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Kendra Alexander
Human Development & Social Policy
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- At-risk youth and the labor market
- Work readiness, career aspirations and planning
- Psychosocial factors that impact vocational decision-making
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Elisabeth Anderson
Sociolology
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- Comparative historical sociology
- Political sociology
- Intersection of ideas and social policy
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Lauren Lowenstein Bauer
Human Development & Social Policy; Multidisciplinary Program in Education Sciences
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- Civic engagement and education
- Developmental roots of political attitudes and behaviors
- Politics of policymaking, particularly education policy
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Kelly Iwanaga Becker
Sociology
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- Sociology of education, particularly the high school-to-college transition
- Inequality and stratification, race, class and gender
- Quantitative and qualitative methods
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Derek Burk
Sociology
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- Cultural sociology
- Economic sociology
- Consumer culture
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Sarah Cannon
Human Development and Social Policy;
Multidisciplinary Program in Education Sciences
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- Closing the achievement gap in rural communities
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Fiona Chin
Sociology
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- Social stratification and inequality
- Elites and the affluent
- Organizations
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Katie Dahlke
Human Development and Social Policy
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- Early childhood education
- Child development
- Educational and social programs and policy evaluation
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D.J. Flynn
Political Science
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- Public opinion
- Political knowledge
- Representation
- Casual inference
- Experimental and statistical methods
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Dawna Goens
Sociology
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- Urban sociology
- Sociology of education
- Social stratification and inequality
- The “Middle-Class”
- Ethnography
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Kelly Hallberg
Human Development and Social Policy;
Multidisciplinary Program in Education Sciences
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- Evaluating the effectiveness of education policies and interventions
- Research methodology
- The transition from high school to college
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Cari Lynn Hennessy
Political Science
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- Public opinion
- Urban politics
- Democratic responsiveness
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Travis Howe
Economics
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- Law and economics
- The economics of nonprofit organizations
- Performance measurement and rewards
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Lindsay Till Hoyt
Human Development and Social Policy
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- Positive well-being and social and psychological influences on health and development
- Stress physiology
- Health inequalities
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Aanchal Jain
Economics
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- Analysis of treatment response
- Survey and experimental design
- Subjective probabilities
- Panel data
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Stuart Jenkins
Human Development and Social Policy;
Multidisciplinary Program in Education Sciences
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- College salience
- Barriers to college entry
- “Sheepskin effects” and labor-market signaling
- Economics of education
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Samara Klar
Political Science
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- Influence of social identities on political preference, party identity (or lack therof) and political engagement
- Experimental and survey methods
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Arend Kuyper
Statistics |
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Ijun Lai
Human Development and Social Policy
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Sheena Lewis
Technology and Social Behavior
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- Embedding technologies in particular sociocultural environments to encourage collaborative behavior
- Using technology to address violent crime in neighborhoods
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Christina LiCalsi Labelle
Human Development and Social Policy; Multidisciplinary Program in Education Sciences
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- Effects of young child-environment interactions on educational, health and mental health outcomes
- Impact of social policies and programs on child development contexts
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Heather Madonia
Political Science
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- Race and gender politics
- Public opinion
- The role of business in policy formation
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Ryan Marsh
Economics; Multidisciplinary Program in Education Sciences
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- Teacher labor markets
- School accountability programs
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Alka Menon
Sociology
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- Sociology of science, medicine and knowledge
- Sociology of sexuality, gender and race
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Rachel Moskowitz
Political Science
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- Race and education politics
- Local and state politics
- Public policy
- Public opinion
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Kevin Mullinix
Political Science
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- Formation of political preferences and public opinion in the context of American politics
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Claudia Persico
Human Development and Social Policy
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- Accountability measure, implementation problems, and design
- Teacher policy
- Education inequality
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James Pustejovsky
Statistics; Multidisciplinary Program in Education Sciences
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- Experimental design
- Meta-analysis
- Causal inference
- Social network measurement
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Joshua Robison
Political Science
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- Political participation, the Internet, and deliberation
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David Rodina
Economics
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Diana Rodriguez-Franco
Sociology
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- Political sociology
- Sociology of law and globalization
- Comparative and historical sociology
- Economic sociology
- Latin America
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Zachary Seeskin
Statistics
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- Survey statistics
- Census and government statistics
- Causal inference
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Matthew Shirrell
Human Development and Social Policy; Multidisciplinary Program in Education Sciences
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- Teacher preparation
- Teacher recruitment and retention
- Teacher quality
- Urban schools
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Clarissa Simon
Human Development and Social Policy
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Mara Suttmann-Lea
Political Science
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- American politics
- Muslim-American relations
- Religion and politics
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Yang (Tanya) Tang
Statistics
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- Human brain mapping
- Design of longitudinal studies and power calculations
- Interrupted time series
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Mary Clair Turner
Human Development and Social Policy
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- The transition from high school to college
- Community colleges
- The evaluation of policy and intervention effectiveness
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Mary Zaki
Economics
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- Consumer finance
- Macroeconomics
- Economic history
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Claudia Zapata
Human Development and Social Policy; Multidisciplinary Program in Education Sciences
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- Narrative identity of Latin American immigrant students and related academic and mental health outcomes
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