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MCAP Summer Institute

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.

Participants

For more information for interested participants, please visit the page here.

Teaching Assistants

For more information about teaching assistantships, please visit the page here.

About the Summer Institute

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

Outline of Topics

A preliminary listing of topics and sessions for the summer institute:

Division 7 Awards and Grant Nominations (Due March 15th)

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:

The nominee must have completed his/her dissertation as part of a developmental graduate program.
The nominee must have participated in his/her dissertation defense during the current or prior calendar year of the award.
Membership in APA’s Division 7 is required to earn an award. The individual must be a member of Division 7 by March 15 of the year they are nominated.

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:

Scientists who are within seven years of completing their doctoral degree are eligible.
Membership in APA’s Division 7 is required to earn an award. The individual must be a member of Division 7 by March 15 of the year they are nominated.

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:

Applicants can be self- or other-nominated.
An in-press paper must be accompanied by a letter of acceptance from the editor.
Nominees must make sure that any other authors of the nominated article do not object to the nomination.
Membership in APA’s Division 7 is required to earn an award. The individual must be a member of Division 7 by March 15 of the year they are nominated.

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:

Scientists who are between 15 and 30 years of completing their doctoral degree are eligible.
Membership in APA’s Division 7 is required to earn an award. The individual must be a member of Division 7 by March 15 of the year they are nominated.

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:

Scientists who are between 15 and 30 years of completing their doctoral degree are eligible.
Membership in APA’s Division 7 is required to earn an award. The individual must be a member of Division 7 by March 15 of the year they are nominated.

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:

Membership in APA’s Division 7 is required to earn an award. The individual must be a member of Division 7 by March 15 of the year they are nominated.

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:

Membership in APA’s Division 7 is required to earn an award. The individual must be a member of Division 7 by March 15 of the year they are nominated.

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:

Nominee must be an author, not an editor of the book.
The book must have been published within the prior two years and must have had or promises to have a profound effect on one or more of the areas represented by Div. 7 of the APA.
Membership in APA’s Division 7 is required to earn an award. The individual must be a member of Division 7 by March 15 of the year they are nominated.

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:

Nominees should be individuals who have played a major mentoring role in the careers of young scholars.
As the list of past recipients shows, this award is usually given to senior scholars—those with 15 or more years of experience engaged in consistent mentoring.
Membership in APA’s Division 7 is required to earn an award. The individual must be a member of Division 7 by March 15 of the year they are nominated.

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:

Eligible doctoral students are within one year of successfully defending their dissertation proposal (or the program’s equivalent requirement) at time of application for the dissertation grant.
Applicant must be a member of the American Psychological Association and Div. 7, and the dissertation topic must be developmental.
The dissertation proposal must have been approved by the dissertation/orals committee (or the equivalent, depending on the doctoral program requirements).
Applicants must be nominated by their faculty supervisor.
Awardees will submit a report at the end of their dissertation, describing the results and how the funds were used.

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:

Eligible assistant professors (within five years since the receipt of the PhD) and postdoctoral scholars (within five years since the receipt of the PhD) may apply.
The proposed or 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, likely contribution to the field and the applicant’s record.

Email: Barbara Rogoff (brogoff@ucsc.edu)

Research Study Participation Opportunity

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.

PhD Studentship | University of Manchester

PhD Studentship | Social Statistics with focus on Digital and Computational Demography

We are pleased to invite applications to a 3.5-year University of Manchester doctoral studentship in Social Statistics. The studentship is jointly funded by the Social Statistics Department, University of Manchester, UK, and the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR), Germany, one of the world-leading research centres in population sciences.

In many countries, migration has become a key driver of population change. However, traditional data on migration often lack precision, are biased or are reported with large delays. Digital traces and big data often contain information on human mobility but new methods are required to use and integrate these new forms of data with data derived from traditional sources. This is an excellent opportunity for highly-motivated and qualified candidates to work with an international team on developing cutting-edge novel statistical and computational methods in estimating and forecasting human migration with the use of traditional and new forms of data, including for developing and low-income countries. Research outputs will also contribute to the Human Migration Database, currently developed by the MPIDR.

The successful applicant will spend the first 21 months at the Social Statistics Department, University of Manchester. They will be working in a vibrant community of PhD students in Social Statistics, Social Data Analytics and Biosocial Research. They will participate in research activities of the Department, such as seminars and research away-days, and will have an opportunity to teach as Graduate Teaching Assistants. The remainder of the 21 months of the studentship will be spent at the MPIDR in the Department of Digital and Computational Demography. The successful candidate is expected to enrol in the MPIDR IMPRS-PHDS programme.

It is expected that the PhD student will prepare a thesis as a collection of research articles according to the postgraduate research policies of the University of Manchester.

Bachelor’s (Honours) degree in a cognate subject at 2:1 or above (or overseas equivalent); and
Master’s degree in a relevant subject – with an overall average of 65% or above, a minimum mark of 65% in your dissertation and no mark below 55% (or overseas equivalent)

English Language

All applicants must provide evidence of English language proficiency:

IELTS test minimum score – 7.0 overall, 7.0 in writing, 6.5 in other sections.
TOEFL (internet based) test minimum score – 100 overall, 25 all sections.
Pearson Test of English (PTE) UKVI/SELT or PTE Academic minimum score – 76 overall, 76 in writing, 70 in other sections.
To demonstrate that you have taken an undergraduate or postgraduate degree in a majority English speaking nation within the last 5 years.
Other tests may be considered.

The application deadline will be Midnight (GMT) on 23/02/25. Apply online for PhD Social Statistics at the University of Manchester. Find the full job description and registration form here.

Contact

For informal enquires please contact Arkadiusz Wiśniowski (a.wisniowski@manchester.ac.uk), Emilio Zagheni (zagheni@demogr.mpg.de) or Kingsley Purdam (Kingsley.Purdam@manchester.ac.uk). For enquiries about the application process, please contact the Humanities Doctoral Academy Admissions office (hums.doctoralacademy.admissions@manchester.ac.uk).

Funding Notes

During the period in Manchester, the studentship will cover tuition fees, an annual maintenance stipend £19,237 per annum for 2024/25) and will be able to claim certain expenses from the Research Training Support Grant.

During the period in Germany, the student will receive a gross salary of €37,909 per annum and financial support for travel, training and data acquisition.

PGPD Embedded Analyst | Maryland Crime Research and Innovation Center (MCRIC)

The Maryland Crime Research and Innovation Center (MCRIC) is seeking to fill the position of embedded analyst for the Prince George’s County Police Department. This appointment would fulfill a graduate assistantship, with full tuition remission and stipend, and requires a one-year commitment. We anticipate beginning the background check process in Spring 2025, with the position starting in Summer 2025 and extending to Spring 2026 (with the possibility of funding support for Summer 2026).

We anticipate the embedded analyst to work partially at the department and attend in-person meetings as necessary. However, the position is very flexible for a hybrid working schedule. The embedded analyst position is project-driven based on the needs of MCRIC and PGPD. The current project involves analyzing the concentration of violence across the county and at the borders with DC and Montgomery County. This role may also require a mixture of spatial analyses, ride-alongs with officers, and community engagement, based on current project aims.

The ideal candidate will have research interests/experience in policing, as well as experience in quantitative, geospatial, and qualitative analyses.

If you are interested in applying for this position, please send a CV and brief cover letter stating your interest in this position to Dr. Bianca Bersani (bbersani@umd.edu) by January 15^th. Hiring decisions will be announced by February 2025.

If you have any questions regarding this position, please reach out to Dr. Bianca Bersani or Torri Sperry (current PG embedded analyst) for more information.

Project Manager | Center for Educational Data Science & Innovation (EDSI)

Project Manager

The University of Maryland, College Park seeks a skilled project manager to support the newly established Center for Educational Data Science and Innovation (EDSI). This is an excellent opportunity to support the administrative operations of a cutting-edge research center at the intersection of data science, artificial intelligence (AI), and education.

About the Center for Education Data Science and Innovation (EDSI):

The Center for Educational Data Science and Innovation, housed within the College of Education, is dedicated to advancing research and practice at the nexus of data science, AI, and education. EDSI’s mission encompasses:

Accelerating cutting-edge research leveraging data science and AI to address critical issues in education and advance education equity and effectiveness.
Bridging educators, researchers, policymakers, and industry leaders to promote evidence-based, ethical, and responsible use of data and AI in education.
Transforming education systems to achieve greater equity, efficiency, and effectiveness for all students through innovative technological advancements and policy solutions.

Position Overview:

Reporting to the Faculty Director, the project manager will support both the administrative and research components of EDSI. Given EDSI’s recent launch, this position’s responsibilities will evolve as the center grows and expands. This is an on-site, 12-month position classified as a Faculty Specialist at UMD. Initial appointment is 1 year and renewable.

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Distinguished Student Paper Award

The American Sociological Association’s Section on Crime, Law, and Deviance invites submissions for the 2025 Distinguished Student Paper Award competition. This award is presented annually for the best paper authored by a graduate student. Papers may be empirical or theoretical and can address any topic in the sociology of crime, law, and deviance. Submissions may be sole- or multiple-authored, but all authors must be students at the time of submission. Papers should be article length (approximately 30 double spaced pages) and should follow the manuscript preparation guidelines used by the American Sociological Review. Papers accepted for publication at the time of submission are not eligible.

The winner will receive $500 to offset the cost of attending the 2025 ASA meeting. Nominations may be submitted by the author or by others, and we encourage self-nominations. Please send a PDF of the paper to the Award Committee Chair, Dr. Shannon Malone Gonzalez, sgonzalez@unc.edu, with the subject line, “CLD Distinguished Student Paper Nomination.”

Committee: Chair: Shannon Malone Gonzalez (Chair), University of North Carolina; Tony Cheng, Duke University; Uriel Serrano, University of California, Irvine; Bryan Sykes, Cornell University

Save the Date: Jelmar Meester

Please save the date! Jelmar Meester will be delivering a talk via zoom on his Fulbright project, titled “Detecting Corporate Crime: An Estimate for Hidden Offending,” on January 28th at 10:00 AM in the Large Conference Room.

In his presentation, Jelmar will begin by acknowledging that corporate offending suffers from detection bias. Not all offending can be detected through current regulatory practices. But, in contrast to mainstream criminological research, research on corporate offending cannot apply victim surveys or self-report studies to estimate the true figure of offending. To overcome this problem, he examines the application of a detection controlled estimation model to estimate the extent of undetected corporate offending. His first step in the application is to assess the performance of the model using a simulated dataset. Next, the model is applied to a dataset on offending in Dutch inland shipping. He concludes by discussing the benefits and disadvantages of the model as well as possible applications in other contexts.

George Mason Research Assistant Position

Researchers at George Mason are working on a large experimental policy evaluation study. This opportunity is open to MA and PhD students. The team hopes to start the position in mid-January (pending paperwork) and conduct interviews and observations for two to three months. The position pays $36/hour. As the research evolves, there may be an opportunity for an extension of the position.

The selected individual(s) will work with Dr. David Weisburd at George Mason and Dr. Preeti Chauhan from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, a Mason post-doctoral fellow, and research assistants on a project evaluating a novel place-based intervention in Maryland – the Safer Stronger Together (SST) Initiative. The SST Initiative is a unique multi-government sector (i.e., criminal justice, juvenile justice, and child welfare) approach to coordinating resources for young people and their families with multi-system involvement and high resource needs. The research team will be evaluating the impact of the intervention on social problems and crime at the street-segment level. The RA will assist with conducting on-site systematic physical observations in three Maryland cities, administering surveys to residents, interviewing staff from the three government agencies, and performing other tasks as needed.

Interested candidates should email Dr. Preeti Chauhan (pchauhan@jjay.cuny.edu) as soon as possible and preferably by December 18th, with a brief note of introduction describing their interest/qualifications and include a copy of their CV. Questions about the position or scope of work are welcome.

3rd annual HRC get together

The Human Relations Committee (HRC) would like you to join them for the 3rd annual semester kickoff event on Thursday, January 23rd from 1 to 3 pm in the Large Conference Room. We hope to create a space for people to connect before the semester begins, and foster community. To facilitate this connection, the HRC will provide some board games to play and some snacks and drinks.

Please mark your calendars today, so that you can stop by and connect with others from the CCJS community.