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Spring 2025 Seminar Series

MPRC leadership has arranged a stimulating series of visiting scholar presentations, workshops, and special events during the upcoming semester.
researchers at online seminar

Seminars are primarily held in-person with hybrid presentations when possible.

Overflow parking is available for faculty and staff at the Mowatt Lane Garage (Lot U)

Please note :

  • MPRC public events for will primarily be held in-person with an online via Zoom option
  • The Seminar Series for Fall 2024 will be held in 2208 LeFrak
  • For in-person events, all event attendees must follow current protocols for COVID-19
  • For Seminars and Workshop events that are held via teleconference, each event has a unique registration link; open individual seminar pages to get the link for that event.
  • Note if visiting MPRC offices, at the present time, Morrill Hall is not accessible for people who are not able to climb stairs. If accommodations are needed, please send request to meeting organizer (mprc-support@umd.edu) at least 72 hours prior, if possible, to the event to allow time to discuss and implement alternatives.
  • If faculty are interested in inviting an undergraduate class to the seminar, please send a request to  so that we can assess the feasibility of accommodating them.
  • Ideas for seminars or speakers can be sent to   

Paula Fomby, University of Pennsylvania

Feb 03, 2025 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM 2208 LeFrak / Online,

"Fathers’ Military Service and Children’s Educational Attainment"

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Jennifer Roberts, UMD Kinesiology

Feb 10, 2025 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM 2208 LeFrak / Online,

TBD

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Reeve Vanneman, UMD Sociology

Feb 17, 2025 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM 2208 LeFrak / Online,

"Text mining: Racial Recognition following Racist Violence and Antiracist Protest"

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Arielle Kuperberg, University of Maryland Baltimore County

Feb 24, 2025 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM 2208 LeFrak / Online,

" Explaining Disparities in Health and Health Care Use Among Trans, Nonbinary, and Other Gender Expansive College Students"

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Bianca Bersani, UMD CCJS

Mar 10, 2025 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM 2208 LeFrak / Online,

TBD

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Emily Smith-Greenaway, University of Southern California

Mar 24, 2025 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM 2208 LeFrak / Online,

"The childhood cost of mid-life mortality: Parental death in the United States"

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Hannah Postel, Duke University

Mar 31, 2025 from 11:15 AM to 12:15 PM 2208 LeFrak / Online,

"Subgroup Disparities in Automated Census Record Linkage (with Ran Abramitzky, Leah Boustan, and Katherine Eriksson)"

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Valentina Duque, American University

Apr 14, 2025 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM 2208 LeFrak / Online,

TBD

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Janet Currie, Princeton University

Apr 21, 2025 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM 2208 LeFrak / Online,

TBD

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David Knight, Columbia University

Apr 28, 2025 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM 2208 LeFrak / Online,

TBD

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María B. Vélez, UMD CCJS

May 05, 2025 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM 2208 LeFrak / Online,

TBD

María B. Vélez, UMD CCJS - Read More…