Blalock Lectures are an integral part of the ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research. They are presented in the evening from 7:30 to 9 p.m. EDT. These lectures are all FREE to join and open to the public. Each lecture will be available via this Zoom link: 2020 Blalock Zoom Webinars. Each lecture is recorded and will be available on the Summer Program YouTube channel in this playlist: 2020 Blalock Lecture Series.

July 14: “Privacy Considerations In the Use of Administrative Data” – Dani Hochfellner, New York University
July 15: “The ISR Program for Research on Black Americans and Archived Data at ICPSR” – Robert Taylor, University of Michigan; David Thomas, University of Michigan
July 16: “Surveying Voters on Election Day: Methodological Issues in Exit Polling” – Dan Merkle, ABC News
July 21: “Choices and Challenges in Pre-election Polling” – Scott Keeter, Pew Research Center
July 22: “Research Developments in the Study of Racialized Resentment” – David Wilson, University of Delaware
July 28: “The American National Election Study and Archived Data at ICPSR” – Vincent Hutchings, University of Michigan; David Thomas, University of Michigan
July 29: “Citizen Forecasting: The Formation of Voter Expectations and Their Aggregate Accuracy” – Mary Stegmaier, University of Missouri
July 30: “Preparing to Teach for the First (or Second) Time” – Lynette Hoelter, University of Michigan; Esther Wilder, Lehman College; Andrea Benjamin, University of Oklahoma
August 4: “Statistical Models of Election Outcomes” – Andrew Gelman, Columbia University
August 5: “Health Disparities across the Life Cycle” – DeAnnah Byrd, Wayne State University
August 6: “Detroit Metropolitan Area Community Study and Archived Data at ICPSR” – Jeff Morenoff, University of Michigan
August 11: “The Chitwan Valley Family Study and Archived Data at ICPSR” – Bill Axinn, University of Michigan; Lynette Hoelter, University of Michigan
August 12: “Identity Development among Young Black Men” – Lloyd Talley, University of Michigan