Spring 2009 Colloquia
Population Studies and Training Center, Brown UniversityPlease 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.
Click here to view the previous semester's schedule.
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Thursday, January 29
Michelle Poulin
Postdoctoral Fellow in Population Studies, Brown University
“Regional Variation in Male Circumcision and HIV Prevalence in Malawi”Thursday, February 5
Anna Aizer
Assistant Professor of Economics, Brown University
"Child Endowments, Parental Investments, and Inequality”Thursday, February 12
Filiz Garip
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Harvard University
“An Integrated Analysis of Migration and Remittances: Modeling Migration as a Mechanism for Selection”Thursday, February 26
Jay Bhattacharya
Associate Professor of Medicine, Stanford University
"Who Pays for Obesity?”Thursday, March 5
Jessaca Leinaweaver
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Brown University
“Doing by Undoing: Abandoning Young and Old in Highland Peru”
Thursday, March 12
Elizabeth Frankenberg
Associate Professor of Public Policy Studies, Duke University
“Mortality and Mental Health in Sumatra after the Tsunami”Thursday, March 19
Scott Lynch
Associate Professor of Sociology, Princeton University
“Happy and Healthy Life Expectancy in the US: Patterns and Explanations”Thursday, April 2
Joseph Hogan
Professor of Biostatistics, Brown University
“Monitoring Antiviral Therapy for HIV-Infection in Resource-Constrained Settings”Friday, April 3
Graduate Student Trainees Workshop
Rachel Friedberg - Senior Lecturer in Economics
Hilary Silver - Associate Professor of Sociology
Daniel J. Smith - PSTC Associate Director & Associate Professor of Anthropology
"Communicating and Non-Academic Audiences"Thursday, April 9
Sondra Hausner
University Lecturer in Religion, Oxford University
“Work, Migration, and Professional Belonging for Nepali Nurses in Great Britain”Thursday, April 16
Eric A. Roth
Professor of Anthropology, University of Victoria
“Risk and Worry about HIV/AIDS in Northern Kenya”Thursday, April 23
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Presenters: TBA_________________________________________