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IRP, at the UW-Madison, is a center for interdisciplinary research into the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the United States. As one of three National Poverty Research Centers sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, IRP has a particular interest in poverty and family welfare in Wisconsin as well as the nation.

Graduate Research Fellows

IRP conducts a rigorous training and mentoring program for the next generation of poverty researchers under the direction of Katherine Magnuson, IRP Associate Director, Research and Training, and Assistant Professor of Social Work.

Students participating in the Graduate Research Fellows (GRF) Program are Ph.D. candidates in the social sciences who have an interest in poverty research and expect to complete a related dissertation.

Through a combination of university resources and IRP resources from the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, active IRP Graduate Fellows are also eligible to compete for financial support of their research training.

Visit our GRF Program Web pages for further details about the program.

Alphabetical Listing of GRFs

A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   K   L   M   N   O   P   Q   R   S   T   U   V   W   X   Y   Z  

A

Wallice Ao
Department of Economics
7435 Social Sciences
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 263-2989
ao@wisc.edu

B

Jill Bowdon
Department of Sociology
3473 Social Sciences
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-7929
jbowdon@ssc.wisc.edu

Jill Bowdon examines the causes and consequences of racial-, gender-, and class-based disparities in cognitive and noncognitive skill development. She studies the reasons why skill gaps emerge and grow with age, and how skill gaps in early childhood or adolescence contribute to labor market stratification later in the life course.

Katharine M. Broton
Wisconsin Center for Education Research
Rm 453
1025 W. Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 265-5665
kmbroton@wisc.edu

Katharine's research interests include educational inequalities in secondary and higher education, stratification and mobility, and education and social policy.

C

Yiyu Chen
School of Social Work
3415 Social Sciences
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-7450
ychen57@wisc.edu

Matías Cociña
Department of Sociology
7122 Social Sciences
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 265-3144
mcocina@ssc.wisc.edu

Laura Cuesta Rueda
School of Social Work
3415 Social Sciences
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-7450
cuestarueda@wisc.edu

Laura Cuesta Rueda's current research interests are single-parent families, antipoverty policy, program evaluation.

F

Sarah A. Font
School of Social Work
Rm 220
1350 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706
font@wisc.edu

G

Leah M. Gjertson
Center for Financial Security
Ste 4285
1300 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 890-1023
lmgjertson@wisc.edu

Household finance and wellbeing of low-income families; Program evaluation; Child welfare policy; Criminal justice policy

Julia S. Goldberg
Department of Sociology
7102 Social Sciences
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
jsgoldbe@ssc.wisc.edu

Daanika Brun Gordon
Department of Sociology
8128 Social Sciences
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
dgordon4@wisc.edu

H

Nicole L. Hair
Department of Economics
7222 Social Sciences
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
nhair@wisc.edu

Eunhee Han
School of Social Work
3415 Social Sciences
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-7450
ehan3@wisc.edu

Paul M. Hanselman
Wisconsin Center for Education Research
Rm 453
1025 W. Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 265-5665
hanselman@wisc.edu

Melodie Hessling-Wyttenbach
Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis
Rm 259 Education
1000 Bascom Mall
Madison, WI 53706
mhessling@wisc.edu

J

Jerrett B. Jones
Department of Sociology
Social Sciences
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 265-6342
jjones3@wisc.edu

K

Robert Kelchen
Department of Educational Policy Studies
1025 W. Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53706
kelchen@wisc.edu

Robert Kelchen's research interests include education policy, accountability and evaluation in higher education, and cost-effectiveness analyses. Much of his work centers on evaluating the effectiveness of financial aid programs, as well as reimagining the delivery and design of financial aid. His research on estimating cost-effectiveness with respect to graduation rates in higher education has been used in Washington Monthly magazine's annual college rankings.

Bomi Kim
School of Social Work
3440 Social Sciences
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-6382
bkim67@wisc.edu

Yeongmin Kim
School of Social Work
3435 Social Sciences
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 265-9476
ykim93@wisc.edu

Nicole M. Butkovich Kraus
Department of Sociology
2443 Social Sciences
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 265-4474
nkraus@ssc.wisc.edu

L

Jonathan Latner
Department of Sociology
3435 Social Sciences
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 265-9476
jlatner@ssc.wisc.edu

Sarah E. Lessem
Department of Sociology
8128 Social Sciences
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 263-3853
slessem@ssc.wisc.edu

Hsueh-hsiang (Cher) Li
Department of Economics
7316 Social Sciences
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 263-2989
hli37@wisc.edu

Public and labor economics, gender inequality, poverty, and inter-generational mobility.

Yi Li
Department of Economics
7222 Social Sciences
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
li88@ssc.wisc.edu

So-jung Lim
Department of Sociology/CDE
2438 Social Sciences
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 263-4522
slim@ssc.wisc.edu

Lihan Liu
Department of Economics
7435 Social Sciences
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 263-2989
lliu24@wisc.edu

Migration/ Economics of the Family/ Public Economics/ Education

M

Kathryn Maguire-Jack
School of Social Work
Rm 132
1350 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706
kmaguire@wisc.edu

Fei Men
Department of Consumer Science
1300 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
men2@wisc.edu

N

Rachel S. Nitzarim
Department of Counseling Psychology
335 Education Bldg
1000 Bascom Mall
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 263-9503
nitzarim@wisc.edu

S

Rebekah Selekman
School of Social Work
3435 Social Sciences
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 265-9476
rkaplan2@wisc.edu

T

Michelle L. Turner
School of Social Work
3415 Social Sciences
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-7450
mlturner@wisc.edu

V

Alicia G. VanOrman
Department of Sociology/CDE
3473 Social Sciences
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-4541
avanorma@ssc.wisc.edu

W

Amanda N. Ward
Department of Sociology
2426 Social Sciences
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-1276
anward2@wisc.edu

Emily J. Warren
School of Social Work
3435 Social Sciences
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 265-9476
ejwarren@wisc.edu

Elizabeth Wrigley-Field
Graduate School Fellow
Social Sciences
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 265-5655
wrigleyfield@wisc.edu