Symposium on Families

Time: Tue, December 10, 9:30am – 10:45am
Location: School of Public Health Concourse

Undergraduate Family Science students will present their posters on research projects addressing family issues. Please take in the posters and reflect upon the projects and their relevance to public policy.

This event is sponsored by the Maryland Council on Family Relations (MCFR). 

Contact: Amanda Ginter (aginter@umd.edu)

(Amanda has been a TA for the Federal Semester Health Policy Seminar in the past and works closely with Dr. Anderson)

Networking Breakfast

Time: Fri, December 13, 9:00am – 11:30am
Location: 2407 Marie Mount Hall
RSVP!  

Come grab some free breakfast in the office and catch up with other Federal Semester, Global Semester, and Individual Studies students about their semesters or holiday plans. This DOES count as an event and is probably the easiest event reflection paper you could write.

Public Health Practice Seminar Series: Eric Olson Prince George’s County Council Member District 3 — College Park

Time: Fri, December 6, 2pm – 3pm
Location: School of Public Health, Room 2236: Friedgen Family Student Lounge
Register/RSVP: http://ter.ps/olson

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Beyond the Classroom presents "American Teacher" film screening

When: Mon, December 2, 7pm – 9pm
Where: 1102 South Campus Commons, Building 1
Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/636562496389593/

As the debate over America's schools rages on, one thing everyone agrees on is the need for great teachers. While research proves that teachers are the most important school factor in a child's success, American Teacher reveals the frustrations facing today's educators: the difficulty of retaining talented new teachers and why many of the best teachers are forced to leave the profession altogether. America’s teachers are woefully underpaid that almost two-thirds must divide their time between a second job in order to make a living. But this wake-up call to our system’s failings also looks at possibilities for reform. Can we revalue teaching in the United States and turn it into a prestigious, financially attractive and competitive profession? With almost half of American teachers leaving the filed in the next ten years, now is the time to find out.


"A film about education that gets it exactly right." 

 - The Washington Post

“American Teacher raises important questions about America’s teachers. It should spark a much needed conversation.” 

 - Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education

Development Circle: Soil Endowments, Female Labor Force Participation and the Demographic Deficit of Women in India

Time: Wed, December 4, 12:15pm – 1:20pm
Location: 1203 Van Munching Hall
Link: https://publicpolicy.umd.edu/events/development-circle-eliana-carranza-world-bank

Eliana Carranza is a PhD in Political Economy from Harvard University, Department of Economics. She also holds an MPA in International Development from Harvard Kennedy School. Her fields of research are development economics and labor economics. Her work focuses on the empirical study of household behavior, including the implications of technological, labor market, and institutional changes for household economic and demographic outcomes and the status of women.

Event Abstract

Differences in relative female employment by soil texture are used to explain the heterogeneous deficit of female children across districts within India. Soil texture varies exogenously and determines the depth of land tillage. Deep tillage, possible in loamy but not in clayey soil textures, reduces the demand for labor in agricultural tasks traditionally performed by women. Girls have a lower economic value where female labor opportunities are fewer. Consistently, higher relative female employment in agriculture improves the ratio of female to male children in districts that have a smaller fraction of loamy relative to clayey soils.