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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      

B

Sarah Bruch
IRP/Department of Sociology
Interdisciplinary Training Program in Education Sciences
Educational Sciences Building, Room 453
1025 W. Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 261-1859
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

Yiyoon Chung
IRP/School of Social Work
3415 Social Sciences Building
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-7450
yychung@wisc.edu

Yiyoon 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.

Calvina Colquitt
Department of Sociology
7110 Social Sciences Building
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-3569
colquitt@wisc.edu

Pamela Conners
Communication Arts
821 University Avenue, Room 6183
Madison, WI 53076
(608) 263-0490
conners@wisc.edu

Marissa Courey
School of Medicine and Public Health
Population Health Sciences
632 WARF Building
610 Walnut Street
Madison, WI, 53706
(608) 890-0895
mkcourey@wisc.edu

Marissa Courey's primary research interests are in the relationship between economic development and mental and physical health. She is also interested in economic evaluations of health and social policies.

E

Kohei Enami
School of Medicine and Public Health
Population Health Sciences
610 Walnut Street
Madison, WI, 53706
(608) 443-6979
enami@wisc.edu

F

Mayu Fujii
Department of Economics
6439 Social Sciences Building
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison , WI 53706
(608) 262-4543
fujii1@wisc.edu

Mayu Fujii's research interests include broad topics in health economics, public economics, and applied microeconometrics, with major interests in the socioeconomic determinants of health and health disparities in childhood and adolescence.

G

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

H

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

Paul Hanselman
School of Education
Educational Sciences Building, Room 453
1025 W. Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 265-5665
phanselm@ssc.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

Min Ye Paing Hein
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
3415 Social Sciences Building
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-7450
myhein@wisc.edu

Jennifer Holland
Department of Sociology
2422 Social Sciences Building
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-2133
jholland@ssc.wisc.edu

Timothy Huegerich
Department of Economics
7308 Social Sciences Building
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 263-3866
thuegerich@wisc.edu

J

Eun Hee Joung
School of Social Work
ehjoung@wisc.edu

K

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

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

Nicole Kaufman
Department of Sociology
8120 Social Sciences Building
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-6277
nkaufman@ssc.wisc.edu

Nicole Kaufman's research interests are: Citizenship Political and economic inclusion or exclusion Economic and racial inequality Social movements and courts Law in everyday life Ethnographic techniques Community Especially pertaining to these issues: Environmental racism, Incarceration, Law clinics

Yeongmin Kim
IRP/School of Social Work
3435 Social Sciences Building
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 265-9476
ymkim3@wisc.edu

L

Hsueh-Hsiang (Cher) Li
Department of Economics
3439 Social Sciences Building
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-2287
hli37@wisc.edu

So Jung Lim
Department of Sociology
7106 Social Sciences Building
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-9518
slim@ssc.wisc.edu

Gina Marie Longo
Department of Sociology
glongo@wisc.edu

M

Tammy Mays
School of Library & Information Studies
600 N. Park Street, Room 4252
Madison, WI 53706
tmays@wisc.edu

S

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

Hilary Shager
Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER)
1025 W. Johnson Street, Room 456
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 263-5795
hshager@wisc.edu

Hilary Shager’s research interests are in social welfare and education policy.

Kia Noel Sorensen
Department of Sociology/WCER
1025 W. Johnson Street, Room 696
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 263-9477
ksorense@ssc.wisc.edu

Kia Noel Sorensen has a general interest in issues pertaining to inequality in education.

Gina Spitz
Department of Sociology
8120 Social Sciences Building
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-6277
gspitz@ssc.wisc.edu

T

Jeffrey Traczynski
Department of Economics
6443 Social Sciences Building
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-4894
traczynski@wisc.edu

Alyn Turner
Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER)
456 Educational Sciences Building
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

V

Alicia VanOrman
Department of Sociology
3460 Social Sciences Building
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-2082
avanorma@ssc.wisc.edu


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Posted: 11 December, 2006
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