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 UC Berkeley Department of Demography Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography I am a professor of Demography at the University of California, Berkeley, and Visiting Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. I study how people make decisions about migration and fertility and the implications of these decisions for population change. My current projects include …
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 …
Home page Department of Gender and Women’s Studies Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Dr. Leigh Senderowicz (she/her) is a public health researcher and feminist social demographer focusing on global sexual and reproductive health and rights, race, gender, and coloniality. Her mixed-methods research focuses on contraceptive autonomy, exploring the ways that new approaches to measurement and …
Home page Department of Economics More information Curriculum Vitae Biography I have spent the last 10 years working on models of demographic change, human capital acquisition and inequality. I have developed models of fertility choice that are capable of rationalizing the demographic transition as well as the baby boom and the baby bust. My training …
Home page Department of Public Affairs Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Timothy M. (Tim) Smeeding is the Lee Rainwater Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Public Affairs and Economics. He was director of the Institute for Research on Poverty from 2008–2014. He was named the John Kenneth Galbraith Fellow, American Academy of Political and Social Science, in 2017, …
Home page School of Social Work Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Tova Walsh’s research focuses on understanding and improving health and wellbeing in multi-stressed families, with an emphasis on pregnancy and early parenting in contexts of risk. She examines the parenting support needs of underserved groups including new fathers and military-connected parents, and collaborates to …
Home page Department of Sociology Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Kelly Marie Ward is an Assistant Professor in the Gender & Women’s Studies and Sociology departments at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. She studies the organizational features of abortion and reproductive healthcare with an emphasis on low status workers. She has published in the …
Home page Department of Public Affairs Additional information Google Scholar profile Biography Barbara Wolfe (Bobbi) is the Richard A. Easterlin Professor of Economics, Population Health Sciences, and Public Affairs and Faculty Affiliate at the Institute for Research on Poverty. Her research focuses broadly on poverty and health issues. Wolfe’s current projects examine whether housing voucher …