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Donald J. Bogue Demography Workshop

The Donald J. Bogue Demography Workshop is held on Thursdays from 12:30 – 1:50 p.m. at the NORC conference room, Room 232 at 1155 E. 60th St. Students, faculty, and all interested researchers are encouraged to attend.

Winter 2026 Workshop Schedule

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DATE	SPEAKER	TITLES
January 08th, 2026 (1st Week)	No meeting
January 15th, 2026 (2nd Week)	Canceled
January 22nd, 2026 (3rd Week)	Jason Freeman, T32 Predoc. Fellow	– Trends and Disparities in the Use of Immunotherapy for Triple-Negative Brest Cancer in the US
January 29th, 2026 (4th Week)	Aliyssa Goldman, Boston College	Social Activity and Dynamics of Independence in Later Life
February 5th, 2026 (5th Week)	Kasey Buckles, University of Notre Dame	Family Trees and Falling Apples: Historical Intergenerational Mobility Estimates for Women and Men
February 12th, 2026 (6th Week)	Katherine Michelmore, University of Michigan	Interactions across the social safety net and student academic outcomes: Increasing access to school meals through Medicaid direct certification
February 19th, 2026 (7th Week)	Emma Romell, University of Oxford	U.S. State Variation in the Marriage Premium for Infant Health.
February 26th, 2026 (8th Week)	TBD	TBD
March 5th, 2026 (9th Week)	Yana Gallen & Dmitri Koustas, University of Chicago	TBD

Since the 1984-85 academic year, the weekly Demography Workshop has played a unique and central role in integrating advanced graduate students into the intellectual life of the demography program of the Committee on Demographic Training (CDT), training graduate students in demographic studies, preparing them for the public presentations of their work which they will face at professional meetings and colloquia, and exposing them to the interdisciplinary intellectual exchange that is central to the practice of contemporary American demography. No other teaching activity at the University of Chicago provides students with intense, regular exposure to interdisciplinary debate about contemporary demographic research.

This workshop series has been named in honor of Donald Bogue. One cannot capture the influence of his career in these pages, but as someone who did groundbreaking work in both demography and urban sociology, and founded the journal Demography in 1964, we thought it fitting to remind each presenter and audience member of his impact on the field. We also note that Professor Bogue was a regular participant in the workshop until his 95th birthday; his collegiality and commitment to our program was evident.

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