CDE Visiting Scholars
The Center for Demography and Ecology (CDE) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is pleased to present the Visiting Scholar Program. The Visiting Scholars Program aims to enhance the research interests and resources available to population scholars, to foster interaction among a heterogeneous set of scholars, and to broaden the corps of population researchers.
Scholars will visit CDE in Madison, Wisconsin for one week to interact with its resident faculty, present a population-related research seminar of their choosing, participate in the CDE thematic working groups, draw on faculty support for the development of grant proposals, and become acquainted with staff and resources. Visiting scholars will be matched with a faculty host and mentor who will coordinate interactions with the wide network of researchers on campus.
2025-2026 Visiting Scholar
Keisha Solomon, Assistant Professor of Economics, Howard University
Visiting February 16th -20th, 2026
Keisha Solomon is an applied microeconomist whose professional work centers on health equity and social policy. She earned her PhD in economics from Temple University, where her dissertation focused on the impact of mental healthcare policies and family characteristics on health and educational outcomes. She completed postdoctoral training at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where she participated in the Bloomberg Opioid Prevention Initiative, evaluating policy strategies to address the opioid crisis. Her research primarily examines how social policies affect health behaviors and human capital, particularly for vulnerable populations.