Master’s Thesis Defense: Erika Feeney
Legacies of Socialization: Investigating the Relationship
Between Criminal Offending and Racial Socialization
Date: Monday, June 16, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Wellford Conference Room (2165E LeFrak Hall)
Zoom: https://umd.zoom.us/j/8480892906?omn=94495583154
The Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics (CPop) at the University of Southern Denmark, Odense, invites applications for one or more postdoctoral positions. The starting date is flexible; however, we hope to welcome our new colleague(s) as soon as possible, and no later than January 1, 2026. The duration of the positions is between 1 to 2 years, with the possibility of some extension beyond 2 years, depending on the starting date.
The Center
CPop conducts cutting-edge research on survival, longevity, and population aging, with a focus on policy, economic, and cultural implications. The centre is recognized for its strong profile in analytical demography, demographic modelling, and forecasting.
Its research meets the highest international standards, demonstrated by publications in leading journals, presentations at global conferences, competitive external funding, and wide-reaching societal impact.
CPop is also committed to research-based teaching, employing innovative methods to enhance student learning. It oversees a graduate programme in Population Studies.
The centre fosters an inspiring academic environment and strives to attract and retain talented scholars dedicated to excellence and CPop’s continued development.
The position
The candidate will join an international team of researchers and will be involved in a prestigious EU-funded research project, the ERC Consolidator Grant “Born Once – Die Once”. The project aspires to work “Towards a transdisciplinary demographic theory of birth and death trajectories”. Knowledge and/or research interest in formal demography in general, and modeling and investigating age-trajectories of mortality and fertility in particular, are an advantage. This is an excellent opportunity for recent PhD graduates to apply their innovative analytical and/or statistical skills to venture into exploring formation (birth) and dissolution (death) patterns within populations of individuals (men and women) and collectives (couples, families, households) to discover and model macro level regularities that eventually shall help reveal general principles of birth, renewal, aging, and death.
Required qualifications
Further information about the position can be obtained from Professor Annette Baudisch, e-mail: baudisch@biology.sdu.dk, tel.: +4565509355. For general questions regarding housing, taxes etc., the SDU’s International Staff Office can assist – see link.
Application, salary, etc.
The successful applicant for the postdoc position will be employed in accordance with the agreement between the Danish Ministry of Finance and AC (the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations).
An application must include:
The application deadline is June 23, 2025.
CECEI is seeking Research Assistants to assist with Center projects. Current projects include Evaluation of Trauma Sensitive Pedagogy course, Evaluation of Maryland Family Network’s Strong Families Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP) programs, and Implementation of the Maryland Early EdCorp CDA Apprenticeship program.
CECEI is seeking an Undergraduate or Graduate Research Assistant who will assist with producing blog and social media content and organizing outreach efforts, review CECEI/project websites, suggest revisions, and update content and formatting using Drupal (training provided), and provide other project support as needed within CECEI.
Expanded Development of Body-Worn Camera Analytics for Community and Officer Safety is a project that aims to develop algorithms to automatically detect and predict use of force, as well as escalation and de-escalation in police officer-civilian interactions that are captured in Body-Worn Camera (BWC) footage data. This project is in collaboration with the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) and has been funded by Maryland Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy. The interdisciplinary research team consists of researchers from the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UMD and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The project end date is June 30, 2025.
The research assistantship involves up to 40 hours per week of working collaboratively within an interdisciplinary team. The duties of the research assistantship may include contributing to the following project activities:
If you have an interest in research on policing, police community relations, use of force, technology, this send Bianca Bersani (bbersani@umd.edu) an email ASAP (by Friday, May 23rd), with a short note about your interests, and a CV noting skillsets.
EDHD 779A: How to Write More and Write Better: An Academic Writing Seminar
Class Times: Mondays 1:00-3:45
Location: Benjamin 2102
Instructor: Geetha Ramani
Credits: 3
Is writing a skill you want to improve in graduate school? Do you struggle with how to set reasonable writing goals?
In EDHD779A, we focus on strategies for becoming better scientific writers, creating realistic goals for your writing projects, and understanding healthy academic writing practices. The course will cover various critical types of writing you will need to succeed as an academic (e.g., scientific articles, grant/fellowship proposals, literature reviews). We will also focus on several aspects of professional development related to academia, such as translating research for a broader audience.
The deadline for GradSERU has been extended to May 9th. This week, you will receive your invitation to complete the Graduate Student Experience in the Research University (gradSERU) survey. If you haven’t already done so, I encourage you to take the time to take this survey and contribute your thoughts on how the University can improve the experiences of graduate students on campus. You may log in to the survey HERE. Be entered to win $700 for your student fees by completing this survey.
As the only comprehensive survey for graduate students, gradSERU is a powerful way for you to tell us about what’s working well, and what not so well, in classrooms, labs, and campus life. The more students who complete the survey, the better we will be able to respond to your concerns and strengthen graduate education at the University of Maryland.
GradSERU is a partnership between The University of Maryland Graduate School and Etio Global and will be sent from umd@etioglobal.org. If you have any questions, please contact Evelyn Cooper, Assistant Dean & Chief of Operations, at gradschool@umd.edu.
Master’s Thesis Defense: Elena Tapia
Doing Gender, Doing Time and Doing Better:
Differences in Women’s Participation in Prison Education
Date: Friday, April 11, 2025
Time: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Location: Wellford Conference Room (2165E LeFrak Hall)
Please join us this Wednesday (4/9) from 1-3pm for the second MAC workshop of this spring semester, featuring Dr. Arianna Gard from the Department of Psychology. Her talk is entitled: “Random Intercepts Cross-lagged Models using Longitudinal Data from the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study”. The talk will take place in GEOG Conference Room LeFrak 1158.
Job Description Summary
Join the Woodlawn Study Team!
We are excited to share the availability of a 2-year post-doctoral research associate at the University of Maryland School of Public Health. Led currently by Dr. Kerry Green, the Woodlawn Study is a longitudinal community cohort study that began as a school-based intervention in 1966. This rich longitudinal study spans over 50 years with the most recent interviews conducted with cohort members at age 62 in 2022-2024. More information about the study can be found at www.woodlawn.umd.edu.
Key responsibilities:
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