Faculty of Art
The Department of Sociology and the Centre for Computational Social Science are excited to host Dr. Zack W. Almquist for the Department of Sociology’s 2023-24 Distinguished Speaker Series.
Dr. Almquist, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington, will present a lecture titled
“Big and Small Data for Understanding the Demographics and Health of People Experiencing Homelessness in King County.”
Date: Tuesday, October 3 | 11 – 12:30 PM PST
Location: ANSO 134 & Online via Zoom
RSVP HERE TO ATTEND IN PERSON OR ONLINE
Abstract:
In this talk, I will cover three major projects I am working on to improve measurement of people experiencing homelessness.
(1) Employing network based sampling methods to improve estimating the total number of unsheltered people experiencing homelessness as well as their demographic profile.
(2) A large-scale project to understand the sleep experience of people experiencing homelessness and to help evaluate different sleeping situations (e.g. tiny homes, shelters, tents, etc).
(3) A spatiotemporal analysis of environmental hazard exposures and health risk to people experiencing homelessness in Seattle, Washington through the historical records and databases of REACH Evergreen Treatment Services, the largest unhoused provider in Seattle, WA.
About the speaker:
Zack W. Almquist is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, Adjunct Associate Professor of Statistics, and Senior Data Science Fellow at the eScience Institute at the University of Washington. His research centers on the development and application of mathematical, computational and statistical methodology to problems and theory of social networks, demography, homelessness, and environmental action and governance.