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Ifatunji, Schmitz, Dykema & Engelman Win New Awards!

We are excited to share three new awards across CDE’s research themes from our faculty affiliates. Congratulations to Mosi Adesina Ifatunji, who was awarded a supplemental NIH award for his research on health and mortality disparities among Native- and Foreign-born Blacks in the United States; affiliates Michal Engelman (PI) & Jen Dykema (co-investigator), along with …

Ybarra serves on NASEM Panel “Addressing the Long-Term Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children and Families”

 The “Addressing the Long-Term Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children and Families” ad-hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) released a report on the long-term effects of COVID-19 on children living in high-risk communities, with consequences and solutions presented by the committee. CDE affiliate & Associate Professor of Social …

Recent publication from Robey, Massoglia & Light finds generational shift in incarceration risk

A Generational Shift: Race and the Declining Lifetime Risk of Imprisonment published in Demography explores the present landscape of incarceration in the United States, with findings featured in the Washington Post. “Surprising to many, in this paper we demonstrate that the black male incarceration declined by 45% between 2001 and 2019. As a result, the …

Alejandra Ros Pilarz interviewed by PBS Wisconsin “Wisconsin’s high costs of child care”

Maureen Durkin featured in CBS News “Nearly 1 in 10 U.S. children have been diagnosed with a developmental disability”

Jessica Pac quoted in Wisconsin State Journal “GOP measure would eliminate sales taxes for strollers, other baby products in Wisconsin”

Corina Mommaerts featured in UW Research “Fall Research Competition opens with a history of projects that are impactful, influential and see greater success in securing larger-scale grants”

Special Issue of “Research in Social Stratification and Mobility” celebrating the career of past CDE Director Robert Mare

A special issue in Research in Social Stratification and Mobility celebrating the career of past CDE Director Robert Mare was published at in June 2023. With contributions by multiple CDE affiliates and alumni, including Christine Schwartz (“Robert Mare’s legacy: Advances in the study of assortative mating”), past CDE Director Robert Hauser (“Breaking barriers: Robert Denis …

CDE graduates off to exciting research positions around the world!

Congratulations to our fantastic group of CDE graduates and alumni who are heading off to faculty and research positions across the globe in 2023-2024! Annaliese Grant Assistant Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Annaliese uses both qualitative and quantitative methods to study family relationships, responsibilities, and media use in low-income families in the U.S. Qian …

Tiffany Green Featured in WKOW “Digging Deeper: Wisconsin’s persisting racial gap in infant health”