IRP hosts a professional development training series on poverty and economic mobility research for early career researchers and students. The trainings are held virtually on a quarterly basis. The series was established to support the career development of in-resident fellows working at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through programs administered by IRP including the National Poverty Fellows (NPF) program and the Economic Mobility Fellows (EMF) program, as well as IRP’s National Dissertation and IRP Dissertation awardees.
It is designed to increase researchers’ (1) interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of policy-relevant research contexts including the policymaking processes in federal agencies that administer human services programs; (2) ability to communicate with policy and public audiences effectively; (3) ability to work with affected communities in research development and dissemination; and (4) knowledge about research career paths outside of academia. The two-hour workshops cover a variety of topics identified by HHS and the trainees as important to their development, including topics such as the role of HHS in federal policy, effective strategies for engaging affected communities in the research process, data visualization and infographics, communicating for policy audiences, ensuring an equity lens in communications, and research careers in policy settings.
Each spring, IRP uses a competitive application process to select up to 10 continuing Ph.D. and master’s degree students to participate in the training series for a year. The series is open to students who are either from groups that are underrepresented in academia as defined by the National Institutes of Health or are attending universities that are not designated as an R1 “very high research activity” by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education. Students receive a stipend of $500 for their participation in the series.
2023–2024 Professional Development Training Participants
Regine Adrien
Position title: Economic Mobility Fellow
Address:
HHS, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services
Francesca Baroni
Position title: Economic Mobility Fellow
Address:
HHS, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services
Jess Belledonne
Position title: Economic Mobility Fellow
Address:
HHS Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of Human Services Policy
Renee Brooks
Position title: Economic Mobility Fellow
Address:
HHS, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services
Jarrod Brown, Jr.
Position title: 2023–2024 Professional Development Training Participant
Address:
Deparatment of Sociology
University of California, Merced
Alicia Buenaventura
Position title: Economic Mobility Fellow
Address:
HHS, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services
Austin Conner
Position title: 2023–2024 Professional Development Training Participant
Address:
Department of Social Work
University of Mississippi
Diamond Cunningham
Position title: 2023–2024 Professional Development Training Participant
Address:
Department of Social, Behavioral, and Population Sciences, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Tulane University
Cynthia Garcia
Position title: 2023–2024 Professional Development Training Participant
Address:
John Glenn College of Public Affiars
The Ohio State University
Claudia Gonzalez
Position title: Economic Mobility Fellow
Address:
HHS, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services
Diego Guerrero
Position title: 2023–2024 Professional Development Training Participant
Address:
Department of Economics
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Breanna Hill
Position title: Economic Mobility Fellow
Address:
HHS, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services
Regina Lewis
Position title: 2023 Graduate Student Research Workshop Dissertation Awardee
Address:
Martin School of Public Policy and Administration
University of Kentucky
Abigail Matthew
Position title: Economic Mobility Fellow
Address:
HHS Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of Human Services Policy
Chelsea Moore
Position title: 2023–2024 Professional Development Training Participant
Address:
School of Nursing
University of Michigan
Kate Musen
Position title: 2023–2024 Professional Development Training Participant
Address:
Department of Economics
Columbia University
Melanie Nadon
Position title: 2022-2023 National Dissertation Awardee
Address:
Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
University of Chicago
Christina Quintanilla-Munoz
Position title: 2023 Graduate Student Research Workshop Dissertation Awardee
Address:
Department of Demography
University of Texas at San Antonio
Isaac Sederbaum
Position title: 2023–2024 National Dissertation Awardee
Address:
Evans School of Public Policy & Governance
University of Washington
Jordan Smith
Position title: 2023–2024 Professional Development Training Participant
Address:
Department of Health Policy and Mangement, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
Hannah Wang
Position title: Economic Mobility Fellow
Address:
HHS, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services
Benjamin Wills
Position title: Economic Mobility Fellow
Address:
HHS, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services
2022–2023 Professional Development Training Participants
Rhea Acuña
Position title: Professional Development Training Participant
Address:
Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Syracuse University
Ph.D. Candidate
Expected Graduation Year: 2023
Connect on Twitter: @MaxwellSU
Roddrick Dugger
Position title: Professional Development Training Participant
Address:
Arnold School of Public Health
University of South Carolina
Ph.D. Candidate
Expected Graduation Year: 2023
Connect on Twitter: @USCArnoldSchool
Abram Lyons
Position title: Professional Development Training Participant
Address:
School of Social Policy and Practice
University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D Candidate
Expected Graduation Year: 2025
Ricka Mammah
Position title: Professional Development Training Participant
Address:
School of Social Work
University of Texas at Arlington
Ph.D. Candidate
Expected Graduation Year: 2024
Connect on Twitter: @SocialWorkUTA
Miguel Quiñones
Position title: Professional Development Training Participant
Address:
Family Social Science
University of Minnesota
Ph.D. Candidate
Expected Graduation Year: 2025
Connect on Twitter: @nalgononas, @UMNews, @UMNFSoS
Erica Robinson
Position title: Professional Development Training Participant
Address:
School of Social Work
University of Texas at Arlington
Ph.D. Candidate
Expected Graduation Year: 2024
Dustin Satterfield
Position title: Professional Development Training Participant
Address:
Sociology Department
Syracuse University
Ph.D Candidate
Expected Graduation Year: 2024
Jose Scott
Position title: Professional Development Training Participant
Address:
Sol Price School of Public Policy
University of Southern California
Ph.D. Candidate
Expected Graduation Year: 2024
Personal Website: www.jjscott.org
Twitter: @JoseScholar
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jose-scott/
Price School Twitter: @USCPrice
Price School Webpage: https://priceschool.usc.edu/ppm/ppm-phd-students/
Price School Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uscprice
Dawn Watson
Position title: Professional Development Training Participant
Address:
School of Social Work
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
Master’s Degree Candidate
Expected Graduation Year: 2024
Holly White-Wolfe
Position title: Professional Development Training Participant
Address:
School of Social Transformation
Arizona State University
Ph.D. Candidate
Expected Graduation Year: 2023