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.
Past seminar speakers are listed below.
2024-25 speakers:
September 3: Dr. Rebecca Andridge, The Ohio State University, Professor, Biostatistics
September 10: Dr. Yasmiyn Irizarry, University of Texas, Austin., Associate Professor, African and African Diaspora Studies
September 17: Dr. Annie Ro, University of California, Irvine, Associate Professor, Public Health
September 24: IPR & RDC Drop In: informal Q&A with IPR and RDC leadership and staff [no lunch served]
October 1: Dr. Brooklynn Hitchens, University of Maryland, Assistant Professor, Criminology and Criminal Justice
October 8: Dr. Joyce Lee, The Ohio State University, Assistant Professor, Social Work
October 15: Dr. Donte Boyd, The Ohio State University, Associate Professor, Social Work
October 22: Dr. Mahesh Somashekhar, University of Illinois Chicago, Assistant Professor, Sociology
October 29: Dr. Ann Morning, New York University, Professor of Sociology, Sociology
November 5: No seminar, Election Day
November 12: Dr. Christina Cross, Harvard University, Assistant Professor, Sociology
November 19: Dr. Lauren Newmyer, Bowling Green State University, Assistant Professor of Sociology
January 14: Dr. Kelsea Best, The Ohio State University, Assistant Professor, Civil, Environmental, and Geodetic Engineering
January 21: Dr. Nicole Yadon, The Ohio State University, Assistant Professor, Political Science
January 28: Dr. Sarah Komisarow, Duke University, Assistant Professor, Public Policy and Economics
February 4: Dr. Danya Keene, Yale University, Associate Professor, Public Health
February 11: Dr. Taylor Hargrove, University of North Carolina, Associate Professor, Sociology
February 18: Dr. Abigail Greenleaf, Columbia University, Assistant Professor, Public Health
February 25: Dr. Susan Marshall Mason, University of Minnesota, Associate Professor, Public Health
March 4: Dr. Alison Gemmill, Johns Hopkins University, Assistant Professor, Population, Family and Reproductive Health
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