Instructor: Wenxuan Huang, PhD Sequence analysis has been widely applied in life course research to understand the temporal pattern of life events (e.g., employment, marriage, and fertility) by scrutinizing timing, duration, and order. As a holistic approach, sequence analysis “brings course back to the life course research.” This short course will provide an introduction of […]
Dr. Feinian Chen will give a talk on "Adolescents’ Gender Beliefs in India: Does Mothers’ Empowerment Matter?"
Jennie E. Brand, Ph.D. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jeffrey-a-grigg-memorial-lecture-tickets-815543020127 Each year, millions of high school students consider whether to continue their schooling and attend and complete college. Despite strong evidence that a college degree yields far-reaching benefits, some critics of higher education increasingly argue that college “does not pay off” and that some students - namely, disadvantaged prospective college […]
This Thursday, join us for a panel discussion in which experts from across the United States discuss questions including: What are the barriers to conducting abortion-related research today? What have we learned from the data so far? Where are the data gaps and how can we fill them?Two years ago this month, the Dobbs decision […]
PhD Student Professional Development
Announcing Families in Perilous Times: A Council on Contemporary Families (CCF) Policy and Public Scholarship Workshop, a FREE symposium and public scholarship training workshop, to be held on Friday, October 18th, 2024, at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Morning panels will focus on four topics that are the subject of contemporary debates, and have profound effects on families: The […]
