All sessions will be held at the Tisch Library.
8-9am Registration and Light Breakfast
9-9:15am Welcome and Opening Remarks
- Dr. James Glaser, Professor of Political Science and Dean of Academic Affairs for Arts and Sciences at Tufts University
9:15-12noon Haiti: Before and After the Earthquake
- Dr. Nathan Nickerson, Executive Director, Konbit Sante, Cap-Haitien, Haiti
- Dr. Robert I. Rotberg, President emeritus, World Peace Foundation; Director, Harvard Kennedy School Program on Intrastate Conflict, 1999-2010
- Roz Sewell, MA candidate, Director of Crisis Mapping and Field Representative, Ushahidi Haiti Project, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
12-1pm Lunch
1-4pm Simultaneous sessions
- Hands-on Introduction to GIS for Social Scientists (limited to 15 people)
- Patrick Florance, GIS Services manager, Tufts University
- Social Science Research Methods
- Dr. Gia Barboza, Assistant Professor of African American Studies, Northeastern University.
- Dr. Helen Marrow, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Latin American Studies, Tufts University
- Dr. Deborah Schildkraut, Associate Professor of Political Science, Tufts University
- Understanding and Working with Data
- Dr. Rachael Barlow, Director, the Social Sciences Center, Trinity College
- Dr. Amy Pienta, Associate Research Scientist & Acquisitions Director, ICPSR
4-5pm Plenary Session: Open Access for Social Scientists
- Dr. Alec Peck, Associate Dean for Faculty and Academics of the Lynch School of Education, Boston College. Co-editor (2001- 2010), Teaching Exceptional Children Plus, an open access journal
5-5:15pm Wrap-up
5:15-7pm Reception and Cash Bar at Cabot Center (5 minutes walk from the library)