MINNESOTA DEMOGRAPHY AND AGING SEMINAR
These seminars are designed for researchers studying issues at the intersections of topics related to the life course and demography. Seminars are held during both the fall and spring semesters. All seminars are hybrid with in person speakers and audience as well as a Zoom option for attending remotely. The University of Minnesota community and friends of the Life Course Center are welcome to attend.
All seminars are 12:15 - 1:15 PM Central Time in 50 Willey Hall Seminar Room (unless otherwise noted).
Spring 2024 Seminar Series
January 22
Understanding the Structural Determinants of Lead Exposure—The Role of Housing Assistance Programs | Watch the Recording
Andrew Fenelon - Associate Professor, Epidemiology & Community Health, University of Minnesota
January 29
Small Counts and the Intersection of Spatial Statistics and Differential Privacy | Watch the Recording
Harrison Quick - Associate Professor of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota
February 5
Equal Degrees, Unequal Trajectories: Place of Education and Long-Term Earnings Mobility | Watch the Recording
Xi Song - Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania
February 12
Life Course Center Research Mixer
This research mixer will provide an opportunity to react to and share ideas related to the future of the LCC.
February 19
The Decennial Census Digitization and Linkage Project | Watch the Recording
Katie Genadek - Director of the Decennial Census Digitization and Linkage (DCDL) project at the U.S. Census Bureau
February 26
Stigma, Sensitivity, and Surveys: Measuring Abortion in the United States | This seminar was not recorded
Laura Lindberg - Professor at the School of Public Health, Rutgers
March 11
Early Life Conditions and Old Age Mortality: Extending Barker | Watch the Recording
Jason Fletcher - Professor, School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin
March 18
Upstream Intergenerational Influences on Health: Quasi-experimental and Observational Evidence | Zoom Link
Jacqueline Torres - Associate Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco
March 25
Diversity without Desegregation: Residential Zoning and Population Change in Minneapolis, 1960-2020 | Zoom Link
Evan Roberts - Assistant Professor, History of Medicine, University of Minnesota
April 1
IPUMS Research Showcase: Housing | Zoom Link
David Van Riper - Director of Spatial Analysis, ISRDI and Ryan Allen, Associate Professor, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
April 8
The All-or-Nothing Marriage? Marital Functioning from 1980 to 2023 in the United States | Zoom Link
Claire Kamp Dush - Professor, Sociology, University of Minnesota
April 15
The Role of Gender and Identity in Time Use, Travel Behavior, and Subjective Well-being | Zoom Link
Ying Song - Assistant Professor, Geography, Enviornment, and Society, University of Minnesota
April 22
The Legacy of Early Interpersonal Experience | Zoom Link
Glenn Roisman - Professor, Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota
April 29
Loneliness and the Search for Connectedness and Belonging | Zoom Link
Louise Hawkley - Principal Research Scientist, The Bridge at NORC
To watch previous seminar recordings, visit the ISRDI YouTube channel.
PREVIOUS SCHEDULES
Fall 2023 (Schedule and recordings)
Spring 2023 (Schedule and recordings)
Fall 2022 (Schedule and recordings)
Spring 2022 (Schedule and recordings)
Fall 2021 (schedule and recordings)
Spring 2021 (schedule and recordings)
Fall 2020 (schedule and recordings)
Spring 2020 Flyer (Note because of COVID-19 seminars starting March 18th were cancelled).
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
The LCC regularly convenes Open Forums where research results are presented to the broader community. in addition to piloting its new University of Minnesota Advanced Careers Initiative (UMAC), promoting intergenerational learning and career readiness for what’s next in people's lives.