GWIPP Events - Academic Year 2005-2006
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University Seminar - Social Insurance
Speaker: Stephen Goss
Topic: Social Security--Problems and Solutions
Location: Marvin Center 413/414*
Date: September 23, 2005
co-sponsored with Department of Economics
Steve Goss is currently Chief Actuary at the Social Security Administration. Mr. Goss joined the Office of the Chief Actuary in 1973 after graduating from the University of Virginia with a Masters Degree in Mathematics. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1971 with a Bachelors degree in mathematics and economics. He has worked in areas related to health insurance as well as pension, disability, and survivor protection. Mr. Goss has written articles and actuarial studies on several topics and has made presentations and participated in panel discussions at numerous conferences. He has worked closely with members of the executive branch, members of Congress and their staff, and numerous commissions, as well as with private organizations. Mr. Goss is a member of the Society of Actuaries, the American Academy of Actuaries, the National Academy of Social Insurance, the Social Insurance Committee of the American Academy of Actuaries, and the Social Security Retirement and Disability Income Committee of the Society of Actuaries.
Speaker: James Loewen
Topic: Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism
Location: Marvin Center 403*
Date/Time: October 14, 2005
co-sponsored with Department of Sociology
James Loewen is the author of the bestselling Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong, winner of the American Book Award. He has dedicated his career to studying how Americans remember and misremember their past, and for twenty years he taught race relations at the University of Vermont. A sociologist by training, Loewen is Distinguished Lecturer of the Organization of American Historians and a member of the American Historical Association and American Sociological Association. He is also the author of Lies Across America and the award-winning Mississippi: Conflict and Change.
Speaker: Garry Young, GWIPP
Topic: A Practical Guide to Multiplicative Interaction Variables in Policy Research
Location: MPA 603
Date: November 9, 2005
Speaker: George Sheldon
Topic: University Seminar - Social Insurance
Location: Marvin Center 301*
Date: November 16, 2005
co-sponsored with Department of Economics
Speaker: Josephy Cordes, School of Public Policy and Public Administration
Topic: Random and Fixed Effects Models
Location: MPA 603
Date: February 2006
Speaker: David Greenberg
Topic: Meta-Analysis in Policy Research
Location: MPA 603
Date: April 5, 2006
* Lunch will be provided at all functions marked with an asterisk. Please RSVP to ensure accurate counts.
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