ICPSR Offers Free Virtual Methods Seminars in Summer 2022
ICPSR at University of Michigan is offering a series of free virtual seminars in Summer 2022, as part of its 2022 Blalock Lecture Series. The series is dedicated to Tad Blalock, a longtime friend and representative of ICPSR as well as a distinguished statistician and sociologist. The series features 15 lectures, all of which take place on Zoom at 7:30pm EDT. Questions about the summer program should be directed to sumprog@icpsr.umich.edu. General questions about ICPSR can be directed to CISS director Deborah Carr, who serves as BU’s representative to ICPSR. ICPSR advances and expands social and behavioral research, acting as a global leader in data stewardship and providing rich data resources and responsive educational opportunities for present and future generations.
The complete schedule of lectures and registration links includes:
| Date | Presenter | Title | Registration link |
| June 28 | Joe Uscinski | American Conspiracy Theories | https://myumi.ch/WJ195 |
| June 30 | Lynette Holter | Teaching Data Literacy across the Curriculum | https://myumi.ch/wMjm9 |
| July 6 | Jowei Chen | Analyzing Partisan Gerrymanders Using Computer-Simulated Redistricting Maps | https://myumi.ch/e6pmn |
| July 7 | Kimberly Turner | Win or a Loss? A New Measure of Protest Success | https://myumi.ch/J8bgE |
| July 12 | Rene Bautista | Measuring Societal Change: The General Social Survey (GSS) | https://myumi.ch/j2Q8x |
| July 13 | Amber Boydstun | The Effect of Media Frames on Public Attitudes about Policy | https://myumi.ch/48zwD |
| July 14 | Elizabeth Zechmeister | The Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) as a Resource for Scholars of Elections, Opinion, and Behavior | https://myumi.ch/5W1dx |
| July 19 | Ken Langa | Using the Health and Retirement Study for Research on Aging in the United States | https://myumi.ch/Z61Xp |
| July 20 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| July 21 | Joe Saul | HIPAA: Protection and Use of US Health Information | https://myumi.ch/xdVXA |
| July 26 | Jo Lukito | Harmful Political Content in a Fragmented Digital Media Environment | https://myumi.ch/qAPdW |
| July 27 | Michael Lewis-Beck, Charles Tien | Forecasting Congressional Midterms:Long Lead, Strong Theory, No Polls | https://myumi.ch/pZywQ |
| July 28 | Nick Valentino | The American National Election Studies (ANES): Measuring Public Opinion Since 1948 | https://myumi.ch/Ek2j4 |
| August 2 | Amy Pienta | The New NIH Data Sharing Policy | https://myumi.ch/bR1e7 |
| August 3 | Yph Lelkes | The Sources and Consequences of Affective Polarization | https://myumi.ch/QeJjQ |
| August 4 | Kyrani Reneau | Best Practices in Data Management | https://myumi.ch/n8ezR |
| August 9 | Andy Guess | The Impact of Exposure to Online Media | https://myumi.ch/Nmxjj |
| August 10 | Richard Miech, Deb Kloska | An Overview of the Monitoring the Future (MTF) Project | https://myumi.ch/3kzWx |
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