The Methodology Center at Purdue

Upcoming MCAP Events (Fall 2024)

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. We will update Fall 2024 Events soon.

 

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.

 

Our upcoming events are listed below.

Schedule

Friday, September 13, from 10AM-1:30 PM

Stewart 310

 

Symposium on the Frontiers in Online Community Research (Hosted by The Brian Lamb School of Communication, the Methodology Center at Purdue, and the Community Data Science Collective)

 (Special event; counts as a workshop for certificate students)

Online communities like Reddit, 4Chan, Wikipedia, and open source software communities have become important and controversial parts of our social and economic environment. These communities have spawned and supported political movements, created and disseminated misinformation and propaganda, and produced critical cultural and information resources.

 

This symposium will feature faculty and students from communication, sociology, and computer science who will discuss the current state of online community studies as well as present cutting-edge research and argue for visions of what the future of online community research could look like.

 

Keynote Address (12-1:30PM):

  • Eshwar Chandrasekharan, Assistant Professor in the Siebel School of Computing and Data Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

 

Panelists and speakers (10AM-12PM):

  • Aaron Shaw, Associate Professor of Communication, Northwestern University
  • Benjamin Mako Hill, Associate Professor of Communication, University of Washington
  • Diana Zulli, Associate Professor of Communciation, Purdue University
  • Marcus Mann, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Purdue University
  • Kaylea Champion, PhD, University of Washington
  • Sohyeon Hwang, PhD, Northwestern University
  • Carl Colglazier, PhD Candidate, Northwestern University

Friday, September 20, from 3PM-5PM 

John Purdue Room, Marriott Hall

 

 

MCAP Party and New Faculty Flash Talks

(Special Event)

Help us celebrate AMAP becoming a center: The Methodology Center at Purdue (MCAP), and also welcome new hires across CLA and HHS. At the event, we will toast to the new center and hear eight new faculty members give 5-minute presentations on innovative methodologies in their research. We look forward to seeing you there!

 

*Wine, beer and light refreshments will be provided along with a spread of hors d'oeuvres.

October 16th, 12:30-1:30

Room: PFEN 241

 

Summarizing Effects of Nominal Independent Variables Using New Marginal Effects Measures
of Inequality
Trent D. Mize (Associate Professor, Sociology) and Bing Han (PhD Candidate, Sociology)


Security Threats to Social Order: Examining the Nexus of Venezuelan Migration Patterns and Local Voting Patterns in Columbia
Catalina Vega-Mendez (PhD Candidate, Political Science)

*Coffee and light refreshments will be provided

Monday, November 4th, from 12:30- 1:30 PM

Room: SC 231

 

Developing Methodologies to Study Food Environments over Space and Time

(Work in Progress Presentation)

Presenters: Dr. Nilupa Gunaratna (Associate Professor, PUBH) 

*Coffee and light refreshments will be provided.

Thursday, December 5th from 12:00-1:15PM

Room: Hanley 136 and the Hanley Lobby area

 

Poster Presentations from Graduate Students in HDFS/MCAP foundations in Research Design Course 

(Work in Progress Presentations)

*Coffee, food and light refreshments will be provided.