Friday, May 15 — 9 to 10 a.m.
Chair
James Li
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Dr. James Li is an A. A. Alexander Professor of Psychology and Director of Clinical Training in the Department of Psychology at UW-Madison. He received his PhD in Clinical Psychology from UCLA and completed his post-doctoral training at the Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics. Dr. Li’s research bridges clinical and diversity science, quantitative psychology, genomics, neuroscience, and developmental psychopathology to study the causes of neurodevelopmental and externalizing conditions, features, and behaviors.
Panelists
Shiro Furuya
Harvard University
Shiro Furuya is a David E. Bell Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard Pop Center and Assistant Professor of Sociology at Purdue. He has a Ph.D. in Sociology from UW-Madison.
Presentation or paper
Interplay of Genes and Educational Attainment Reexamined
Sjoerd van Alten
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Sjoerd van Alten is an economist studying the genetic and environmental determinants of inequalities in human capital, health, and labor market outcomes. He is currently a Postdoc Researcher at the School of Business and Economics (SBE) at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Presentation or paper
Parents’ Externalizing Behavior and Children’s Human Capital
Boyan Zheng
Princeton University
Boyan Zheng is a postdoctoral researcher jointly affiliated with Peking University and Princeton University. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology and an M.S. in Statistics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His research lies at the intersection of family sociology, demography, and social stratification. His works on sociogenomics have been published on Social Science and Medicine and Journal of Health and Social Behavior
Presentation or paper
Institutional Contingency in the Genetic Architecture of Educational Attainment: Evidence from the United States and the United Kingdom