Fall 2020 Seminar Series

FALL 2020 MINNESOTA DEMOGRAPHY AND AGING SEMINAR SERIES

This is the archive of the Fall 2020 seminar series. Recordings are linked and hosted on YouTube where available. Please note some sessions were not recorded, per the speaker's request. 

SEPTEMBER 14

Will the Robots Take Care of Grandma? Reconceptualizing Technology and Healthy Aging
Jerry Jacobs, Sociology, University of Pennsylvania | Watch the Recording

SEPTEMBER 21

Patterns of Social Network Change and Homeostasis in Later Life: Results from a National Survey
Benjamin Cornwell, Sociology, Cornell University  | Watch the Recording

SEPTEMBER 28

Lactation, Human Milk, and the Intergenerational Transmission of Health and Disease 
Ellen Demerath, Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota | Watch the Recording 

OCTOBER 5

Life Course Trajectories of Family Care: Implications for Care Policy
Janet Fast, Human Ecology, University of Alberta | Watch the Recording

OCTOBER 12

Long-Run Trends and Selection in Breastfeeding in the United States
Emily Oster, Economics, Brown University | Watch the Recording

OCTOBER 19

The Black Deaths America Treats as Normal (and How to Stop)
Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, Sociology, University of Minnesota | Watch the Recording

OCTOBER 26

Immigration and the American Dream over Two Centuries 
Ran Abramitzky, Economics, Stanford | (This seminar was not recorded, per speaker's request)

NOVEMBER 2

A Duboisian Framework for Humanizing Data 
Ivory Achebe Toldson, Human Development & Psychoeducational Studies, Howard University | Watch the Recording

NOVEMBER 9

OVPR/MPC COVID-19 Rapid Response Grants: Motivation and Early Results from Four Teams | Watch the Recording
Ryan Demmer, Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota 
Jesse Berman, Environmental Health, University of Minnesota and Gillian Tarr, Environmental Health, University of Minnesota
Susan Marshall Mason, Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota
Ruby Nguyen, Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota

NOVEMBER 16

Social Structure and Locus of Control Across the Life Course  
Melissa Hardy, Sociology, Penn State University | (This seminar was not recorded)

NOVEMBER 23

Current Population Survey Microdata from IPUMS: New Developments and Future Plans
Sarah Flood, IPUMS, University of Minnesota | Watch the Recording

NOVEMBER 30

Creating and Using Measures of Structural Racism: A Panel Discussion | Watch the Recording
Jaime Slaughter-Acey, Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota 
David Van Riper, ISRDI, University of Minnesota 
Rachel Hardeman, Health Policy & Management, University of Minnesota 

DECEMBER 7

Time Use and Emotional Wellbeing of Family Caregivers: The Role of Dementia
Vicki Freedman, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan  | Watch the Recording

DECEMBER 14

Girl Child Marriage, Intimate Partner Violence, and Health in Conakry, Guinea 
Yvette Efevbera, Global Health Specialist, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation  | Watch the Recording