This presentation will discuss causal inference and directed acyclic graphs. Participants will learn the difference between description, prediction, and causal inference as three distinct scientific tasks requiring distinct scientific methods. Additionally, participants will understand the main features of causal directed acyclic graphs and how they can be used to plan and interpret causal analysis and appreciate some of the challenges and implications of using directed acyclic graphs in applied research.
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Exempt Human Subject Research (Zoom)
Are you new to human subjects research and want to know more about exempt determinations? The Office of Responsible Research Practices will present a session on human subjects research activities that are exempt from IRB review. At the conclusion of the session, attendees will be able to:
- Identify the exempt categories used at Ohio State
- Discuss exempt research case examples
- Access available resources
Contact: 614-688-8641 or meadows.8@osu.edu
QualLab Lunch: Centering Black Women in Research: A Black Feminist Autoethnography Journey (Zoom)
Featuring Dr. Kaleb Briscoe, Mississippi State University
As a theory and method, Black women’s experiences have long been included in literature. Still, others continue to dispute its applicability, particularly in social science, from a methodological standpoint. In this conversation, In this QualLab Lunch, Dr. Kaleb Briscoe from Mississippi State University will explain why methodologists should center Black women’s experiences in the research process, including the current tensions and realities that arise when employing Black feminist autoethnography. In addition, this presentation will provide recommendations for individuals who seek to implement Black women’s autoethnography in their scholarship.
QualLab Lunch: Co-Learning & Co-writing as Action Research: Community Wellbeing, Engaged Scholarship, and Creating Futures (Zoom)
Featuring Dr. Edward St. John, University of Michigan
Co-Learning & Co-writing as Action Research: Community Wellbeing, Engaged Scholarship, and Creating Futures
This session focuses on co-learning and co-writing processes as action research. These collaborative processes center the wellbeing of communities, engagement of scholars supporting new generations of social activists, and the renewal and expansion of educational and career pathways. Dr. St. John provides concrete examples of co-learning and co-writing that engages students and professors across generations in action research partnerships with community organizations, schools, and corporations that solve emerging social and environmental challenges. He draws from his research designs in K-20 research, community projects, racial and class financial equity research in the US, international policy projects, and empowering social agency among youth in rising generations.
NSF Social Science Education Funding: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (Zoom)
Are you teaching or conducting research in undergraduate education in the behavioral, economics, or social sciences and are you interested in seeking funding from NSF? Join Division of Undergraduate Education Program Officers on Friday afternoons in March to learn more about opportunities (register below).
NSF Funding for Undergraduate Student Success in the Behavioral, Social, and Economic Sciences: Scholarships (Zoom)
Are you teaching or conducting research in undergraduate education in the behavioral, economics, or social sciences and are you interested in seeking funding from NSF? Join Division of Undergraduate Education Program Officers on Friday afternoons in March to learn more about opportunities (register below).
NSF Social Science Education Funding: Improving Undergraduate Education (Zoom)
Are you teaching or conducting research in undergraduate education in the behavioral, economics, or social sciences and are you interested in seeking funding from NSF? Join Division of Undergraduate Education Program Officers on Friday afternoons in March to learn more about opportunities (register below).
NSF Funding for Undergraduate Student Success in the Behavioral, Social, and Economic Sciences: Overview (Zoom)
Are you teaching or conducting research in undergraduate education in the behavioral, economics, or social sciences and are you interested in seeking funding from NSF? Join Division of Undergraduate Education Program Officers on Friday afternoons in March to learn more about opportunities (register below).
QMC Spring 2023 By the Numbers Events: Childhood Poverty & Inflation By the Numbers (Zoom)
Friday, March 3, 2023, 12:00pm – 1:00pm: Dr. Kalee Burns, U.S. Census Bureau
Title: By the Numbers: Childhood Poverty & Inflation By the Numbers
Please join Dr. Kalee Burns, who is an Economist for the U.S. Census, for a discussion of recent findings published by the Census regarding childhood poverty.
Please read the following Census report authored by Dr. Burns before attending the event:
Census Report: Child Poverty Fell to Record Low 5.2% in 2021
Dr. Kalee Burns
Bio
Dr. Kalee Burns is an economist at the Poverty Statistics Branch within the Social, Economic, and Housing Statistics Division at the U.S. Census Bureau. Dr. Burns completed her Ph.D. in Economics at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University.
Dr. Burns has authored and co-authored research articles on the Supplemental Poverty Measure in the U.S., migration constraints and job opportunities, social capital and entrepreneurship, and gentrification and amenities.
Her research interests include Urban and Regional Economics and Labor Economics.
QMC Spring 2023 By the Numbers Events: Youth Homelessness & Intervention Findings (Zoom)
Friday, February 10, 2023, 12:00pm – 1:00pm: Dr. Natasha Slesnick & Dr. Tansel Yilmazer, Ohio State University
Title: By the Numbers: Youth Homelessness & Intervention Findings
Please join Dr. Natasha Slesnick, Professor of Human Development and Family Science, & Dr. Tanzel Yilmazer, Associate Professor of Consumer Sciences, for a discussion of recent findings regarding youth homelessness.
Bio
Dr. Natasha Slesnick
Dr. Natasha Slesnick is a professor of Human Development and Family Science in the Department of Human Sciences, and EHE Associate Dean for Research and Administration. She is a licensed clinical psychologist and her research focuses on intervention development and evaluation with substance using homeless youth and substance using mothers and their children. She has consulted with multiple organizations on the best strategies for intervening in youth homelessness and adolescent substance use. She has been continuously funded by the NIH since 1998 and has written more than 100 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters and books.
Dr. Tanzel Yilmazer
Dr. Tanzel Yilmazer is an associate professor of Consumer Sciences in the Department of Human Sciences at Ohio State University. She is an economist specializing in applied microeconomics, health economics and policy. Her recent research is devoted to understanding the economic cost of interventions and the impact of health-related policies on physical and mental health outcomes among vulnerable populations. Dr. Yilmazer received the Emerging Scholar Award from the AAFCS and the ACCI Mid-Career Award. She is the editor of Review of the Economics of the Household and associate editor of Financial Planning Review. Her research has been funded by World Bank, National Institutes of Health, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, and Social Security Administration.
