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Graduate Research FellowsIRP conducts a rigorous training and mentoring program for the next generation of poverty researchers under the direction of Carolyn Heinrich, IRP Associate Director, Research and Training, and Professor of Public Affairs. 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
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AHong-Min Ahn Hong-Min Ahn's research interests include: (1) social determinants of health inequalities in older adults, (2) the relationship between social support and health over the life course, and (3) health resilience in poor older adults. BJill Bowdon Jill Bowdon’s research interests center on racial, ethnic, and economic stratification in the United States, especially as it pertains to education. Sarah Bruch Sarah Bruch’s research interests center on identifying and understanding the pathways through which social inequalities are exacerbated or ameliorated; how policies work as equalizers or stratification mechanisms; and how they shape access to and structure opportunities through their specific characteristics and design features especially for historically marginalized populations. Brett Burkhardt Brett Burkhardt is currently doing research on criminal justice, election laws, and child support payment. Marguerite Burns Marguerite Burns’s research centers on health policy for low-income populations, program evaluation, and health economics. CYouseok Choi Yi-Yoon Chung Yi-Yoon Chung’s area of interest lies in poverty policy, in particular policy for single-mother families. She is also interested in the effects of child support on the economic well-being of poor custodial mothers, noncustodial fathers, and their families. Benjamin Cowan DRichard Dunn GFrancisco Galarza Francisco Galarza’s research interests are in development economics, experimental economics, labor economics, and applied econometrics. His professional Web site is found at: www.aae.wisc.edu/galarza. Malcolm Gold Cynthia Golembeski Callie Gray HYoonsook Ha Sarah Halpern-Meekin Eun Hee Han Jennifer Holland JJessica Jakubowski KKo Eun Kim Ko Eun Kim’s research interests include early childhood education and child care policy that may especially affect poor and minority families and their children with the major research interest directed towards exploring the impact of recent changes in federal, state, and local policies and practices on Head Start programs that primarily serve children and families at the poverty level as the longest-lasting federal early childhood program. LBrian Lagotte Brian Lagotte’s research is in a curriculum which promotes knowledge of the mechanisms to interrupt dominance and promote social justice--politically and economically. NKisun Nam PFabian T. Pfeffer Fabian Pfeffer's research interests are in the area of social stratification and mobility, sociology of education, and international comparisons. His dissertation research focuses on the role of parental wealth in the process of intergenerational status transmission for the US and Germany. His professional website is at: http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/~fpfeffer/. RJeong Hee Ryu Jeong Hee Ryu’s research interests are in the area of children and families in poverty and specifically in the impact of socioeconomic factors on physical health and well-being for low-income children. SHilary Shager Hilary Shager’s research interests are in social welfare and education policy. Kia Noel Sorensen Kia Noel Sorensen has a general interest in issues pertaining to inequality in education. Hugette Sun Hugette Sun is interested in the effects of policy on household behavior--more specifically, she is currently analyzing the effect of child-support policy on divorce decisions. Her professional Web site is at: http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/~hsun/. TNathan Tefft Nathan Tefft's research interests include Health Economics, Applied Microeconomics, and Public Economics. His job market paper adopts an instrumental variables approach to examine the effect of mental health changes on employment status. His professional web site is at http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/~ntefft/. YMi Youn Yang Li Yao Marci Ybarra Marci Ybarra’s primary research interests include issues related to welfare reform for women of color, more specifically the following: (1) The impact of service delivery on clients, particularly clients of color in urban areas, (2) The role of caseworker discretionary decision-making on client program experiences, and (3)The role of agency variation in service delivery in client outcomes related to service usage and employment. Anat Yom-Tov Anat Yom-Tov’s research interests are in stratification and labor market inequality, wage inequality, spatial effects, contextual effects, and race and gender disparities across jobs, space, and neighborhoods. |
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