Graduate Research Assistant |
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Kevin Barry Sociology
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- Gun violence reduction
- Network science
- Big data and technology
- Inequality
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Robin Bayes Political Science
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- Science communication
- Public opinion
- Political psychology
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Karlia Brown Sociology
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- Intersectionality and black feminist thought
- Prisoner re-entry and the criminal
justice system
- Social inequality and stratification
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Margaret Butler Anthropology
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- Breastfeeding experiences
- Perinatal depression physiology
- Inequities in maternal healthcare
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Qile Chen Linguistics
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- Bilingual speech perception and production
- Sociolinguistics and gender bias
- Computational linguistics and natural language processing
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Sarah Collier Villaume Human Development and Social Policy
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- Stress biology and cortisol
- Poverty policy
- Welfare reform
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Amanda Cook Human Development and Social Policy
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- The transition from high school to college
- Access and success in higher education
- Higher education policy
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Jennifer Cowhy Human Development and Social Policy
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- Policy implementation in schools
- Special education
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Devis Decet Economics
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- Development economics
- Economic history
- Political economics
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Sino Esthappan Sociology
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- Law and Society
- Legal decision-making
- Quantification
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Fortunate Kelechi Ekwuruke Human Development and Social Policy
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- Housing insecurity and homelessness
- Urban education
- Nonprofit organizations
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Sheridan Fuller Human Development and Social Policy
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- Outcomes of children and families' interactions with social safety programs
- Long-term impacts of public assistance programs
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Nicole Guarino Human Development and Social Policy
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- Transition from high school to postsecondary education
- College access and success
- Identity development
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Courtney Meiling Jones Psychology
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- Racial identity development in multiracial youth and adults
- The salience of sociopolitical moments in identity meaning-making
- Qualitative methods and analysis
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Ayah Kamel Human Development and Social Policy
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- Processes of defining, measuring and incentivizing school quality
- Impacts of school accountability systems on students, families and communities
- Participatory and community-based research methods
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Sebastían Kiguel Human Development and Social Policy
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- Non-cognitive measures of school quality
- School climate
- Long-term impacts of bullying and
social exclusion in schools
- Education policy in Latin America
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Irene Kwon Political Science
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- Race, gender, and economic inequality
- Public opinion and political behavior
- Quantitative methods and experimental design
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Phoebe Hok Yee Lam Psychology
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Tina Law Sociology
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- Urban inequality
- Race and ethnicity
- Computational methods
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 Jeremy Levy Political Science
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- Public opinion
- Political psychology
- Ideology, values, and public discourse
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Jennifer Lin Political Science
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- Affective Polarization
- Political Geography
- Public Opinion
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Phoebe Lin Human Development and Social Policy
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- Social inequality
- Migration
- Knowledge production
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Claire Mackevicius Human Development and Social Policy
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- School funding
- Private involvement in the provision
of social programs
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Matias Martinez Human Development and Social Policy
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- School bullying
- School finance
- School accountability
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Jack McGovern Political Science
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- American political development
- Political parties
- Presidential primary campaigns
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James Neely Earth and Planetary Sciences
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- Earthquakes and long-term geological processes
- Seismic hazards in North America
- The transform plate boundary development process
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Maya Novak-Herzog Political Science
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- Gender and sexuality
- Political behavior
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Erin M. Ochoa Sociology
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- Gun violence and community interventions
- Network, spatial, and computational methods
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Gershwin Penn Sociology
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- Educational inequality
- Education policy and race
- Organizational theory
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Caroline Pippert Political Science
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- American politics
- Elections and voter turnout
- Redistricting
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Wayne Rivera Sociology
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- Science and technology studies
- Emotions, trauma, and violence
- Networks
- Medical sociology
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Michelle Shames Sociology
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- Policing
- Prisons
- Criminal legal policy reform
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Abigail (Abby) L. Smith Statistics
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- Record linkage
- Network analysis
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Warren Snead Political Science
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- American political development
- Public law
- Public policy
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Jacquelyn Stephens Human Development and Social Policy
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- Adaptive development across the lifespan
- Emotional functioning in interpersonal contexts
- The ways that stress and emotions get "under the skin" to influence health and well-being
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Timea Viragh Human Development and Social Policy
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- Early childhood education
- Family labor supply
- Family well-being
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Rose Werth Sociology
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- Urban and community sociology
- Networks and community-based organizations
- Criminal justice and violence prevention
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Beiming Yang Human Development and Social Policy
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- Adolescent development
- Parenting
- Cultural differences
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Jingyang Zhang Statistics
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- Meta-analysis
- Statistical testing
- Spatial statistics
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