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Seminars

Weekly seminars, held on Tuesdays from 12:30-1:30, provide a forum for scholars from other universities and OSU faculty to present ongoing research to a multidisciplinary audience.

Seminars take place in person in Townshend 038, with live streaming available via zoom. Information for each speaker is available on the individual listings on our events page.

The first fall seminar for 2025 will take place on Tuesday, September 9. A registration link for the zoom room will be available closer to the date.

Revisit this page mid-August 2025 for the 2025-26 seminar speaker schedule.

Past seminar speakers are listed below.

September 3: Dr. Rebecca Andridge, The Ohio State University, Professor, Biostatistics
"Problematic Polls and Suspect Surveys: Assessing the Potential for Non-ignorable Selection and Nonresponse Bias"

September 10: Dr. Yasmiyn Irizarry, University of Texas, Austin., Associate Professor, African and African Diaspora Studies
"Investigating Invisible Encounters: Mapping the Margins of Police Violence Against Black Women"

September 17: Dr. Annie Ro, University of California, Irvine, Associate Professor, Public Health
"Developing a Multigenerational Model of Structural Racism and Birth Outcomes Among Black Families"

September 24: IPR & RDC Drop In: Informal Q&A with IPR and RDC Leadership and Staff

October 1: Dr. Brooklynn Hitchens, University of Maryland, Assistant Professor, Criminology and Criminal Justice
"In and Out ‘the Mix’: How Street-Identified Black Women and Girls (De)Escalate Gun Violence in Trauma Deserts"

October 8: Dr. Joyce Lee, The Ohio State University, Assistant Professor, Social Work
"Leveraging Fathers to Promote Child Wellbeing within the Context of the U.S. Child Welfare System"

October 22: Dr. Mahesh Somashekhar, University of Illinois Chicago, Assistant Professor, Sociology
"Race, Class, and the Displacement of White Residents from Gentrifying U.S. Neighborhoods"

October 29: Dr. Ann Morning, New York University, Professor of Sociology, Sociology
"Crossing the Color Line: From Passing to Transracialism"

November 12: Dr. Christina Cross, Harvard University, Assistant Professor, Sociology
"Crossing the Color Line: From Passing to Transracialism"

November 19: Dr. Lauren Newmyer, Bowling Green State University, Assistant Professor of Sociology
"The Complex Dynamic Between Sexual Non-Exclusivity and Pregnancy Desire "

January 14: Dr. Kelsea Best, The Ohio State University, Assistant Professor, Civil, Environmental, and Geodetic Engineering
"Climate Justice and Isolation Due to Sea Level Rise in the U.S."

January 21: Dr. Nicole Yadon, The Ohio State University, Assistant Professor, Political Science
"Correcting Misperceptions of Wealth Inequality: Contextualizing the Historical Roots of Racial Wealth Gaps"

January 28: Dr. Sarah Komisarow, Duke University, Assistant Professor, Public Policy and Economics
"Ending Early Grade Suspensions"

February 4: Dr. Danya Keene, Yale University, Associate Professor, Public Health
"The Affordable Rental Housing Crisis and Population Health Equity"

February 11: Dr. Taylor Hargrove, University of North Carolina, Associate Professor, Sociology
"Manifestations of Structural Racism in the U.S.: Approaches and Implications for Health and Aging "

February 18: Dr. Abigail Greenleaf, Columbia University, Assistant Professor, Public Health
"HIV Prevention Practices among Young Women in Eswatini"

February 25: Dr. Susan Marshall Mason, University of Minnesota, Associate Professor, Public Health
"The Epidemiology of Child Maltreatment: Advancing Evidence for Primary Prevention"

March 4: Dr. Alison Gemmill,  Johns Hopkins University, Assistant Professor, Population, Family and Reproductive Health
"Unpacking the Impact of U.S. Abortion Restrictions on Health and Fertility: Challenges, Lessons Learned, and Future Directions"

March 18: IPRGSO Panel on Qualitative Demography - Student-focused

March 25: IPR Brainstorming Session! - Faculty-focused

April 1: Dr. Fangqi Wen, The Ohio State University, Assistant Professor, Sociology
"Renegotiating Patriarchy: Property, Lineage, and Gender Inequality in Contemporary China"

August 29: Fall Kickoff Lunch

September 5: Dr. Laura Dugan, The Ohio State University, Ralph D. Mershon Professor of Human Security and Professor of Sociology

September 12: Dr. Joanne Patterson, The Ohio State University, Assistant Professor, Health Behavior and Health Promotion

September 19: Dr. Joe LaBriola, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Research Assistant Professor and in the Survey Research Center

September 26: Dr. Abigail Weitzman, University of Texas, Austin, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Research Affiliate of the Population Research Center

October 3: Dr. Jordan Conwell, University of Texas, Austin, Assistant Professor of Social Research Methods and Social Statistics

October 10: Geoffrey Carney-Knisely, The Ohio State University College of Medicine and College of Public Health, MD/PhD Candidate; Luca Badolato, The Ohio State University, Institute of Population Research, Researcher; Patricia Calderon, The Ohio State University, Institute of Population Research, PHD Student.

October 17: Dr. Lori Freedman, University of California, San Francisco, Author and Associate Professor of Sociology

October 24: Dr. Leigh Senderowicz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Assistant Professor of Gender & Women's Studies, and Obstetrics & Gynecology

October 31: Dr. Wendy Manning, Bowling Green State University, Distinguished Professor of Sociology

November 7: Dr. Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Assistant Professor of Social Inequality in Mortality

November 14: Dr. Tim Bruckner, University of California, Irvine, Associate Professor of Public Health

 

January 23: Dr. Lisa Diamond, The University of Utah, Professor, Psychology

January 30: Dr. Megan O’Neil, The Ohio State University, Research Scholar, Drug Enforcement and Policy Center

February 6: Dr. Nicole Kreisberg, Pennsylvania State University, Assistant Professor, Public Policy and Sociology

February 20: Dr. Samuel Kye, Baylor University, Assistant Professor, Sociology

February 27: Dr. Michael Esposito, University of Minnesota, Assistant Professor, Sociology

March 5: Dr. Courtney Lynch, The Ohio State University, Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology

March 26: Information Session on Federal Statistics Research Data Center at OSU in Townshend Hall

April 5: Huber Lecture - Dr. Bruce Link, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology and Sociomedical Sciences

April 9: Dr. Joanna Venator, Boston College, Assistant Professor, Economics

August 30: Dr. Melissa Gilliam, OSU, Executive Vice President and Provost and Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology

September 6: Elizabeth Cooksey, OSU, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, CHRR Staff; Jenifer Hoffman, OSU, CHRR Program Director

September 13: Dr. René Flores, University of Chicago, Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Sociology

September 20: Dr. Joshua Goldstein, University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Demography

September 27: Graduate Student Flash Session : Alec Rhodes, Sociology; Guanting Yi, Economics

October 4: Dr. Daniela Miteva, OSU, Associate Professor of Sustainable Development and Economy

October 18: Dr. Parvati Singh, OSU, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology

October 25: Dr. Valerie Mueller, Arizona State University, Assistant Professor of Politics and Global Studies

November 1: Dr. Allen Mallory, OSU, Assistant Professor of Human Sciences

November 8: Dr. Maria Khan, New York University, Associate Professor of Population Health

November 15: Dr. David Savitz, Brown University, Associate Dean For Research, Professor of Epidemiology, Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Pediatrics

 

January 17: Dr. Stephen Gavazzi, OSU, Professor of Human Sciences, CHRR Director CHRR Methodology Workshop

January 24: Dr. Christina F Mair, University of Pittsburgh, Associate Professor of Epidemiology

January 31: Graduate Student Flash Session - Young Choi, Sociology; Shawnice Shankle, Nursing; Lawrence Stacey, Sociology

February 7: Dr. Danya Lagos, University of California, Berkeley, Assistant Professor of Sociology

February 14: Dr. Mia Brantley, OSU, Post-Doctoral Scholar of Sociology

February 21: Dr. Randi Foraker, Washington University in St. Louis, Professor of General Medical Sciences

February 28: Dr. Jennifer Garner, OSU, Assistant Professor of Food and Nutrition Policy

March 7: Dr. Patricia Louie, University of Washington , Assistant Professor of Sociology

March 21: Dr. Emily Smith-Greenaway, University of Southern California, Associate Professor of Sociology and Spatial Sciences

March 31: Huber Lecture: Dr. Christopher (Kitt) Carpenter, Vanderbilt University, E. Bronson Ingram Chair and Professor of Economics

April 4: Dr. Alia Dietsch, OSU, Associate Professor in Parks, Protected Areas, Natural Resources Management

August 31: Authors-Meet-Critics discussion about the book Living on the Edge

September 7: Graduate Student Flash Session : Payal Chakraborty, Public Health; Andreas Teferra, Public Health; Jake Tarrence, Sociology; Man Yao, Sociology; Dongyue Yin, Consumer Sciences

September 14: Dr. Elizabeth Frankenberg, UNC, Director, Carolina Population Center and Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor of Sociology

September 21: Dr. Susan Yoon, OSU, Assistant Professor, College of Social Work, and Dr. Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan, OSU, Professor, Psychology

September 28: Dr. Ashton Verdery, PSU, Associate Professor, Sociology and Demography

October 5: Dr. Kimberly Hoang, University of Chicago, Director of Global Studies and Associate Professor, Sociology

October 12: Dr. Jennifer Dowd, University of Oxford, Deputy Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science and Associate Professor, Demography and Population Health

October 19: Dr. Caitlyn Collins, Washington University in St. Louis, Assistant Professor, Sociology; Dr. Leah Ruppanner, University of Melbourne, Associate Professor, Social and Political Sciences

October 26: Dr. Claudia Buchmann, OSU, ASC Distinguished Professor of Sociology; Dr. David Melamed, OSU, Associate Professor, Sociology

November 2: Dr. Alexandra Killewald, Harvard University, Professor, Sociology

November 9: Dr. Rin Reczek, OSU, Professor, Sociology; Lawrence Stacey, OSU, PhD Candidate, Sociology

November 16: Dr. Julianna Nemeth, OSU, Assistant Professor, Health Behavior and Health Promotion; Dr. Tasleem Padamsee, OSU, Assistant Professor, Health Services Management and Policy

November 18: Dr. Dean Lillard, The Ohio State University, Professor, Human Sciences

January 25: Dr. Sarah Hayford, The Ohio State University, Director of Institute for Population Research, Professor, Sociology

February 1: Dr. Sara Curran, University of Washington, Professor, International Studies, Sociology, and Public Policy and Governance

February 8: Dr. Reanne Frank, The Ohio State University, Professor, Sociology

February 15: Dr. Yao Lu, Columbia University, Associate Professor, Sociology

February 22: Dr. Jeff Cohen, OSU, Professor, Anthropology; Dr. Arati Maleku, OSU, Assistant Professor, Social Work

March 1: Dr. Jay Kaufman, McGill University, Professor, Epidemiology

March 8: Dr. Susan Short, Brown University, Director of the Populations Studies and Training Center, Professor, Sociology

March 25: Huber Lecture - Dr. Kathleen Harris, University of North Carolina, James Hear Distinguished Professor of Sociology

March 29: Dr. Meta Brown, OSU, Associate Professor, Economics; Dr. Rachel Dwyer, OSU, Professor, Sociology; Dr. Stephanie Moulton, OSU, Professor, Public Affairs

April 12: Dr. Eric Fong, The University of Hong Kong, Professor and Chair, Sociology

September 1: IPR Seminar Series Flash Sessions - Dr. Joe Tien, OSU, Associate Professor, Mathematics; Dr. Sam Clark, OSU, Professor, Sociology; Dr. Elisabeth Root, OSU, Professor, Geography and Epidemiology

September 8: Dr. Bruce Weinberg, The Ohio State University, Professor, Economics

September 15: Dr. Courtney Cogburn, Columbia University, Associate Professor, Social Work

September 22: Dr. Tyson Brown, Duke University, Assistant Professor, Sociology & Director of the Center on Health & Society

September 29: Dr. Chris Browning, The Ohio State University, Professor, Sociology

October 6: Dr. Russel Fazio, The Ohio State University, Professor, Psychology

October 13: Dr. Trevor Logan, The Ohio State University, Hazel C. Youngberg Distinguished Professor of Economics

October 20: Dr. Daniel Schneider, UC Berkeley, Assistant Professor, Sociology

October 27: Dr. Kenneth Ferraro, Purdue University, Distinguished Professor of Sociology

November 3: Dr. Jenny Van Hook, Penn State, Professor, Sociology and Demography

November 10: Dr. Michal Engelman, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Associate Professor, Sociology

November 17: Dr. Mark Hayward, University of Texas at Austin, Professor, Sociology

 

January 19: Dr. Wei-hsin Yu, UCLA, Professor, Sociology

January 26: Dr. James Raymo, Princeton University, Professor, Sociology

February 2: Dr. Ayaz Hyder, The Ohio State University, Assistant Professor, Public Health

February 9: Dr. Abby Norris Turner, OSU, Associate Professor, Epidemiology; Dr. David Kline, OSU, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Informatics

March 2: Dr. Kammi Schmeer, The Ohio State University, Associate Professor, Sociology

March 9: Dr. Sarah Burgard, University of Michigan, Professor, Sociology, Epidemiology, and Public Policy and Director of the Population Studies Center

March 16: Dr. Lauren Jones, The Ohio State University, Assistant Professor, Human Sciences

March 23: Dr. Jennie Brand, UCLA, Professor, Sociology and Statistics

March 30: Dr. Arya Ansari, The Ohio State University, Assistant Professor, Human Sciences

April 6: Dr. Dorothy Roberts, University of Pennsylvania, Professor, Law and Sociology and Director of the Program on Race, Science, and Society

April 13: Dr. Debby Carr, Boston University, Professor and Department Chair, Sociology