Master’s Thesis Defense: Jae Eun Lee
The Victim-Offender Overlap Contextualized: Unpacking Heterogeneity by Victimization Degree, Dimensions, and Offending Type Among System-Involved Youth
Date: Monday, February 24, 2025
Time: 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Location: 2165E LeFrak Hall
Zoom: https://umd.zoom.us/my/jaeeunlee?pwd=u2zb9EQHX3J3svKaLAxLheDCbDCXJQ.1&omn=94164738910
Meeting ID: 593 689 7260
Passcode: 116397
Shepard-Byrd Hate Crimes and Hate Bias Incidents Prevention Strategy
Research and Data Analyst
Salary: $21/hour
Hours: 20 hours/month
Location: Annapolis, MD
Job Type: Part-Time Contractual
Job Number:
Department: Chief Administrative Office: Office of Equity and Human Rights (OEHR)
Opening Date: 12/05/2024
Closing Date: Until filled
OVERVIEW
In 2023, Anne Arundel County was awarded a grant through the US Department of Justice: Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to implement the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Program in the county. This is a four (4) year grant, in which Anne Arundel County will develop a comprehensive multi-pronged Hate Crimes and Hate Bias Incidents Prevention Strategy, with a focus on prevention, investigation, and prosecution, while providing quality services to victims of hate bias incidents.
POSITION DESCRIPTION
Anne Arundel County Government is seeking a Research and Data Analyst to support the Anne Arundel County Shepard-Byrd Hate Crimes and Hate Bias Incidents Prevention Strategy.
This is a professional-level position in the Office of the County Executive. The position will report to the Senior Project Manager over the Shepard-Byrd Hate Crimes and Hate Bias Incidents Prevention Strategy in the Office of Equity and Human Rights (OEHR). This is a part-time contractual, non-benefited position focused ONLY (100%) on Shepard-Byrd Hate Crimes and Hate Bias Incidents Prevention Strategy activities. It is a public-facing position and will serve as a representative of the County Executive and its Administration.
The Research and Data Analyst is responsible for:
Examples of Duties and Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
To apply, please send your resume directly to Nicola.smithkea@aacounty.org.
The Methodology Center at Purdue (MCAP) is now accepting applications for our NIH-supported Summer Institute on Longitudinal Data Analysis
MCAP’s Summer Institute on Longitudinal Data Analysis Institute will be held July 13th – July 18th, 2025.
For more information for interested participants, please visit the page here.
For more information about teaching assistantships, please visit the page here.
Our week-long Summer Institute is designed to meet the needs of 50 participants each year, welcoming individuals from diverse career stages and backgrounds. We aim to support graduate students, post-docs, and faculty, all of whom are eager to enhance their knowledge in longitudinal data analysis.
This course is ideal for individuals with a foundational understanding of statistics who seek to learn and apply longitudinal methods in their work. We specifically encourage applicants who are not already experts in longitudinal data analysis but who see the potential for these skills to enhance their research or professional contributions.
Project Summary:
Contemporary large-scale NIH initiatives have led to the emergence of many high-quality publicly available longitudinal datasets that that include complex data of various types, sources, and domains (e.g., biological, social, individual, family, neighborhood, etc.). However, use of these datasets without training can lead to scientific setbacks, including work that is imperfect, misleading, or even incorrect. There is an urgent need for educational programming to train researchers both within and outside of academic careers on the innovative and responsible use of publicly available, large, and complex longitudinal datasets. This R25 grant develops and offers an “Interdisciplinary Summer Institute on the Analysis of Complex, Large-Scale Longitudinal Data”, refining it each year based on evaluation data (aim 1). We will also leverage this program to train graduate students to teach advanced longitudinal methods to participants from multiple disciplines (aim 2). Thus, we will serve two groups: program participants (aim 1), and Purdue graduate student teaching assistants (TAs, aim 2). During an immersive week-long summer institute each year, we will train 50 interdisciplinary participants including students, postdocs and faculty across academic institutions (Y1-Y3), expanding to also include professionals in non-profits, governmental agencies, and industries (Y2, Y3). The course is organized in 10 topics: publicly available longitudinal data sources, introduction to longitudinal data analytic methods, data visualization, missing data, longitudinal categorical data analysis, sampling weights and clustering/ stratification, time varying and time-invariant covariate inclusion, combining multiple data sources, embedded family-based designs, and an intro to sociogenomics—emphasizing cross-cutting themes of data management, visualization and communication, causal inference, measurement and modeling decisions, meaningful effect sizes, and representativeness. Lecture examples and assignments will focus on substance use and associated factors and will use the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development study data, although participants will be encouraged to use whatever dataset is most relevant to their own research interests. The summer institute will also feature TAs and additional faculty instructors circulating the room in each session to support students in need of extra assistance in real-time, as well as review and office hour sessions, experience in interdisciplinary environments, networking, and joint practice opportunities to help establish collaborations. We will also train 6 graduate student TAs each year, who will gain supervised experience in content development, instruction (via review sessions), consulting, course evaluation, and leadership within interdisciplinary environments. We have carefully designed recruitment strategies to train a diverse (e.g., under-represented groups, discipline, and career stage and path) workforce, and a multi-pronged evaluation plan. Our program faculty includes 8 faculty experts in longitudinal data analysis and instruction, representing different fields, genders, and career stages.
For more information about our grant funding for the course, visit the NIH’s description of the course funding here.
If you want more information on the grant, email mcap@purdue.edu
A preliminary listing of topics and sessions for the summer institute:
The Chloe Center for the Critical Study of Racism, Immigration, and Colonialism is pleased to announce a new two-year postdoctoral fellowship. Review of applications will begin on March 1, 2025.
Chloe Center Postdoctoral Fellowship Description
The Chloe Center for the Critical Study of Racism, Immigration, and Colonialism is an academic program exploring the historical and contemporary intersections of empire, migration, and racial hierarchy. It hosts programming both on and off the Johns Hopkins Homewood Campus and serves as home to a new undergraduate major, Critical Diaspora Studies.
The Chloe Center invites scholars conversant in ethnic studies and its adjacent disciplines in the humanities and social sciences to apply for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship, 2025–2027.
The postdoctoral fellowship, beginning on July 1, 2025, will support recent doctoral degree recipients (Ph.D. awarded no earlier than January 1, 2021) whose scholarship engages with questions and topics directly related to the Chloe Center’s mission.
The Chloe Center remains committed to analyzing institutional racism and probing connections among areas too often considered separately from one another, connections created by entangled histories of migration, colonialism, and social movements. The Center thus seeks scholars whose work moves beyond singular identitarian modes of knowledge production to study the overlaps, solidarities, and dissonances between geographical and cultural areas of study—such as Asian-American, African diaspora, Indigenous studies, and Latinx studies. The fellow will engage actively JHU’s interdisciplinary community of scholars, graduate students, and undergraduate students, as well as members of the wider public in Baltimore. We seek, especially, candidates interested in extending their research and public engagement in new directions in partnership and mentorship with Chloe Center faculty.
The fellow will carry out their own research and contribute to organizing campus and public-facing events. Over two years, the fellow will teach no more than five undergraduate courses in the Critical Diaspora Studies major. The fellow will also be invited to participate regularly in Chloe Center and other campus programming.
The Critical Diaspora Studies major consists of four tracks: Migration and Borders; Global Indigeneities; Empires, Wars, and Carceralities; and Solidarities, Social Movements, and Citizenship. The major emphasizes community-engaged learning and comparative and transnational methods. It was primarily envisioned by student activists. Scholars whose work engages with the Critical Diaspora Studies tracks of Global Indigeneities or Migration and Borders are particularly encouraged to apply.
Compensation
Fellows will be appointed for two years and will receive an annual stipend of $70,000, health insurance, and modest moving and research budgets.
Application
To apply, please provide a cover letter outlining a research and teaching agenda, a CV, a chapter- or article-length writing sample, and two course overviews (title, level/type of course, and one paragraph description), as well as the names and contact information for two references.
Submit applications at Interfolio. Applications received by March 1, 2025, will receive the best consideration.
We are excited to be holding our 14th annual workshop on Research Design for Causal Inference at Northwestern Law School in Chicago, IL. We invite you to attend.
Main Workshop: Monday – Friday, July 28 – August 1, 2025
Advanced Workshop: Sunday – Wednesday, August 3-6, 2025
What’s special about these workshops are the world-class speakers, who are experts in the topics they will discuss. See the link below for speaker details.
Target audience for the workshops: Quantitative empirical researchers (including faculty, graduate students, post-docs, and other researchers) in social science, including law, political science, economics, many business-school areas (finance, accounting, management, marketing, etc.), medicine, sociology, education, psychology, etc. –anywhere that causal inference is important.
In person-registration is limited to 125 participants for each workshop. There will also be a Zoom option, but come in person if you can; the online experience is not the same.
For information and to register: https://www.law.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/events/conferences/causalinference
Main Workshop Outline
Monday, July 28 (Donald Rubin; Harvard University)
Introduction to Modern Methods for Causal Inference
Tuesday, July 29 (Jens Hainmueller, Stanford University)
Matching and Reweighting Designs for “Pure” Observational Studies
Wednesday, July 30 (Jens Hainmueller, Stanford University)
Panel Data and Difference-in-Differences
Thursday, July 31 (Heather Royer, UC Santa Barbara)
Regression Discontinuity
Friday, August 1 Morning: (Tymon Sloczynski, Brandeis University)
Instrumental variable methods
Friday, August 1 Afternoon: Feedback on your own research
Advanced Workshop Outline
Sunday afternoon, August 3 (optional) (Christian Hansen, Univ. of Chicago)
Primer on machine learning approaches to prediction
Monday, August 4: Christian Hansen
Applications of machine learning to causal inference
Tuesday, August 5: Andrew Goodman-Bacon (Federal Reserve Board)
Advanced Difference-in Differences
Wednesday, August 6: Peter Hull (Brown University)
Advanced Instrumental Variables
Stata and R coding: On selected days after the lectures, we will run parallel Stata and R sessions to illustrate code for the research designs discussed in the lectures.
Workshop Organizers
Bernie Black (Northwestern University)
Scott Cunningham (Baylor University)
Questions: Please email Bernie Black (bblack@northwestern.edu) or Scott Cunningham (scunning@gmail.com) for questions or fee waiver requests, and Sebastian Bujak (sebastian.bujak@law.northwestern.edu) for logistics and registration questions.
Please see below and nominate for a list of Division 7 awards – all due March 15th. See here for more information.
Dissertation Award in Developmental Psychology
Description: This award is given to an individual whose dissertation is judged to be an outstanding contribution to developmental psychology. Award winning dissertations demonstrate a strong contribution to developmental science and theory through asking important questions and displaying theoretical rationale and systematic methods. A distinguished dissertation includes a well written summary and is publishable in a top journal. Winners are presented at the APA Annual Convention.
Eligibility:
Email: E. Mark Cummings (Edward.M.Cummings.10@nd.edu)
Boyd McCandless Award
Description: The Boyd McCandless Award recognizes a young scientist who has made a distinguished theoretical contribution to developmental psychology, has conducted programmatic research of distinction, or has made a distinguished contribution to the dissemination of developmental science. The award is for continued efforts rather than a single outstanding work. The award is presented by the membership of Div. 7 of the APA, and the award winner will be invited to address the following year’s meeting of the APA.
Eligibility:
Email: Santiago Morales (santiago.morales@usc.edu)
Early Career Outstanding Paper Award
Description: The paper must significantly advance content knowledge, methodology and/or theory in developmental psychology. Important criteria include the importance of the work, innovation and the likely impact on the field. The nominee must be the first author and must be a member of APA and Division 7.
Eligibility:
Email: E. Mark Cummings (Edward.M.Cummings.10@nd.edu)
The Mavis Hetherington Award for Excellence in Applied Developmental Science
Description: The Hetherington Award is to recognize excellence in scholarship and contributions to applied developmental science. This is intended for individuals whose work has not only advanced the science of developmental psychology, but also has helped to promote well-being of children, families, and groups or organizations. These contributions could have been made through applied research, direct service, advocacy, influencing public policy or education, or other activities that have improved outcomes for children and families.
Eligibility:
Email: Joy Osofsky (JOsofs@lsuhc.edu)
The Mary Ainsworth Award for Excellence in Developmental Science
Description: The Ainsworth Award is to recognize excellence in scholarship and contributions to developmental science, including contributions in research, student training, and other scholarly endeavors. Evaluations are based on the scientific merit of the individual’s work, the importance of this work for opening up new empirical or theoretical areas of development psychology, and the importance of the individual’s work in linking developmental psychology with other disciplines.
Eligibility:
Email: Joy Osofsky (JOsofs@lsuhc.edu)
Award for Distinguished Contribution to Developmental Psychology
Description: The Distinguished Contribution award is given to a single individual (sometimes a research team) who has made distinguished contributions to developmental psychology, including contributions in research, student training, and other scholarly endeavors. Evaluations are based on the scientific merit of the individual’s work, the importance of this work for opening up new empirical or theoretical areas of development psychology, and the importance of the individual’s work in linking developmental psychology with issues confronting the larger society or with other disciplines.
Eligibility:
Email: Barbara Rogoff (brogoff@ucsc.edu)
Urie Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime Contribution to Developmental Psychology in the Service of Science and Society
Description: The Bronfenbrenner award is for an individual whose work has, over a lifetime career, contributed not only to the science of developmental psychology, but who has also worked to the benefit of the application of developmental psychology to society. The individual’s contributions may have been made through advocacy, direct service, influencing public policy or education, or through any other routes that enable scientific developmental psychology to better the condition of children and families.
Eligibility:
Email: Barbara Rogoff (brogoff@ucsc.edu)
Eleanor Maccoby Book Award in Developmental Psychology
Description: The Maccoby Award is presented to the author of a book in the field of psychology that has had or promises to have a profound effect on one or more of the areas represented by Div. 7, including promoting research in the field of developmental psychology; fostering the development of researchers through providing information about educational opportunities and recognizing outstanding contributions to the discipline; facilitating exchange of scientific information about developmental psychology through publications such as the division’s newsletter and through national and international meetings; and/or promoting high standards for the application of scientific knowledge on human development to public policy issues.
Eligibility:
Email: Elizabeth S. Spelke (spelke@wjh.harvard.edu)
Mentor Award in Developmental Psychology
Description: The Developmental Psychology Mentor Award honors individuals who have contributed to developmental psychology through the education and training of the next generation of research leaders in developmental psychology. Our interest is in recognizing individuals who have had substantial impact on the field of developmental psychology by their mentoring of young scholars. We invite developmental psychologists to nominate individuals who have played a major mentoring role in their own careers or in the careers of others.
Eligibility:
Email: Martha Alibali (mwalibali@wisc.edu)
Dissertation Research Grant in Developmental Psychology
Description: Between one and three $500 grants are awarded each year. The in-progress research must significantly advance content knowledge, methodology and/or theory in developmental psychology. Criteria include the project’s importance, innovation, feasibility, funding needs and likely contribution to the field, as well as the applicant’s record.
Eligibility:
Email: Barbara Rogoff (brogoff@ucsc.edu)
Early Career Research Grant in Developmental Psychology
Description: The Early Career Research Grant supports the research of outstanding early career members of Div. 7 who have not yet received any federal funding for research as a principal investigator or co-investigator (pre-PhD training funds or F31 grants are not counted). One or two of these $1,000 grants will be awarded each year, as possible.
Eligibility:
Email: Barbara Rogoff (brogoff@ucsc.edu)
You are invited to participate in a research study in Washington, D.C. in February 2025. Participating in our study will require up to three hours of your time, spread out over six months, most of which is done through online surveys. You will also be asked to visit one museum on the National Mall. You can receive up to $50 in Amazon gift cards and a chance to win one of ten (10) iPads in a raffle throughout the course of the study.
If interested in participating, please click here to provide some information about yourself. More details on the study will follow.
Promoting the Analysis of NIBRS Animal Cruelty Data
AWI’s Center for the Study of NIBRS Animal Cruelty Data is pleased to offer two $5,000 grants for master’s and doctoral students to utilize National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) animal cruelty data in their research
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| $150,000 in scholarships available Scholarships for the 2025 ICPSR Summer Program are now open! These scholarships cover one of our General Sessions, where you can curate your own schedule of methods training to fit what you need for your research and goals. View our full list of scholarships that we offer, along with scholarships offered in partnership with other organizations. The deadline to apply for a scholarship is Friday, February 28. |
The General Sessions are available either in person or online, live or asynchronously. All materials for the Sessions are available through December 31, 2024, including recorded class meetings.
Courses in these Sessions are the equivalent of a semester-long class; you’ll be amazed at how quickly you pick up new skills and advance your knowledge in data analysis!
Required application materials may differ between scholarships, but generally to apply you will need: