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16 October 2006

Applied Stats - Loeffler

This week the Applied Statistics Workshop will present a talk by Charles E. Loeffler, Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology at Harvard University.

Charles graduated from Magna Cum Laude from Harvard with a degree in Social Studies, before going on to receive his M. Phil in Criminology from Cambridge University. He has recently completed the National Consortium on Violence Research Pre-Dissertation Fellowship under the mentorship of Prof. Steven Levitt of the University of Chicago. His work has appeared in The New Republic Online, Federal Sentencing Reporter, and Ars Aequi: A Biographical History of Legal Science. Charles's research interests include Criminology, Quasi-Experimental Methods and Decisionmaking.

Charles will present a talk entitled "Is justice blind? A natural experiment in the use of judicial discretion in criminal trials". The working paper for the talk is available from the course website. The presentation will be at noon on Wednesday, October 18th, in Room N354, CGIS North, 1737 Cambridge St. Lunch will be provided.

Posted by Eleanor Neff Powell at 5:00 AM