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Creating Spaces 2021: A Conference for Aspiring Difference Makers

April 21, 2021, All Day
Location Online
SponsorThe Department of Sociology, The College of Humanities & Social SciencesMore Informationhttps:/‌/‌www.montclair.edu/‌sociology/‌creating-spaces-2021-conference-for-aspiring-difference-makers/‌Posted InCollege of Humanities and Social Sciences
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Creating Spaces is a series of panels, interviews and networking sessions for those with interests in the social sciences, research, social policy and data analysis. It’s brought to you by students and faculty in the Master’s Degree in Social Research and Analysis.

It takes place on Monday April 19 & Wednesday April 21, 2021 on Zoom for undergraduates, graduates, alumni and the general public!

Featured are sessions with Tamour Kousha, CFO of Liberty Science Center on April 19 at 4pm, Annalee Kelly, Director of Survey Research at Mathematica on April 19 at 6:30pm and Hannah Soar, VP of Strategic Growth at Kantar on April 21 at 6pm. Other speakers include professionals, students & alumni in Public Policy, Education & Human Services, Social Services and Market Research. Undergraduates can also pair up with graduate student mentors in a special session. All students are invited to an informal gathering after the event.

Explore the sessions for April 21 and complete the signup sheet to get the Zoom Passcode. Complete the signup sheet again any time to add more sessions (even after they begin. We’ll be checking to help you out!)

Schedule of Events for Day Two: April 21

10 – 10:45am Doctoral Candidates in Sociology
Ian Callahan, University at Albany, SUNY
Kevin Ha, Northeastern University
Victoria Vazquez, Temple University

12 – 12:45pm Public Policy for Environmental Change
Henry Gajda & Rebecca Hilbert, Joseph Hendershot, NJ League of Conservation Voters

3 – 3:45pm Education & Human Services
Eve Lotito, Center for Autism and Early Childhood Mental Health

6 – 7pm Data Insights & Consulting
Hannah Soar, VP of Strategic Growth, Kantar

7:30 – 8:15pm Earn Your Master’s Degree in Social Research & Analysis
Christopher Donoghue, Graduate Program Coordinator & Associate Professor of Sociology

8:30 – 9:30pm Themed Student Breakout Reception