An overview of the program is below. All sessions will take place at the Institute for Social Research (426 Thompson Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104), unless otherwise noted.

October 14, 2024

Time

Event

8:30-8:45 AM

Opening Remarks
Grace Noppert, ISR Research Assistant Professor; Michael Traugott, ISR Research Professor Emeritus

8:45-9:30 AM

Keynote 1: The Role of ISR
Robert Groves, Provost, Georgetown University

9:30-9:45 AM

Break

9:45-10:15 AM

Fireside Chat
Kate Cagney, ISR Director; Laurie McCauley, Provost, University of Michigan; moderated by Arthur Lupia, Interim Vice President for Research and Innovation, University of Michigan

10:15-11:45 AM

Keynote 2: Parties, Politics and Polarization
Nicholas Valentino, ISR Research Professor, Allison Harell, Professor, University of Montreal, Moderated by Ariel Hasell, Assistant Professor of Communication and Media and ISR Faculty Associate

12:00-2:00 PM

Lunch at the Michigan Union

2:00-3:30 PM

Keynote 3: Understanding the Changing Social Context and How to Measure It 
David Williams, Professor, Harvard University

3:30-5:00 PM

Concurrent Sessions

Health Inequities
Sarah Burgard, Director, ISR Population Studies Center; Arline Geronimus, ISR Research Professor

Economic Inequality
Sasha Killewald, ISR Research Professor; Fabian Pfeffer, Professor, Ludwig Maximilian University

5:15-6:30 PM

ISR Showcase and Reception at the Michigan Union

Light refreshments will be served. The ISR Showcase will feature the work of research projects.

October 15, 2024

Time

Event

8:15-8:45 AM

Light breakfast/coffee

8:45-9:30 AM

Keynote 4: Social Science Research Across the Life Course
Jessica Faul, ISR Research Associate Professor; Colter Mitchell, ISR Research Associate Professor

9:30-10:45 AM

Concurrent sessions

Research on the Life Course
Robert Taylor, Professor of Social Work and ISR Faculty Associate; Megan Patrick, ISR Research Professor; Robert Hummer, Professor, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Aging Research: Past, Present, and Future
Toni Antonucci, ISR Research Professor; Kenneth Langa, ISR Research Professor; Linda Waite, Professor, University of Chicago

ISR’s Role in Shaping Policy and Advances in Social Science Research
Joanne Hsu, ISR Research Associate Professor; Jeffrey Morenoff, ISR Research Professor; Alison Sweet, ISR Senior Data Project Manager; Allyson Flaster, ISR Assistant Research Scientist

10:45-11:00 AM

Break

11:00-12 PM

Keynote 5: The Future of Data Collection
Frauke Kreuter, Professor, Ludwig Maximilian University and University of Maryland

12-12:15 PM

Closing Remarks
Grace Noppert, ISR Research Assistant Professor, and Michael Traugott, ISR Research Professor Emeritus

October 15, 2024, 1:00 – 5:00 PM

October 16, 2024, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

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