Upcoming MCAP Events (Spring 2025)

This semester, our events are mainly focused on faculty members and graduate students showcasing their ongoing research at our Work in Progress series (formerly called Brownbags), as well as a workshop on focus group discussion. 

 

Work in Progress Series

Work in Progress, formerly called Brownbags, is a series of events where graduate students and faculty members across disciplines present their ongoing work in front of an audience.

We especially invite you to participate if you are a student who may find yourself teaching or taking a methods course in the future, if you are a student who teaches methods or data analysis informally through one one-on-one meetings with your students or peers, or if you are a faculty member using or teaching research methods in a quantitative/qualitative/mixed methods course! 

This is also an excellent place to interact with and know more about the plethora of methods grad students and faculty members use across disciplines at Purdue, and explore opportunities for potential collaborations!

Workshops

MCAP hosts several workshops on quantitative and qualitative research methods conducted by faculty members from across disciplines in behavioral, social, and health sciences as well as graduate students. This is an incredible place to learn the usage of new tools and methods of research with hands-on experience from experts across different fields. 

Special Events

MCAP also hosts miscellaneous special events. Often, these include guest speakers discussing methodological research or other topics of interest to the MCAP audience. We also host a flash talk event at the beginning of each academic year to showcase the methodological work of newly hired faculty.

 

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Upcoming MCAP Events for Spring 2025:

Special Event:

Methods Cafe Wine and Cheese Event

• April 18th, 2:30-4:30, John Purdue Room
  • We will be giving our inaugural awards for best graduate student methods paper and a grant for a graduate student project. There will be a call-out for these awards soon. We will also have different methodological areas throughout the room for folks to discuss their methods, common challenges, and how they use them in their research. Wine, cheese, and appetizers will be provided!

Work-In-Progress Series:

• February 3rd, 1:30-2:30 PM, WALC 2121
  • Deep Learning Techniques for Diagnosing Mental Health Disorders using Genetic Information and Environmental Factors
    • Dr. Rafael Geurgas (Post-Doc, Sociology, Purdue University
  • Advocacy of Love: International LGBTQ+ Discourse and the Essentiality of Human Rights
    •  Aditya Anand Singh (PhD Student, Political Science)

• April 2nd, KRAN G002, 1:30-2:30PM
  • Developing Tools for Geospatial Cyberinfrastructure Training in the Social Sciences
    • Dr. Nicole Kong (Associate Dean for Research, GIS, Purdue University) and Dr. Ian Lindsay (Associate Professor, Anthropology, Purdue University
  • Drawing Parallels across Complex Trait Genomics and Social Science: Integrating Environmental and Genetic Risk Factors for Depression
    • Dr. Katie Thompson (Post-Doc, Sociology, Purdue University)

Workshop Series:

• February 7th, WALC 3121,1PM-4PM
  • Intro to Deep Learning Models and Application to Social Sciences
    • Dr. Rafael Geurgas (Post-Doc, Sociology, Purdue University)

• March 7th, Nelson 1215, 11am-2pm
  • A Social Scientist’s Introduction to Item Response Theory
    • Dr. Brooke Magnus (Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Boston College)

• April 4th, WALC 3121, 1PM-4PM
  • Building Strong Research Foundations: How to Design and Publish Your Simulation-Based Power Analysis
    • Yongseok Lee (Post-Doc, Human Development and Family Science, Purdue University)

 

Other Methodological Events: