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).
Fall 2024 Seminar Series
September 9
Fair Shake: Women's Fight for a Just Economy | Watch the Recording
June Carbone - Robina Chair in Law, Science and Technology, University of Minnesota
September 16
Social Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease: The Role of Chronic Distress and Trajectories of Risk | Watch the Recording
Laura Kubzansky - Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences and Director of the Society and Health Laboratory at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
September 23
A SHiPP ‘In the Offing’: Delivering an Early Analysis of a c19th and c20th Scottish Registers-based Database | Watch the Recording
Peter Christen, SHiPP Research Lead, School of Geosciences at the University of Edinburgh and Chris Dibben, Chair in Geography, School of Geosciences at the University of Edinburgh
September 30 - Extended time - 12:15 - 1:30 PM
LCC Pilot Grant Presentations | Watch the Recording
- Japanese American Health by Generational Status and Exposure to Structural Racism - Evan Roberts and Naomi Thyden
- Qualitative Research to Quantify Exposures to Racism among Older Adults - Shekinah Fashaw-Walters and Quinton Cotton
- Place-Based Determinants of Cognitive Aging Across the Life Course - Michael Esposito and Jessica Finlay
- Neighborhood Characteristics and Cognitive Health among Black and White Older Adults: The Mediation Role of Allostatic Load - Jiao Yu
The recipients of the LCC pilot grants present the results of their early work.
October 7
Lengthening Birth Intervals and the Role of Environmental Variation in Malawi | Watch the Recording
Monica Grant - Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin - Madison
October 14
Locked Out 2024 and the Expansion of Voting Rights for People with Felony Convictions | Watch the Recording
Christopher Uggen - Regent Professor and Martindale Chair in Sociology, Law, and Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
October 21
The Long Arc of Mass Incarceration | This seminar was not recorded.
Evelyn Patterson - Professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University
October 28
Poor Quality Race/Ethnicity Data is Systemic Racism: Challenges and Solutions | Watch the Recording
Stella Yi - Associate Professor, Department of Population Health, New York University
November 4
La Patria Grande? Anti-immigrant Attitudes in Latin America | This seminar was not recorded.
Emilio Parrado - Director of the Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania
November 11
Effect of System Affiliation on Hospital Choice: Evidence from Rural Markets | This seminar was not recorded.
Caitlin Carroll - Assistant Professor, Division of Health Policy & Management, University of Minnesota School of Public Health
November 18
Death and Disappearance: Measuring Racial Inequality in Mortality and Life Expectancy Among People in State Prisons, United States 2000-2014 | Zoom Link
Bryan Sykes - Associate Professor, Cornell Brooks Public Policy
November 25
From Parks to Hearts: Promoting Green Exercise to Advance Cardiovascular Health Equity | Zoom Link
Junia Nogueira de Brito - Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota
December 2
Granular Income Inequality and Mobility using IDDA: Exploring Patterns across Race and Ethnicity | Zoom Link
Abigail Wozniak - Vice President at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Director of the Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute
December 9
Research Networking Event | Zoom Link
To watch previous seminar recordings, visit the ISRDI YouTube channel.
PREVIOUS SCHEDULES
Spring 2024 (Schedule and recordings)
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.