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.