Scholars & Their Research

PhD Candidate in Sociology, University of Washington
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, School Reform, Immigrants & Immigration Reform, Children & Families

Distinguished Professor of Sociology, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Expertise:
Immigrants & Immigration Reform

Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts Boston
Expertise:
Jobs and Workers, Antipoverty Policy, Women, Children & Families

Associate Professor, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago
Expertise:
Jobs and Workers, Antipoverty Policy, Cities and Regions

Assistant Professor of Sociology, Yale University
Expertise:
Health Care Reform, Reproductive Health, Science & Technology, Women

Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, International Development, Higher Education, Social Movements

Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Economics, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, Race and Ethnicity, Jobs and Workers, Antipoverty Policy, Housing, Women, Children & Families

PhD Student in Community and Cultural Psychology, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, School Reform, K-12 Education, Civic Engagement, Children & Families

Senior Economist, Center for Economic and Policy Research
Expertise:
Economic Growth & Innovation, Inequality & the Middle Class, Jobs and Workers, Housing

Professor of Sociology, University of Maine
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Criminal Justice

Professor, Law, Societies & Justice Program, and Department of Sociology, University of Washington
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Criminal Justice

Flora Stone Mather Professor of Political Science, Case Western Reserve University
Expertise:
Election 2012, Civic Engagement, Social Movements, Women, Voters and Voter Participation

Associate Professor and Chair of Sociology, University of Maine
Expertise:
Jobs and Workers, Aging Society, Civic Engagement, Women

Associate Professor of Law, Duke Law School
Expertise:
Criminal Justice, Gun Control, Courts & Court Decisions

Associate Professor of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley
Expertise:
Immigrants & Immigration Reform, Civic Engagement, Voters and Voter Participation

Elwood N. and Katherine Thompson Distinguished Professor of Modern World History, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, Race and Ethnicity, U.S. Foreign Policy, Social Movements

Professor of Sociology and Co-Director, National Center for Family & Marriage Research, Bowling Green State University
Expertise:
Aging Society, Family Policies, Women, Children & Families

Assistant Professor of Political Science, Temple University
Expertise:
U.S. Foreign Policy, Policies in Other Nations, Women

Professor of Social Work and Master of Social Work Coordinator at School of Social Work, University of Maine
Expertise:
Medicare & Medicaid, Jobs and Workers, Antipoverty Policy, Aging Society, Women

Research Manager (Driver Competency and Safety Section) at California Department of Motor Vehicles, and Lecturer in Sociology at California State University - Sacramento
Expertise:
Aging Society, Science & Technology, LGBT Issues

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Texas at El Paso
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Immigrants & Immigration Reform, Cities and Regions, Civic Engagement

Director, Public Policy Center, and Professor of Public Administration, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Expertise:
Antipoverty Policy, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Women, Children & Families

Professor of Women's Studies and Chair of the Department of Women's Studies, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Expertise:
Criminal Justice, Women

ITT/Sanford Professor of Public Policy, Economics, and Sociology, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, School Reform, Criminal Justice, Gun Control

Professor of Public Policy, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Expertise:
Jobs and Workers, Family Policies, Social Movements, Women, Children & Families

H.J. Meyer Distinguished University Professor of Public Policy and Director, National Poverty Center, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan
Expertise:
Jobs and Workers, Antipoverty Policy, Women

Professor of Sociology and Women and Gender Studies, and Faculty Affiliate at the Muskie School of Public Policy, University of Southern Maine, Portland
Expertise:
Antipoverty Policy, Higher Education, Media and Public Opinion, Women

Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and Cybercrime, University of Alabama
Expertise:
Criminal Justice, Policies in Other Nations, Science & Technology

Professor of Public Policy and Management, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Antipoverty Policy, Housing, Women

Professor of Public Affairs, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Immigrants & Immigration Reform

Alice H. Cook Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Expertise:
Media and Public Opinion, Women, Children & Families

Theodore E. Gildred Chair in U.S.-Mexican Relations and Associate Professor of Sociology, University of California, San Diego
Expertise:
Immigrants & Immigration Reform

Assistant Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University-Camden
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Criminal Justice, Cities and Regions, State & Local Government

Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Immigrants & Immigration Reform, Antipoverty Policy

Professor of Sociology, Washington State University
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Cities and Regions, Housing, Women, Disaster & Emergency

PhD Candidate in Political Science, University of California, San Diego
Expertise:
Health Care Delivery, Immigrants & Immigration Reform, Government Agencies

Professor of Politics, Princeton University
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, Race and Ethnicity, Antipoverty Policy, Media and Public Opinion

Honors Preceptor in Political Science, University of Maine
Expertise:
Immigrants & Immigration Reform, Civic Engagement, State & Local Government

Associate Professor of Public Policy and Political Science, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
Expertise:
Civic Engagement, Social Movements, Women, Gun Control

Department Chair and Professor of Political Science, Texas Christian University
Expertise:
Aging Society, Civic Engagement, Women, Children & Families

Professor of Political Science, University of California, San Diego
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Immigrants & Immigration Reform, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Voters and Voter Participation, State & Local Government

Associate Professor of Sociology, University of California, Davis
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Health Care Reform, Reproductive Health, Social Movements

Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Media and Public Opinion

Professor of Anthropology and Chair, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Texas at El Paso
Expertise:
Criminal Justice, Immigrants & Immigration Reform

Associate Professor of Political Science, University of New Mexico
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, Race and Ethnicity, Policies in Other Nations, Women

Assistant Professor of Sociology, Yale University
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Cities and Regions

Assistant Professor of Sociology, Stanford University
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Immigrants & Immigration Reform

Professor of Sociology, Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, University of California, San Francisco
Expertise:
Health Care Reform, Women

Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Public Administration, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, School Reform, Health Care Reform, State & Local Government

Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History, Columbia University; President, Social Science Research Council
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, Race and Ethnicity, Social Movements, Public Sector Reforms

Professor of Social Work, University of Maine School of Social Work and Director, University of Maine Center on Aging, University of Maine
Expertise:
Health Care Reform, Health Care Delivery, Aging Society, Civic Engagement, Mental Health

Professor of Social Work, Syracuse University, and Founding Co-director, Social Security Works
Expertise:
Social Security, Aging Society

Associate Professor of Sociology and Faculty Research Associate of the Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin
Expertise:
Criminal Justice, Immigrants & Immigration Reform, Cities and Regions

Associate Professor of Environmental Policy, Department of Urban Studies, MIT
Expertise:
Environment, Climate Change Policies & Politics, Cities and Regions

Professor of Political Science and Law, and Chair of the Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Media and Public Opinion, Civic Engagement, Social Movements, Voters and Voter Participation

Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Washington
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Criminal Justice, Health Care Reform, Health Care Delivery, Antipoverty Policy

PhD student in Political Science, University of California Los Angeles
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Voters and Voter Participation

Assistant Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M University
Expertise:
International Development, Policies in Other Nations, Social Movements, Women

Professor of Political Science, Texas Christian University
Expertise:
Medicare & Medicaid, Social Security, Health Care Delivery, Aging Society

Professor of Political Leadership and Democratic Values, Harvard Kennedy School; President-Elect of American Political Science Association
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Women

Assistant Professor of Sociology and Latin American Studies, Tufts University
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, Race and Ethnicity, Health Care Reform, Immigrants & Immigration Reform

Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, Princeton University
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Immigrants & Immigration Reform, Cities and Regions, Higher Education

Professor of Sociology and Political Science, Northwestern University
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, Media and Public Opinion, Women

Professor of Sociology, City University of New York Graduate Center
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, Jobs and Workers, Immigrants & Immigration Reform, Cities and Regions, Women

Professor of Educational Leadership, University of Southern Maine
Expertise:
School Reform, Higher Education, Women

PhD Student in Political Science, Northwestern University
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Media and Public Opinion, Civic Engagement, Voters and Voter Participation

Assistant Professor of English and Director of African and African American Studies, Loyola University New Orleans
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Criminal Justice, Policies in Other Nations, Women

Professor of Sociology and Political Science, Northwestern University
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, Antipoverty Policy, Women

Associate Professor of Political Science, Emory University
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Criminal Justice, Cities and Regions, Religion, State & Local Government

Associate Professor of Sociology, Yale University
Expertise:
Criminal Justice, Immigrants & Immigration Reform, Cities and Regions, Gun Control

Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Washington
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Media and Public Opinion, Social Movements

Assistant Professor of Sociology and Institute for Policy Research Faculty Fellow, Northwestern University
Expertise:
Health Care Reform, Jobs and Workers, Antipoverty Policy, Women

Professor of Sociology, University of Washington, Seattle
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Criminal Justice, Women

Executive Director of the Claude Pepper Center, and Scholar in Residence of The Claude Pepper Foundation, Inc., Florida State University
Expertise:
Medicare & Medicaid, Social Security, Health Care Delivery, Aging Society

Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Georgia Southern University
Expertise:
Criminal Justice

Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Washington
Expertise:
Economic Growth & Innovation, Public Budgets and Taxes, Housing

Professor of Law and Philosophy, University of New Mexico School of Law
Expertise:
Criminal Justice, Aging Society, Women, Courts & Court Decisions

Associate Professor of Political Science and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Emory University
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Civic Engagement, Women

MENTOR: National Mentoring Partnership Professor of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston
Expertise:
Environment, Cities and Regions, Women, Disaster & Emergency, Children & Families

Lucie Stern Professor in the Social Sciences, Stanford University
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Social Movements, Women

Curator’s Teaching Professor of Political Science, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Expertise:
Election 2012, Jobs and Workers, Cities and Regions, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy

Adjunct Professor of Sociology, University of Maine, and Director of Correctional Habilitation, Maine Department of Corrections
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, School Reform, Criminal Justice, Children & Families

Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Washington
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, Race and Ethnicity, Jobs and Workers, Voters and Voter Participation

Associate Professor of Teacher Education; Campus Liaison, Woodrow Wilson Fellowships; and Faculty Coordinator, Newcomer Extended Teach Education Program, University of Maine
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, School Reform, Immigrants & Immigration Reform, Adult Training Programs

Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Media and Public Opinion, Women, Voters and Voter Participation

Professor of Political Science and Sociology, University of New Mexico
Expertise:
Economic Growth & Innovation, Jobs and Workers, Immigrants & Immigration Reform

Professor of Political Science, San Diego State University
Expertise:
Civic Engagement, Social Movements, Women

Assistant Professor, Department of Public Policy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Expertise:
Medicare & Medicaid, Social Security, Aging Society, Employer Benefits

PhD Candidate in Sociology, University of Minnesota
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, Criminal Justice, Antipoverty Policy

Assistant Professor of Law and Regents’ Lecturer, University of New Mexico School of Law
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Criminal Justice, Jobs and Workers, Antipoverty Policy, Security & Intelligence, Religion

PhD Student in Sociology and Graduate Policy Fellow, Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University
Expertise:
Criminal Justice, Cities and Regions, Gun Control

University of Missouri Curators’ Professor of Political Science and Thomas Jefferson Fellow, University of Missouri - Kansas City
Expertise:
Medicare & Medicaid, Social Security, Antipoverty Policy, Aging Society

Director, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, and Professor of Sociology, University of California, San Diego
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Jobs and Workers, Immigrants & Immigration Reform

Distinguished Research Professor of Community Studies & Development, University of California, Davis
Expertise:
Immigrants & Immigration Reform, Cities and Regions, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy

Professor of Public Service, Political Science and Sociology, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Antipoverty Policy, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Antipoverty Policy, Civic Engagement, Social Movements, Women

Des Lee Professor of Community Collaboration and Public Policy Administration, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Expertise:
Cities and Regions, Civic Engagement

Professor of Health Economics and Policy, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University
Expertise:
Medicare & Medicaid, Health Care Reform, Health Care Delivery, Aging Society

Associate Professor of Sociology, Bowling Green State University
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Criminal Justice, Antipoverty Policy, Family Policies, Mental Health, Children & Families

Distinguished McKnight Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota
Expertise:
Criminal Justice, Jobs and Workers, Media and Public Opinion, Voters and Voter Participation

Claude C. Smith '14 Professor of Political Science, Swarthmore College
Expertise:
Election 2012, Race and Ethnicity, Voters and Voter Participation, LGBT Issues

Research Director, Social Security Works
Expertise:
Social Security, Unemployment Insurance, Aging Society

Assistant Professor of Geography, University of Louisville
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Immigrants & Immigration Reform, Cities and Regions

Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Expertise:
Cities and Regions, Media and Public Opinion, Voters and Voter Participation

M.E. Zukerman Professor of Sociology, Harvard University
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Immigrants & Immigration Reform, Cities and Regions, Children & Families

Associate Professor, Sociology and African American Studies, Chair, Department of African American Studies, and Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Antipoverty Policy

Assistant Professor of Political Science and African-American Studies; Associate at the Institute for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Criminal Justice

Assistant Professor of Sociology, College of the Holy Cross
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, School Reform, Family Policies, Social Movements

Professor of Political Science and Sociology, University of California, Berkeley
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, Antipoverty Policy, Cities and Regions

Professor of Political Science and Director, Center for Diversity and Inclusion, Purdue University
Expertise:
Antipoverty Policy, Policies in Other Nations, Civic Engagement, Social Movements, Women

Associate Professor of Public Policy in the Department of Public Administration & Policy, University of Georgia
Expertise:
Jobs and Workers, Unemployment Insurance, Aging Society

Professor of Sociology and Director of the Wiener Center for Social Policy, Harvard University
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Criminal Justice, Jobs and Workers

Assistant Professor of Sociology and Resident Fellow, Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Criminal Justice, Antipoverty Policy

Senior Research Scientist, Behavioral Health Research Center of the Southwest, Albuquerque, NM
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Health Care Reform, Women

Professor of Aging Studies, Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs, and Director, Center for Aging and Policy Studies, Syracuse University
Expertise:
Medicare & Medicaid, Social Security, Health Care Delivery, Aging Society

Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of California, San Diego
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Immigrants & Immigration Reform, Social Movements

Sumner T. Bernstein Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Research, University of Maine School of Law
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Health Care Reform, Health Care Delivery, Women
