Weekly News – January 30, 2018 - Population Sciences

EVENTS
Wednesday, January 31, 12-1:10 PM. Marcella Alsan, a candidate in the current Demography assistant professor search. “Fear and the Safety Net: Evidence from Secure Communities.”| 2232 Piedmont, Demography Seminar Room. Coffee tea and cookies are served. [Contact Monique@demog.berkeley.edu for more information about Dr. Alsan, the draft paper and her CV.]
Brown Bag talks are recorded and posted on the Berkeley Population Sciences vimeo channel, https://vimeo.com/berkeleypopscience.

Tuesday, Jan 30, 3-4 PM. Preterm birth in California: The association with coal and oil power plant retirements. Speaker/Performer: Joan Casey. 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building

Friday, February 2, 12-1:00 PM. Labor Lunch: Marianne Bitler, UC Davis. “Long Run Effects of Food Assistance and Early Human Capital Programs”. 648 Evans. (note: date may be changed.)

SAVE THE DATE
Monday, February 5, 2018 • 12:00pm–1:30pm. GSPP Policy Research Seminar: Multi-generational Impacts of Childhood Access to the Safety Net. 105 GSPP.

February 13th from 12pm-1pm in 401 University Hall. Grant Writing Workshop: Specific Aims. presented by Erica Whitney, Associate Director of Strategy and Training, at the Berkeley Research Development Office (VCRO). The presentation will focus on tips for writing a successful Specific Aims section with examples of how to address different points and messages. We will have ample time for discussions and Q&A.

CALL FOR ABSRACTS/PAPERS

Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology Annual Conference, Norfolk, Virginia, October 11-13, 2018. Theme: “Translating Complexity into Action.” The call to participate in the 2018 AACS Annual Conference is now open to all applied social scientists, as well as those looking to use their social science skills in applied and clinical areas. Deadline for abstract submission: June 01, 2018. We are looking for submissions of: individual papers, panels, posters, demonstration of applied and clinical work, professional development seminars, and workshops. AACS has a reputation as a student-friendly conference for both undergraduates and graduate students, featuring student problem solving, paper competitions, and mentoring opportunities. The conference location is Hilton Norfolk The Main, located just off the downtown Norfolk waterfront. For more information email: aacsprogram@gmail.com.

Submit your proposal at: www.aacsnet.net/2018-conference-aacs/. Deadline: June 1, 2018.

CONFERENCES.
Conference on Time Use Across the Lifecourse, June 19-20 2018, University of Maryland College Park. Research from all over the world is welcome. They are specifically highlighting these areas, many of which relate closely to National Time Transfer Accounts (NTTA) research:
-intergenerational caregiving
-intergenerational time transfers
-policy & environmental in influences on time use
-time use & health
-time use & inequality.
You only need a short abstract (150 words) and a 2-3 page extended abstract to submit. The deadline is February 9, 2018. Travel funds from Counting Women’s Work are available to support participation if your research is accepted and specifically includes results from NTTA by gender. For more information: https://www.popcenter.umd.edu/research/sponsored-events/tu2018

Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, 2018 March 28-31, Long Beach, California. Teaching Sociology: Innovations, Changes, and Challenges. In the PSA Newsletter, January 2018 PSA newsletter, The Pacific Sociologist, you will find lots of information about the 2018 conference, and some other items.

WORKSHOPS
Fragile Families Summer Data Workshop to be held July 11^th – 13^th, 2018, at Columbia University School of Social Work in New York City. Additional information about the Fragile Families study is available at: http://www.fragilefamilies.princeton.edu/. Additional workshop information, including application submission details, is available at: http://www.ffworkshop.columbia.edu/. Applications will be accepted until Friday, March 1, 2018 (11:59PM EST).

ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Sociology of Population section is now soliciting nominations for the Otis Dudley Duncan Book Award, presented to the author(s) of a recent book that has made significant contributions to social demography. Books published in the last three calendar years (2016-2018) will be considered. Self-nominations are accepted. Please send a letter of nomination with a brief description of the book and its contribution to the field of Social Demography by email to the committee chair, with copies to the other committee members. Nominators should also request copies of the book from the publishers to be sent to all three committee members. Nominations and books should be sent by February 23, 2018.

Nominating Committee Members:
John Iceland (Chair), Penn State University, jdi10@psu.edu, Department of Sociology, Penn State University, 203 Oswald Tower, University Park, PA, 16802

Philip Cohen, University of Maryland, pnc@umd.edu, Department of Sociology, University of Maryland, 2112 Art-Sociology Building, College Park, MD 20742

Yong Cai, University of North Carolina, caiyong@unc.edu, Sociology Department, Room 155 Hamilton Hall, 102 Emerson Dr., Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210

Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship in Population Award recognizes an outstanding published article in demography or population studies. To be eligible, articles must have a 2016, 2017, or 2018 publication date. Self-nominations are accepted. Nominations should include name of author(s), title of the article, date of publication and a brief statement explaining the significance of the work and its contribution to the sociology of population. Please send an electronic copy of the nominating letter(s) and article by email to members of the selection committee by February 23, 2018. Members of the selection committee are Sarah Hayford, chair (hayford.10@osu.edu); Elizabeth Frankenberg (e.frankenberg@unc.edu); and Margot Jackson (margot_jackson@brown.edu).

GRADUATE STUDENTS
The Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity (Department for Socio-Cultural Diversity) wishes to appoint highly qualified candidates for up to four new research positions at the doctoral and postdoctoral level. For all the positions, applicants should have a degree in anthropology, sociology, political science, geography, or another relevant social science. Successful applicants’ research interests, experience and publications should be relevant to themes and topics within the Department for Socio-Cultural Diversity (see www.mmg.mpg.de). http://www.mmg.mpg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Stellen/2018_SCD-Ausschreibungen.pdf.

D-LAB
D-Lab Pre-Semester Workshops: D-Lab regularly offers workshops and training in courses, one-on-one consulting for faculty, grad students and undergraduates, and working groups of focuses topics. One-on-one consulting also available. For more information and registration, visit http://dlab.berkeley.edu. You can now add D-Lab workshops to your bcalendar directly from D-Lab workshop description.

JOBS
All jobs and postdoctoral fellowships are posted as we receive them on the Demography Department Jobs Listserv, http://lists.demog.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/jobs. This list advertises positions of all sorts relevant for social and behavioral scientists with advanced degrees.

MIGRATION MAILING LIST
Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative (BIMI.berkeley.edu) is a research center for the study of immigrants and immigration. BIMI has a mailing list (immigration_group@lists.berkeley.edu), which is where a good deal of immigration and migration announcements are posted, and not all of that material is posted on the PopSciences Weekly News.