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 School of Human Ecology Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography I am the Fetzer Family Chair in Consumer Finance at the School of Human Ecology, an associate professor at the La Follette School of Public Affairs, and the faculty director of the Center for Financial Security at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison). I also …
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 My research focuses on survey research methodology, identifying sources of errors produced in the process of gathering standardized measurements and developing and implementing methods to reduce those errors. This work includes projects supported by extramural funding from NSF and NIH and examines three main areas …
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 …