Events and Conferences (2017)
Location: Washington, DC
Date: Aug 02, 2017 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Disability Research Consortium Annual Meeting
This conference will highlight the DRC's latest research findings and their implications for the future of state and federal disability policies and programs.
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Date: Jul 30, 2017 - Aug 02, 2017
National Association for Welfare Research and Statistics Workshop
Theme: Moving Forward to Reduce Poverty, Increase Opportunity, and Improve Human Service Delivery
View the list of Mathematica participants and their sessions.
Location: Baltimore, MD
Date: Jul 29, 2017 - Aug 03, 2017
Joint Statistical Meetings
Theme: Statistics: It's Essential
View the agenda of staff presenting.
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Date: Jul 24, 2017 - Jul 25, 2017
ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research Workshop
On July 24-25, Mathematica experts will present a free data workshop on the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey at the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research workshop in quantitative methods of social research. For more information, see the workshop website and apply by May 22, 2017.
Location: Washington, DC, and Online
Date: Jun 29, 2017 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Tiny but Magnified? The Role of Micro-Credentials in Dynamic Labor Markets
Micro-credentials offer a potentially attractive pathway for developing marketable skills because they give employers a clear indication of an individual’s specific competencies. Mathematica’s Center for Improving Research Evidence will convene a panel of experts to discuss the rapid growth of micro-credentials as an alternative or enhancement to traditional college degrees, certificates, and certifications.
- Ann Person, Mathematica
- Nan Maxwell, Mathematica
- Brenda Perea, Colorado Community College System
- David Leaser, IBM
- Roy Swift, WorkCred
- Pam Frugoli, U.S. Department of Labor
- Holly Zanville, Lumina Foundation for Education
Location: New Orleans, LA
Date: Jun 24, 2017 - Jun 27, 2017
AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting
Today's Research Driving Tomorrow's Outcomes
Location: Atlanta, GA
Date: Jun 24, 2017 - Jun 26, 2017
Crystal Blyler, Speaker: Avoiding Social Security Enrollment for Transition Age Youth and Young Adults
Location: Online
Date: Jun 22, 2017 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Reviewing the Evidence: What Works in Disability Employment Services
The growing evidence base on disability employment services has given policymakers and administrators an opportunity to either scale up and replicate services that work or to stop supporting those that do not. Mathematica’s Center for Studying Disability Policy will host a live webinar to discuss the emerging evidence on promising employment interventions.
- Craig Thornton, Moderator
- Priyanka Anand
- Heinrich Hock
- Gina Livermore
- David Stapleton, Discussant
Location: Washington, DC
Date: Jun 15, 2017 - Jun 16, 2017
Amanda Beatty, Participant: Country Research Team: Overview of New Research Teams
Location: Online
Date: Jun 13, 2017 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Fatherhood Research & Practice Network Webinar
Achieving High Response Rates and Dealing with Missing Data in Fatherhood Evaluations
Quinn Moore will talk about how to handle missing data and Shawn Marsh will talk about strategies for improving response rates in studies with low-income fathers.
Cleo Jacobs Johnson will be participating in the Q & A.
Location: Washington, DC
Date: Jun 01, 2017 - Jun 02, 2017
Paolo Abarcar: "The International Migration of Healthcare Professionals and the Supply of Educated Individuals Left Behind"
Location: Online
Date: May 24, 2017 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Accessing Behavioral Health Services Webinar: Can Peer Support Help?
This webinar discussed the findings from an evaluation of Health Care Innovation Awards-funded projects that focused on mental health services.
Location: New Orleans, LA
Date: May 18, 2017 - May 21, 2017
American Association for Public Opinion Research Annual Conference
Survey experts from Mathematica will attend the annual meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research in New Orleans to present findings on a range of survey and data collection topics, including reducing language barriers, using incentives to increase survey participation and reduce costs, reaching hard-to-reach populations, and developing strategies for conducting surveys with low-income populations. Survey associate Bevin Morey will be honored with AAPOR’s 2017 Roper Fellow award.
Location: Washington, DC
Date: May 16, 2017 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
A Symposium on the Potential of Wastewater Testing for Public Health and Safety
On May 16, 2017, Mathematica hosted a daylong symposium on The Potential of Wastewater Testing for Public Health and Safety, funded by the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, at Mathematica’s Washington, DC office.
Location: Baltimore, MD
Date: Apr 30, 2017 - May 03, 2017
American Public Human Services Association National Health and Human Services Summit
Presenters from Mathematica include:
Jeanne Bellotti and others: Leveraging Systems to Improve Employment and Education for At-Risk Individuals
Yonatan Ben-Shalom: Steps States Can Take to Prevent Long-Term Work Disability
Cay Bradley, Elizabeth Clary, and others: Learning Together to Prevent Youth Homelessness
Location: Washington, DC, and Online
Date: Apr 27, 2017 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
What Works for Youth? Tracking Vocational Rehabilitation Outcomes
On April 27, Mathematica’s Center for Studying Disability Policy hosted a policy forum and live webinar on youth transitioning into adulthood.
Location: San Antonio, TX
Date: Apr 27, 2017 - May 01, 2017
AERA Annual Meeting
Knowledge to Action: Achieving the Promise of Equal Educational Opportunity
Presentation by Jane Choi: "An Asset-Based, Ethnographic Examination of Argument Writing Among Latina/o Elementary Students"
Other invited staff members included Philip Gleason, Steven Glazerman, Peter Schochet, and Andrei Streke.
Location: Washington, DC
Date: Apr 20, 2017 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Clemencia Cosentino is part of a panel discussion
Location: Chicago, IL
Date: Apr 17, 2017 2:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Chicago Education Research Presentation Series: Mini Conference
Presenters include Kirabo Jackson, Anjali Adukia, Amy Mart, Elaine Allensworth, Javeria Qureshi, and Eric Isenberg.
Location: Austin, TX
Date: Apr 06, 2017 - Apr 08, 2017
Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting
Developmental Science and Society
Mathematica presenters include: Sara Bernstein, Harshini Shah, Julieta Lugo-Gil, Nikki Aikens, Sally Atkins-Burnett, and Ashley Klein
Location: Washington, DC
Date: Mar 20, 2017 - Mar 24, 2017
The World Bank Land and Poverty Conference
Responsible Land Governance—Towards an Evidence-Based Approach
Aravind Moorthy: "Baseline Findings and Evaluation Challenges for an Irrigation and Land Tenure Security Initiative in the Senegal River Valley"
Location: Washington, DC
Date: Mar 16, 2017 - Mar 18, 2017
Association for Education Finance and Policy Annual Conference
Education Policy and Research in the Post-Obama Era
Participants from Mathematica include: Brian Gill, Steven Glazerman, Philip Gleason, Susanne James-Burdumy, Jeffrey Max, Ira Nichols-Barrer, Alexandra Resch, Scott Richman, Christine Ross, Elias Walsh, and many others.
Location: Online
Date: Mar 15, 2017 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
In this interactive webinar sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education, presenters will demonstrate new and improved tools for education researchers on the newly redesigned What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) website.
Presenters: Elias Walsh and Jessie Mazeika
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Date: Mar 15, 2017 - Mar 16, 2017
Regional Launch of the Lancet Early Childhood Development Special Series and Technical Workshop
Advancing Early Childhood Development: From Science to Scale
Speaker: Kimberly Boller
Location: Atlanta, GA
Date: Mar 05, 2017 - Mar 09, 2017
Comparative and International Education Society Annual Conference
Problematizing (In)Equality: The Promise of Comparative and International Education
Clemencia Cosentino, Chair and Discussant: Using Evidence to Catalyze Change in Secondary Education in Africa
Clair Null and Clemencia Cosentino, Presenters: "A Review of the Evidence Base on Policies and Programs to Improve Secondary Education"
Emilie Bagby, Kristine Bos, Anca Dumitrescu, Nick Ingwersen, and Matt Sloan, Presenters: "Impact Evaluation of Niger's NECS and IMAGINE Education Projects"
Delia Welsh, Discussant: Building Capacity for Right-Fit Measurement Systems in a Global Network
Candace Miller and others Presenters: "Fursa kwa Watoto: Improving Equitable Access to Quality Pre-Primary Education in Tanzania"
Amanda Beatty, Presenter: "Learning Profiles: The Learning Crisis is Not (Mostly) About Enrollment"
Location: Washington, DC, and Online
Date: Mar 01, 2017 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Policymakers, program operators, and researchers depend on statistically significant findings to understand what works in public policy and programs. It is important, however, for both the policy and research communities to have the clearest possible understanding of what statistical significance means and when it matters.
Location: Washington, DC
Date: Mar 01, 2017 - Mar 04, 2017
The Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness
Expanding the Toolkit: Maximizing Relevance, Effectiveness, and Rigor in Education Research
Participants from Mathematica include: Emilie Bagby, Jonah Deutsch, Lisa Dragoset, Jonathan Gellar, Philip Gleason, Matthew Johnson, Ignacio Martinez, Moira McCullough, Ann Person, Alexandra Resch, Christine Ross, Peter Schochet, and Jaime Thomas.
Location: Online
Date: Feb 23, 2017 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
The Promise of State Initiatives to Prevent Long Term Work Disability
Every year, millions of Americans suffer from medical conditions that affect their ability to work. This puts them at risk of losing their jobs or being forced to rely on Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI).
Location: Washington, DC
Date: Feb 13, 2017 - Feb 14, 2017
2017 StatsRRTC State of the Science Conference
The State-of-the-Science Conference under the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Disability Statistics and Demographics (StatsRRTC) will be held at the National Academy of Sciences Building.
This conference, Disability Statistics: Lessons in Data Collection and Application to Policy and Practice, will discuss data collection strategies in the morning sessions and practical applications of disability data in the afternoon. The goal will be to bring together scientists, administrators and staff from disability programs, and leaders from disability policy and advocacy communities to discuss the state of disability statistics and how to move the field forward.
Participants from Mathematica include: Yonatan Ben-Shalom, Jesse Chandler, Gina Livermore, David Mann, and David Wittenburg.
Location: Washington, DC, and Online
Date: Feb 07, 2017 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Moving Medicaid Data Forward, Forum 2: Medicaid Enrollment—Overview and Data Sources
Mathematica covered enrollment research on Medicaid for the second installment of the Moving Medicaid Data Forward forum series.
Location: Online
Date: Jan 18, 2017 3:00 p.m.
WWC Webinar on Teaching Secondary Student to Write Effectively
In this free webinar sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education, presenters will share three evidence-based practices to improve secondary students’ writing skills.
Presenters: Julia Lyskawa and Others
Location: Online
Date: Jan 18, 2017 11:00 a.m.
What Kind of "Research" Do K-12 Companies Need for Their Products?
Speakers: Steven Glazerman and Alexandra Resch