Home page La Follette School of Public Affairs Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography I am a professor at the La Follette School of Public Affairs. I also conduct research and outreach with the Division of Extension. I study the economic well-being of families. I am an affiliate of the Center for Demography and Ecology (CDE), …
Home page Department of Community and Environmental Sociology Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Dr. Katherine J. Curtis is Buttel-Sewell Professor of Community & Environmental Sociology and the Director of the Center for Demography & Ecology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her work is centered in demography and extends to spatial, environmental, rural, and applied demography, …
Home page School of Social Work Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography My research focuses on how the quality, stability and availability of housing interact with and shape the well-being of vulnerable families. As a faculty affiliate of the Center for Demography and Ecology, my research is most closely connected to the research areas of Fertility, …
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Home page Department of Population Health Sciences Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Maureen Durkin received her undergraduate degree and PhD in Anthropology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and her MPH and DrPH degrees in Epidemiology from Columbia University. Her research interests include the epidemiology, prevention, antecedents, and consequences of neurodevelopmental disabilities and childhood injuries, both …
Home page Department of Public Affairs Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Christine Durrance is a Professor of Public Affairs. As an applied microeconomist, she concentrates in health economics and policy. Her work includes a focus on maternal, infant, and reproductive health; risky behavior including substance use, the opioid crisis, violence, and child maltreatment; and competition …
Home page Department of Sociology Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Jennifer Dykema is Faculty Director of the University of Wisconsin Survey Center (UWSC) and Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her research focuses on survey methodology, social science measurement, and the collection of high-quality demographic and population data. Dykema’s research examines how the …
Home page Department of Sociology Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Felix Elwert, Ph.D., is a scholar of social inequality, social demography, and applied statistics. He develops methods of causal inference and conducts research on the contextual drivers of inequality, income, education, and health. Ever on the lookout for ways to coax causality from data, Elwert …
Home page Department of Population Health Sciences Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography As an affiliate of the Center for Demography and Ecology, my research focus supports the Center’s initiatives in Biodemography. I am a genetic epidemiologist with nearly 20 years of experience in the study design and data analysis of genetic, demographic, behavioral, physiological, and …
Home page Department of Sociology Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Engelman’s research combines perspectives from the social sciences and public health to examine the social determinants of health and longevity. She is particularly interested in how social stratification (by socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity, nativity, and geography) manifests in health and mortality inequities. Engelman is the Director of the …