Population Studies & Training Center, Brown University


PSTC Home Brown University Home About Brief History Directions Contact Us People Graduate Students Faculty Staff Research Research Activities African Demography Related Centers at Brown Graduate Program Prospective Students Program Requirements Events PSTC Colloquia Series Anthropology and Population Seminar Series (WGAP) Conferences Opportunities at the PSTC Job Opportunities Summer Internships Services Computing Information Services Administrative Services	Spring 2008 Colloquia Population Studies and Training Center, Brown University Please note: All talks will be held at 12:00pm in the Seminar Room of Mencoff Hall at 68 Waterman St., unless otherwise noted. For more information about this series or to make an appointment with a visiting speaker, please contact Katelyn Clary. Thursday, January 31 Dennis Hogan & David Lindstrom Robert E. Turner Distinguished Professor of Population Studies, PSTC, Brown University Associate Professor of Sociology, PSTC, Brown University “Innovations in Survey Research - The Non-verbal Response Card: Evidence from Ethiopia” Thursday, February 7 Vincent Mor Professor and Chair of Community Health, Brown University "The Impact of State Policies on Nursing Home Performance and Quality” Thursday, February 14 Ann Owen Associate Professor of Economics, Hamilton College “Warm Glow, Perceived Impacts, and Voluntary Public Goods Contributions: Evidence from a New Survey on Pro-Environment Behaviors” Thursday, February 21 Suzanne Bianchi Professor and Chair of Sociology, University of Maryland “Mothers' Employment, Fathers' Caregiving, and Gender Equality in the Family” Thursday, February 28 Kelly Bedard The Maxwell C. and Mary Pellish Professor of Economics, University of California-Santa Barbara “Is September Better than January? The Effect of School Entry Age Laws on Skill Accumulation” Thursday, March 6 Lant Pritchett Professor of the Practice of Economic Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University “Is the Future Robots or Rosalie: Globalization, Migration, and Technical Change” Thursday, March 13 Graduate Student Research/Professional Workshop Topic: TBA Thursday, March 20 Dalton Conley University Professor of the Social Sciences and Chair of Sociology, New York University “Africa's Lagging Demographic Transition: Evidence from Exogenous Variation in Malaria Ecology and Green Revolution Agricultural Technology” Thursday, March 27 NO COLLOQUIUM - SPRING BREAK Thursday, April 3 Elise Andaya Assistant Professor of Anthropology, SUNY-Albany “Calculated Risks: Regulating Reproduction in Havana, Cuba” Thursday, April 10 PAA Preview Thursday, April 17 PAA Annual Meeting in New Orleans Thursday, April 24 Matthew Connelly Associate Professor of History, Columbia University “How the Population Control Movement Went Out of Control”
Population Studies and Training Center, Brown University, Box 1836, 68 Waterman Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912 phone (401) 863-2668 fax (401) 863-3351 Population_Studies@Brown.edu