Home page School of Human Ecology Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography I am an Assistant Professor of Consumer Science in the School of Human Ecology. I have a PhD in Sociology, with expertise in working with original and secondary data. I use longitudinal econometric and spatial methods to study a range of topics related to …
Home page Department of Sociology Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Broadly, I study how individuals make decisions in economic markets, how these decisions are affected by interactions with others, and how these decisions, in turn, affect racial and socio-spatial inequalities. My research questions tend to focus on housing and neighborhoods, and I am increasingly interested …
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 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 Agricultural and Applied Economics Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography My research focuses on distributional impacts of environmental policy and regulation, and the political economy of environmental regulations. My research is mostly empirical, utilizing modern econometric methods to study the causal effects of environmental regulations on different income or demographic groups. These …
My research examines how gender inequality in adult attainment is structured by specific early life course transitions linked to schooling, sexual initiation, and family formation. I have investigated these processes in a number of populations, but my recent work focuses on how they unfold in Sub-Saharan Africa. My research focuses on three sub-areas: (1) the …
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 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 Economics Additional information Google Scholar profile Biography My background, expertise and substantive interests fit well with the ambitions of Wisconsin’s Center for Demography and Ecology (CDE), and my work is especially related to the Demography of Inequality. My large body of work on both experimental and non-experimental methods for estimating the …