDE Computational Demography Working Group-Zach Brown, PhD Student, Sociology, 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/. Campus room: 223. Accessibility Contact: csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops.
Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
For more info visit csde.washington.edu. CSDE Workshop - Introduction to the Northwest Federal Statistical Research Data Center (NWFSRDC): Enabling Access to Confidential Microdata from U.S. Federal Government Agencies
Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
The Federal Statistical Research Data Center (FSRDC) network is comprised by Census-managed secure computing labs within top educational and research institutions across the country where qualified researchers conduct approved statistical analysis on non-public data. These data are collected by various government agencies (Census Bureau, NCHS, BEA, BLS, SSA, etc.) and made available to local researchers through agreements with federal statistical agencies.
This workshop will give a general introduction to- the data available in the University of Washington's Northwest FSRDC, some examples of work done with different kinds of data, and the process of requesting access to this data.
The workshop will be online only, and a Zoom link for online attendance will be provided upon registration.
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.
Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM.
For more info visit csde.washington.edu. Community notes reduce engagement with and diffusion of false information online | UW CSSS SEMINAR
Center for Statistics and Social Sciences
Abstract: Social networks scaffold the diffusion of information on social media. Much attention has been given to the spread of true vs. false content on online social platforms, including the structural differences between their diffusion patterns. However, much less is known about how platform interventions on false content alter the engagement with and diffusion of such content. In this work, we estimate the causal effects of Community Notes, a novel fact-checking feature adopted by X (formerly Twitter) to solicit and vet crowd-sourced fact-checking notes for false content. We gather detailed time series data for 40,078 posts for which notes have been proposed and use synthetic control methods to estimate a range of counterfactual outcomes. We find that attaching fact-checking notes significantly reduces the engagement with and diffusion of false content. We estimate that, on average, the notes resulted in reductions of 46.1% in reposts, 44.1% in likes, 21.9% in replies, and 13.5% in views after being at…
Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars.
Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
SAV 409.
For more info visit csss.uw.edu. CSSS Seminar - Community Notes Reduce Engagement With and Diffusion of False Information Online - Martin Saveski
Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
Social networks scaffold the diffusion of information on social media. Much attention has been given to the spread of true vs. false content on online social platforms, including the structural differences between their diffusion patterns. However, much less is known about how platform interventions on false content alter the engagement with and diffusion of such content. In this work, we estimate the causal effects of Community Notes, a novel fact-checking feature adopted by X (formerly Twitter) to solicit and vet crowd-sourced fact-checking notes for false content. We gather detailed time series data for 40,078 posts for which notes have been proposed and use synthetic control methods to estimate a range of counterfactual outcomes. We find that attaching fact-checking notes significantly reduces the engagement with and diffusion of false content. We estimate that, on average, the notes resulted in reductions of 46.1% in reposts, 44.1% in likes, 21.9% in replies, and 13.5% in views after being attached. Over…
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, February 4, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 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.
Thursday, February 5, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
CSDE Seminar - Occupations, Careers, and Opportunity: A Structural Approach to Studying Economic Mobility over the Life Course - Michael Shultz
Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
Speaker: Michael Shultz, Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, University of Washington
Abstract: A person’s work life is a major feature of the middle of the life course. A sociological approach focuses on how wages and other job rewards are tied to workers obtaining discrete positions. Consequently, the movement of workers between jobs and the work contexts of those jobs are primary explanations for inequality over the life course. The large number of possible transitions between jobs presents theoretical and methodological challenges. In this talk, I draw on several of my recent and ongoing research projects that use the 500 Census occupations to identify structural positions in the labor market and analyze occupational and wage mobility over the life course. Occupations are a meso-level unit of analysis that facilitates studying institutional job ladders, career continuity/discontinuity across job transitions, and changes in the availability and access to jobs associated with opportunity.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Parrington Hall (PAR). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_W-WridIXR2KQEoKKcqiHpA#/. Campus room: 360. Accessibility Contact: Maddie Farris - CSDE Program Coordinator (csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu). Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, February 6, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. CSDE Workshop - Text as Data and LLM applications
Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
Text data has gained popularity over the last decade due to the increased data availability, the emergence of new methods, and the decreasing costs of computational resources. Based on the book Text As Data: A New Framework for Machine Learning and the Social Sciences, this workshop introduces the methods that could be used to select and represent text, conduct research discoveries, and build measurements out of text data. A specific focus is put on building measurements/labels out of unstructured text data using both supervised approach and generative LLMs. We will review the principles briefly, take an overview of the methods for each section, and deep dive into one or two of the most common methods using Python. This workshop is designed to help researchers in social science and demography with no prior experience in working with text.
A free Google Colab account is recommended to run the workshop demos.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: CSDE Program Coordinator (csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu). Event Types: Workshops.
Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
For more info visit csde.washington.edu. CSDE Computational Demography Working Group-Courtney Allen, PhD Student, Sociology, 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/. Campus room: 223. Accessibility Contact: csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops.
Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
For more info visit csde.washington.edu. Novel methods to construct a representative sample for surveying California’s unhoused population: the California Statewide Study of People Experiencing Homelessness (CASPEH) | UW CSSS SEMINAR
Center for Statistics and Social Sciences
Abstract: California has among the highest per capita rate of homelessness in the United States, with more than 181,000 people experiencing homelessness (PEH) nightly – more than 25% of the country’s homeless population and half of its unsheltered population. Much of the literature on PEH draws on data from nonrepresentative samples, limiting (and potentially introducing bias to) inference and our overall understanding of the population. From October 2021 to November 2022, the Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative fielded a statewide survey of PEH in California. The purpose of this survey was to understand the characteristics of PEH, the causes and consequences of homelessness, and to identify potential opportunities to end and prevent homelessness. This seminar will describe our novel sampling strategy to generate a representative sample of PEH in California (drawing upon methods from venue-based sampling and respondent driven sampling), implementation challenges, and lessons learned. Dr. Paul…
Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars.
Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
SAV 409.
For more info visit csss.uw.edu. CSSS Seminar - Novel Methods to Construct a Representative Sample for Surveying California’s Unhoused Population: the California Statewide Study of People Experiencing Homelessness (CASPEH) - Paul Wesson
Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
California has among the highest per capita rate of homelessness in the United States, with more than 181,000 people experiencing homelessness (PEH) nightly – more than 25% of the country’s homeless population and half of its unsheltered population. Much of the literature on PEH draws on data from nonrepresentative samples, limiting (and potentially introducing bias to) inference and our overall understanding of the population. From October 2021 to November 2022, the Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative fielded a statewide survey of PEH in California. The purpose of this survey was to understand the characteristics of PEH, the causes and consequences of homelessness, and to identify potential opportunities to end and prevent homelessness. This seminar will describe our novel sampling strategy to generate a representative sample of PEH in California (drawing upon methods from venue-based sampling and respondent driven sampling), implementation challenges, and lessons learned.
Dr. Paul Wesson is an As…
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, February 11, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
SocSEM Speaker: Jack Goldstone
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. Target Audience: Sociology Faculty and Graduate Students.
Thursday, February 12, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.
CSDE Seminar - The Hidden Private Safety Net: Shared Households and Older Adults' Housing Costs - Kristin Perkins
Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
Speaker: Kristin Perkins, Sociology, Georgetown University
Abstract: Where U.S. public supports fall short of need, individuals often turn to the private safety net – instrumental support from family and friends. Although impacts of the public safety net are well-documented, less research considers how the private safety net shapes patterns of hardship. Focusing on the case of older adults’ shared households, this study demonstrates how the provision and receipt of private safety net support shapes housing costs and, ultimately, our understanding of the contours of the housing affordability crisis. Using Survey of Income and Program Participation data, we find that 15% of older adults are hosts, who share their home with others, and 6% are guests, who live in someone else’s home. Counterfactual estimates reveal that guests pay $713 less a month on housing than they would in nonshared housing, and hosts pay $53 more. Without shared households, an additional 5% of older adults would experience cost burdens,…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Parrington Hall (PAR). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8uTJ8X5SRneM3KLnpKYuPA#/registration. Campus room: 360. Accessibility Contact: Maddie Farris - CSDE Program Coordinator (csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu). Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, February 13, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. Presidents' Day
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Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2026. Quarter: Winter. Event Types: Academics.
Monday, February 16, 2026.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. CSDE Computational Demography Working Group-Changjie Chen, The University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning
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/. Campus room: 223. Accessibility Contact: csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops.
Wednesday, February 18, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
For more info visit csde.washington.edu. Making All the Pieces Matter: Bridging Theory, Methodology, and Analyses to Uncover Nuance in Parenting and Child Development Research | UW CSSS SEMINAR
Center for Statistics and Social Sciences
Abstract: Parents with addiction and mental health challenges (also known as psychopathology) can struggle to consistently and responsively meet their children’s needs. This can increase children’s risk for future mental health problems and adverse developmental outcomes. Sometimes the effects of parent addiction and psychopathology are subtle, less “visible” and unfold in diverse, complicated processes that are difficult for researchers to capture or explain. Consequently, this requires scholars to adopt more sophisticated or creative empirical approaches to enrich our understanding of associations between addiction, psychopathology, parenting, and child development. However, few studies explicitly, intentionally, or strategically combine theories (which help explain complex phenomena) with diverse methods or advanced analytical approaches to explore the nuance, novelty, and complexity of these associations. This talk demonstrates the utility of integrated and intentional theory-methods-analysis approaches…
Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars.
Wednesday, February 18, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
SAV 409.
For more info visit csss.uw.edu. CSSS Seminar - Making All the Pieces Matter: Bridging Theory, Methodology, and Analyses to Uncover Nuance in Parenting and Child Development Research - Debrielle Jacques
Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
Debrielle Jacques is an Assistant Professor of Child Clinical Psychology at the University of Washington. Research-wise, she is broadly interested in a) the developmental effects of parent psychopathology and b) childhood risk, resilience, developmental psychopathology, and general child development in adverse family environments. Specifically, she is interested in studying how and why addiction (especially among mothers) impacts parenting - including parent social cognition, parenting attributions, parenting behavior, and parent-child interactions - and consequently, child development, including the development of psychological problems. In studying children of mothers with substance use disorders, she is also interested in better understanding the underlying function of the strategies children use to navigate these family environments, including a) how children calibrate and adjust these strategies to environmental changes over time (e.g. increasing levels of domestic violence in the home), and b) understa…
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, February 18, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
CSDE Seminar - Gendered Dissent and Social Threat: Attitudes Towards Protest Repression in Colombia - Gabriella Levy
Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
Speaker: Gabriella Levy, Political Science, University of Washington
Abstract: What determines support for police restraint in times of social protest? Previous research shows perceptions of protest violence increase support for repression. We argue that protests violating social norms are also seen as less deserving of restraint— even when they pose no physical threat. Focusing on gender-related protests, we test this argument using a survey experiment in Bogot´a, Colombia, which like many cities in Latin America has repeatedly experienced women-led protests in recent years. Our results show that protests for LGBTQ+ rights and expanded abortion access reduce support for restraint compared to demands that are less threatening to the social order, even though perceptions of violence do not vary by protest goals. Non-violent protest tactics that violate traditional gender norms also reduce support for police restraint. These findings suggest that the right to peacefully protest—an essential component of…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Parrington Hall (PAR). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6NqV1fREQ5eqn554ckv0Ug#/registration. Campus room: 360. Accessibility Contact: Maddie Farris - CSDE Program Coordinator (csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu). Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, February 20, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. CSDE Workshop - Probabilistic Population Projections I: Theory
Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
Instructor: Hana Ševčíková
Probabilistic Population Projections I: Theory
Introduction to the theory and models behind subnational Bayesian population projections.
Prior knowledge of R programming beneficial.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: CSDE Program Coordinator (csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu). Event Types: Workshops. Target Audience: Those interested in learning about Bayesian population projections.
Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM.
For more info visit csde.washington.edu. CSDE Computational Demography Working Group-Yue Chu, The Ohio State University
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/. Campus room: 223. Accessibility Contact: csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops.
Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
For more info visit csde.washington.edu. Estimating global age- and sex-specific all-cause mortality in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations from 1950–2025 for the Global Burden of Disease Study | UW CSSS SEMINAR
Center for Statistics and Social Sciences
Abstract: Comprehensive, comparable, and timely estimates of age-specific mortality are essential for evaluating, understanding, and addressing trends in population health. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of timely all-cause mortality estimates for being able to respond to changing trends in health outcomes, showing a strong need for analysis tools that can produce all-cause mortality estimates more rapidly with more readily available all-age vital registration data. The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) is an ongoing research effort that quantifies human health by estimating a range of epidemiological quantities of interest across time, age, sex, location, cause, and risk. This seminar will cover the methodology used to estimate all-cause mortality for the GBD. Specifically, it will explain the novel statistical model developed as part of the latest release (GBD 2023). This model accounts for complex correlation structures in demographic data across age and…
Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars.
Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
SAV 409.
For more info visit csss.uw.edu. CSSS Seminar - Estimating Global Age- and Sex-Specific All-Cause Mortality in 204 Countries and Territories and 660 Subnational Locations from 1950–2025 for the Global Burden of Disease Study - Austin Schumacher
Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
Comprehensive, comparable, and timely estimates of age-specific mortality are essential for evaluating, understanding, and addressing trends in population health. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of timely all-cause mortality estimates for being able to respond to changing trends in health outcomes, showing a strong need for analysis tools that can produce all-cause mortality estimates more rapidly with more readily available all-age vital registration data. The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) is an ongoing research effort that quantifies human health by estimating a range of epidemiological quantities of interest across time, age, sex, location, cause, and risk. This seminar will cover the methodology used to estimate all-cause mortality for the GBD. Specifically, it will explain the novel statistical model developed as part of the latest release (GBD 2023). This model accounts for complex correlation structures in demographic data across age and time, and fl…
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, February 25, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
CSDE Workshop - Probabilistic Population Projections II: Practice
Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
Instructor: Hana Ševčíková
Probabilistic Population Projections II: Practice
Implementing subnational Bayesian population projections in R.
Prior knowledge of R programming beneficial.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: CSDE Program Coordinator (csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu). Event Types: Workshops. Target Audience: Those interested in learning about Bayesian population projections.
Thursday, February 26, 2026, 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM.
For more info visit csde.washington.edu. CSDE Seminar - The Journey into Adulthood in Uncertain Times - Robert Crosnoe
Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
Speaker: Robert Crosnoe, Sociology, The University of Texas at Austin
Abstract: This presentation will provide an overview of a new book, The Journey into Adulthood in Uncertain Times, co-authored with Shannon Cavanagh and published in 2025 by Russell Sage. It tackles some key questions of interests to population scientists, developmental scientists, and the public, including: Is the lengthening span of time that young people in the U.S. take to transition into adult roles creating a new generation of “adultolescents”? How has the decades-long reshaping of this critical period of life been complicated by specific historical crises? The answers to these questions come from What does this interplay between long-term trends and short-term shocks mean for the cycle of inequality across American generations? The answers come from integrated analyses of multiple sources of population and qualitative data that consider how: 1) key aspects of socioeconomic attainment, family-building, and socioemotional development…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Parrington Hall (PAR). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ikj70nK6RkCLLMCjIwsOkA#/registration. Campus room: 360. Accessibility Contact: Maddie Farris - CSDE Program Coordinator (csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu). Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, February 27, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. CSDE Computational Demography Working Group-Jessica Godwin, CSDE, University of Washington & Lauren Woyczynski
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/. Campus room: 223. Accessibility Contact: csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops.
Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
For more info visit csde.washington.edu. Individual and Collective Human Agency in the Face of ‘AI’ | UW CSSS SEMINAR
Center for Statistics and Social Sciences
Abstract: As AI systems increasingly shape our personal, professional, and societal lives, the question is not only what machines can do, but who controls the values and outcomes they produce. This talk examines both individual agency — the capacity to think, judge, and act — and collective agency, where communities define norms, resist imposed standards, and guide AI deployment. Drawing on research in trustworthy AI, decolonial alignment, and human–AI collaboration, I will explore technical and governance approaches that preserve human autonomy, including transparency tools, scoped alignment methods, and collaborative task structures. I will introduce AI platform cooperatives as a counterweight to tech‑company dominance, fostering community ownership, shared governance, and technological self-determination. Ultimately, AI should be a tool that empowers humans, singly and together. Kush R. Varshney is an IBM Fellow based at the T. J. Watson Research Center where he is responsible for innovations in AI…
Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars.
Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
SAV 409.
For more info visit csss.uw.edu. CSSS Seminar - Individual and Collective Human Agency in the Face of ‘AI’ - Kush Varshney
Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
As AI systems increasingly shape our personal, professional, and societal lives, the question is not only what machines can do, but who controls the values and outcomes they produce. This talk examines both individual agency — the capacity to think, judge, and act — and collective agency, where communities define norms, resist imposed standards, and guide AI deployment. Drawing on research in trustworthy AI, decolonial alignment, and human–AI collaboration, I will explore technical and governance approaches that preserve human autonomy, including transparency tools, scoped alignment methods, and collaborative task structures. I will introduce AI platform cooperatives as a counterweight to tech‑company dominance, fostering community ownership, shared governance, and technological self-determination. Ultimately, AI should be a tool that empowers humans, singly and together.
Kush R. Varshney is an IBM Fellow based at the T. J. Watson Research Center where he is responsible for innovations in AI governance 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, March 4, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 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.
Thursday, March 5, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Hold for Recruitment Day for 2026 Graduate Students
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: Information Sessions. Special Events. Target Audience: Sociology Faculty and Graduate Students.
Friday, March 6, 2026.
CSDE Winter 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.
Friday, March 6, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
CSDE Computational Demography Working Group-Elizabeth Nova, PhD Student, Sociology, 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/. Campus room: 223. Accessibility Contact: csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops.
Wednesday, March 11, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
For more info visit csde.washington.edu. Big and Small Data for Understanding the Demographics and Health of People Experiencing Homelessness in King County | UW CSSS SEMINAR
Center for Statistics and Social Sciences
Seminar abstract coming soon! Zack W. Almquist is an Associate Professor of Sociology, an Adjunct Associate Professor of Statistics, and a Senior Data Science Fellow at the eScience Institute at the University of Washington. His research develops and applies innovative statistical, survey, and social network methodologies to address critical social issues, including housing and homelessness, population health, and environmental governance, with a particular focus on improving data collection for marginalized and hard-to-reach populations. Prior to joining UW, he held faculty positions at the University of Minnesota and worked as a Research Scientist at Facebook. Prof. Almquist has received numerous honors, including the NSF CAREER Award, the ARO Young Investigator Award, and two major awards from the American Sociological Association. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Mathematical Sociology and in elected chair of the Section on Mathematical Sociology for the American Sociological Association…
Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars.
Wednesday, March 11, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
SAV 409.
For more info visit csss.uw.edu. CSSS Seminar - Big and Small Data for Understanding the Demographics and Health of People Experiencing Homelessness in King County - Zack Almquist
Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
Zack W. Almquist is an Associate Professor of Sociology, an Adjunct Associate Professor of Statistics, and a Senior Data Science Fellow at the eScience Institute at the University of Washington. His research develops and applies innovative statistical, survey, and social network methodologies to address critical social issues, including housing and homelessness, population health, and environmental governance, with a particular focus on improving data collection for marginalized and hard-to-reach populations. Prior to joining UW, he held faculty positions at the University of Minnesota and worked as a Research Scientist at Facebook. Prof. Almquist has received numerous honors, including the NSF CAREER Award, the ARO Young Investigator Award, and two major awards from the American Sociological Association. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Mathematical Sociology and in elected chair of the Section on Mathematical Sociology for the American Sociological Association and Chair of the Caucus on Homele…
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, March 11, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
CSDE Seminar - Infrastructures of Resettlement: How Bureaucratic Legacies Shaped Racial Disparities in Post-Cold War Refugee Selection - Jake Watson
Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
Speaker: Jake Watson, Sociology, University of California San Diego
Abstract: This paper draws on migration infrastructure perspectives to theorize how states select refugees. After the Cold War, the United States shifted its refugee admissions program from a focus on anticommunism toward more humanitarian criteria, marked by greater need-based selection and distributional equity – including explicit efforts to increase African admissions. Yet the 1990s saw the US resettle roughly 300,000 Europeans and just 40,000 Africans despite comparably large displacement crises in Yugoslavia and the Horn of Africa. Why? While scholars explain such disparities through explicit racial preferences or geopolitical interests, I show that inherited processing infrastructure shaped which humanitarian claims could be acted upon at scale. Decades of racist migration control and Cold War foreign policy had built networks of embassies, processing centers, and NGOs that could be rapidly deployed for Yugoslav displacement. African…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Parrington Hall (PAR). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mqjs5IEXRDCKhsKTyOYkMw#/registration. Campus room: 360. Accessibility Contact: Maddie Farris - CSDE Program Coordinator (csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu). Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, March 13, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. 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. Target Audience: Sociology Faculty and Graduate Students.
Thursday, April 9, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.