Home page Department of Sociology Additional information Curriculum vitae Biography I am currently the Sewell-Bascom Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Center for Demography and Ecology (CDE) Development Core Director and Research Director of the Fertility, Families, and Households Research Area in CDE. I previously served as the CDE Director from 2016 to …
Home page Department of Population Health Sciences Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Selected Publications: Hagiwara, Nao, Conor Duffy, John Cyrus, Nadia Harika, Ginger S. Watson, and Tiffany L. Green. “The nature and validity of implicit bias training for health care providers and trainees: A systematic review.” Science Advances 10, no. 33 (2024): eado5957. Vu, Hoa, Tiffany L. …
Home page Department of Sociology Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography I am Professor of Sociology and Educational Policy Studies, co-director of EdSHARe (Education Studies for Healthy Aging Research, an umbrella that includes the national cohort studies High School and Beyond and the National Longitudinal Study of the Class of 1972) and Co-Director of the Madison Education Partnership, a research-practice partnership …
Home page School of Human Ecology Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography I am a sociologist who uses qualitative and quantitative methods to study romantic relationships and low-income families’ finances, as well as government policies directed at both of these areas. My current research includes longitudinally following how mothers who are low income when their child …
Home page Collaborative for Reproductive Equity Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Jenny Higgins is the Bissell Professor of Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, where she also directs the Division of Reproductive and Population Health. Higgins leads the UW Collaborative for Reproductive Equity (www.core.wisc.edu), an interdisciplinary research initiative that …
Home page School of Social Work Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Katherine’s research focuses on the well-being and development of economically disadvantaged children and their families. She examines how disparities in socioeconomic status (SES) affect children’s development, and how these effects may be altered by policies and programs, especially early childhood education programs. She also …
Home page Department of Population Health Sciences Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography I am a health economist and Professor of Population Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with affiliate appointments in: the La Follette School of Public Affairs; the Department of Risk and Insurance in the Wisconsin School of Business; the Center for Demography …
Home page School of Social Work Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Professor Robert’s research focuses on how social and economic aspects of people’s lives affect their health and well-being over the life course. Many of her publications focus on how neighborhood context affects health and contributes to socioeconomic and racial health disparities. Her focus is …
Home page Department of Economics Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography My research looks at how social preferences impact economic outcomes in developing countries and how they can be harnessed to improve outcomes. Exposure to risk and limits placed on collective action by lack of trust both keep people poor and decrease health and economic well-being. …
Home page Personal Website Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography My research interests fall at the intersection of family demography, stratification, and gender. Much of my work examines the causes and consequences of assortative mating to gain insight into the links between family change and inequality in the United States. Another line of research examines the …