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 School of Human Ecology Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography I am a social scientist who draws on policy analysis, economics, and human ecology to study how public policies affect financial capability, financial decisions, and financial well-being among economically vulnerable populations. I seek to understand what is needed in public policy through which mechanisms …
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 Department of African American Studies Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Mosi Adesina Ifatunji is an Associate Professor in the Department of African American Studies and the Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He is also a Faculty Associate at the Program for Research on Black Americans, which is located …
Biography How do the places we spend time affect our health? How are the interpersonal interactions of everyday life situated in places? How do patterns in the use of social and physical space lead to differences in the health of populations? My research agenda centers on spatially explicit approaches to the relationship between people and …
Home page School of Human Ecology Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Kagy is an Assistant Professor in the School of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Her research is in development economics with a focus on gender, employment in low-income countries, and the impact of early childhood and in-utero health shocks on …
Home page Department of Sociology Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography My work lies at the intersections of demography, law, and stratification. More specifically, my research focuses on the criminological consequences of immigration, the links between immigration and punishment, and the relationship between racial/ethnic inequality and crime. CDE Research Area Affiliations: Demography of Inequality; Health and …
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 Sociology Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Mark studies how social conditions shape the formation, health, and life chances of families. His work asks why some groups—particularly along lines of race and class—experience worse birth and health outcomes than others, and how forces like poverty, violence, housing costs, and public policy contribute …