OSU-BGSU Graduate Student Conference
20th Annual OSU-BGSU Graduate Student Conference Program Schedule
Date: Friday, November 13, 2026 | Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm
| Time | Session / Event | Details & Presentations |
|---|---|---|
| 9:30am - 10:00am | Check-In & Registration | Bowen-Thompson Student Union - Room 308 |
| 10:00am - 10:10am | WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS | Dr. Susan L. Brown, Director of the Center for Family and Demographic Research, Bowling Green State University Dr. Ellen Schendel, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Bowling Green State University |
| 10:10am - 11:15am | SESSION 1: IMMIGRATION | Session Chair: Austin McWhorter, Bowling Green State University Being Seen as a Troublemaker: Informal Reputational Labeling and School Fighting Among Immigrant Youth Navigating Oceans and Cornfields: Marshallese Liminal Legality in Ohio Immigration Policy Climate, Parental Citizenship, and Food Assistance Among U.S.-Born Hispanic Children Gendered Destinations: How Family Networks Shape Where Central American Migrants Go |
| 11:15am - 11:25am | BREAK | |
| 11:25am - 12:30pm | SESSION 2: SEXUAL AND GENDER IDENTITIES | Session Chair: Isabel Pereira de Almeida, Bowling Green State University A Thematic Analysis of Diversified Need Fulfillment in Polyamorous Relationships Family Acceptance and Parenthood: A Focus on Different-Gender and Same-Gender Couples Functional Health among Sexually Diverse Older Adults: The Role of Social Ties Sexual Orientation Discordance and Loneliness |
| 12:30pm - 1:30pm | LUNCH | |
| 1:30pm - 2:30pm | ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS (All sessions run concurrently) TABLE 1: UNION INSTABILITY | Roundtable Chair: Hannah Smith, Bowling Green State University The Impacts of Self-Rated Health on Union Formation and Dissolution Until Health Do Us Part: How Health Shocks Impact Marriage Stability in Later Life Unstable Partnerships and Fertility Expectations Across Adulthood: Evidence from the NLSY97 |
| TABLE 2: SEXUAL AND GENDER IDENTITIES | Roundtable Chair: Olivia Morrison, Bowling Green State University Dividing the Housework: The Role of Relative Education Among Same- and Different-Gender Couples The Role of Sex and Sexual Identity in the Association of Tobacco Use and C-Reactive Protein Levels | |
| TABLE 3: YOUTH, FAMILY SYSTEMS, AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS | Roundtable Chair: Andrea Constant, The Ohio State University The Impact of Response to DEI Policy Changes: Belonging and Counterspaces among Racial Minority Students Stress and Stigma, Family Structure Changes, and Daily Activities: Mechanisms Towards Negative Educational Outcomes Following Paternal Incarceration Parental Imbalance: An Analysis of Justice-Involved Youths' Substance Use Patterns by Parental Warmth | |
| 2:30pm - 2:40pm | BREAK | |
| 2:40pm - 3:30pm | SESSION 3: WEALTH AND WELL-BEING ACROSS THE LIFE COURSE | Session Chair: Mayanna Weed, Bowling Green State University Private Wealth, Public Protection: How Welfare States Shape the Consequences of Asset Inequality in Later Life Competing Adverse Childhood and Protective Childhood Experiences on Early Midlife Health and Well-Being Financing Family Obligations: Parental Student Debt and Mother-Adult Child Relationships |
| 3:30pm | CLOSING REMARKS | Dr. Sarah Hayford, Director of the Institute for Population Research, The Ohio State University |