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

Andrew (Drew) Anderson
Department of Economics
7230 Social Sciences Building
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
anderson15@ssc.wisc.edu

Michael Anderson
Department of Economics
7230 Social Sciences Building
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
mtanderson@wisc.edu

B

Jill Bowdon
Department of Sociology
Interdisciplinary Training Program in Education Sciences
Educational Sciences Building, Room 456
1025 W. Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 265-5795
jbowdon@ssc.wisc.edu

Sarah Bruch
Department of Sociology
Interdisciplinary Training Program in Education Sciences
Educational Sciences Building, Room 453
1025 W. Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 253-4244
bruch@wisc.edu

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.

C

Ya-Ting Chuang
Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics
311 Henry Taylor Hall
427 Lorch Street
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 263-4585
ychuang5@wisc.edu

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

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

D

Laura Dague
Department of Economics
7316 Social Sciences Building
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
dague@wisc.edu

Christina Diaz
Department of Sociology
7106 Social Sciences Building
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-9518
cjdiaz@wisc.edu or cdiaz@ssc.wisc.edu

F

Sarah Font
School of Social Work
3415 Social Sciences Building
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-7450
font@wisc.edu

G

Julia Goldberg
Department of Sociology/Center for Demography & Ecology
7102 Social Sciences Building
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 263-3853
jsgoldbe@ssc.wisc.edu

Jeffrey Grigg
Department of Sociology
Interdisciplinary Training Program in Education Sciences
Educational Sciences Building, Room 453
1025 W. Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 265-5665
grigg@wisc.edu

H

Nicole Hair
Department of Economics
6443 Social Sciences Building
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
nhair@wisc.edu

Paul Hanselman
Department of Sociology
Interdisciplinary Training Program in Education Sciences
Educational Sciences Building, Room 453
1025 W. Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53706
phanselm@ssc.wisc.edu or hanselman@wisc.edu

Anna Haskins
School of Education
Educational Sciences Building, Room 456
1025 W. Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 263-5795
ahaskins@wisc.edu

K

Amelia Karraker
Department of Sociology
7102 Social Sciences Building
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 263-3853
akarrake@ssc.wisc.edu

Nicole Kaufman
Department of Sociology
2439 Social Sciences Building
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
nkaufman@ssc.wisc.edu

Nicole Kaufman is researching the targeting of community of formerly incarcerated people (prisoner reentry) by organizational groups as an instance of system-wide incorporation of new members. Her dissertation places organizational responses to prisoner reentry in the larger processes of state devolution, the negotiation of the role of religion in public life, and the targeting of women as special correctional subjects. The study compares ways that types of religious and secular organizations in Southern Wisconsin envision the integration and incorporation of their clients as citizens in the community, and how their vision affects the programming they offer. She examines the construction of women in particular and the ways reentry is gendered and prepares women for particular arrangements in work, romantic relationships, and parenting. Her master’s thesis “Congregating the Movement” examined the development of the environmental racism claim through cases built on civil rights laws that would build the foundation of the Environmental Justice Movement.

Robert Kelchen
School of Education/WCER
3439 Social Sciences Building
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-2287
kelchen@wisc.edu

Bomi Kim
School of Social Work
3439 Social Sciences Building
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-2287
bkim67@wisc.edu

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

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

L

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

Sarah Lessem
Department of Sociology
7102 Social Sciences Building
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 263-3853
slessem@ssc.wisc.edu

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

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

Mai Youa Lor
School of Social Work
1350 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706
mylor2@wisc.edu

M

Katie Maguire-Jack
School of Social Work
3435 Social Sciences Building
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 265-9476
kmaguire@wisc.edu

P

Michael Pistone
Department of Economics
7230 Social Sciences Building
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
pistone@wisc.edu

S

Lauren Schudde
Department of Sociology
3407 Social Sciences Building
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-0715
schudde@wisc.edu

Mai Seki
Department of Economics
3415 Social Sciences Building
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-7450
seki@wisc.edu

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

Rebekah Kaplan's research interests are around social policy issues as they pertain to welfare reform.

T

Alyn Turner
Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER)
Educational Sciences Building, Room 456
1025 W. Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 263-5795
aturner@ssc.wisc.edu

Alyn Turner's research interests are in social stratification, sociology of education, and population health. Her current research projects explore relationships between early health status, school readiness, and initial transitions to school.

Kimberly Turner
Department of Sociology
7102 Social Sciences Building
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 263-3853
kturner@ssc.wisc.edu

Michelle Turner
School of Human Ecology
1350 University Avenue, Rm. 316
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-2660
mlturner@wisc.edu

V

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