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The Demography Workshop
The final workshop of the quarter was Thursday, June 4:
Nicolette I. Teufel-Shone
Associate Professor, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona
"Challenges and Rewards of Community Based Participatory Research" PowerPoint
Earlier presentation (at NORC's loop offices): "Research with Cautious Populations" PowerPoint
Ongoing: Demography Workshops are held every Thursday during Fall, Winter, and Spring quarters. Students, faculty, and interested researchers are welcome to attend.
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A postdoctoral fellowship is available in the demography of aging at the Institute of Public and International Affairs at the University of Utah. For more information: Link
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A postdoctoral fellowship is available in gender, family, and global demography in the Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University. The review of applications is on-going until the position is filled.
For more information: Link
June 1-2, 2009: 5th Annual Workshop on Crime and Populations Dynamics
Conference
Conference Center at the Maritime Institute of Training
Contact: Shawn Bushway or Peter Reuter
sbushway@albany.edu or preuter@umd.edu
June 22-26, 2009: Analyzing Poverty/Socioeconomic Trends Using the American Community Survey (ACS)
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, MI
Workshop (Request for Applications)
National Poverty Center
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
University of Michigan
735 South State Street
Weill Hall, Suite 5100
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Attn: Summer Workshop
PH:734-615-3890
spelak@umich.edu
Application Deadline February 27, 2009
June 25-26, 2009: American Time Use Research Conference
Inn and Conference Center University of Maryland
Workshop
Katharine G. Abraham
Joint Program in Survey Methodology and MPRC
University of Maryland
1218 LeFrak Hall
College Park, MD 20742
PH: 301-405-1004
FAX: 301-314-7912
kabraham@survey.umd.edu
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