Scholars & Their Research

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 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

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

Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy Research
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, Jobs and Workers, Social Security, Public Budgets and Taxes, Unemployment Insurance

Director, Oklahoma Policy Institute
Expertise:
Public Budgets and Taxes, Antipoverty Policy, Public Sector Reforms

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

Class of 1941 Monroe Deutsch Professor of Political Science and Public Policy and Dean, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley
Expertise:
Antipoverty Policy, Higher Education, Civic Engagement, Voters and Voter Participation

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

Associate Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, Medicare & Medicaid, Social Security, Public Budgets and Taxes, Media and Public Opinion, Civic Engagement

Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, Jobs and Workers, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy

PhD Candidate in Government and Social Policy, Harvard University
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, Public Budgets and Taxes, Media and Public Opinion, Policies in Other Nations

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

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 Human Development and Social Policy, and Director of the Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University
Expertise:
Social Security, Climate Change Policies & Politics, Media and Public Opinion

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

Director, Labor Market and Workforce Research, Jobs for the Future
Expertise:
Jobs and Workers, Adult Training Programs

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

PhD Student in Political Science, Yale University
Expertise:
Public Budgets and Taxes, Antipoverty Policy, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Media and Public Opinion, Public Sector Reforms

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

H.J. Louis Professor of Management and Professor of Economics, Johnson School of Management, Cornell University
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, Public Budgets and Taxes

Assistant Professor of Economics, Emory University
Expertise:
School Reform, Health Care Reform, Antipoverty Policy, Children & Families

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

Professor of Health Policy and Politics, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago
Expertise:
Medicare & Medicaid, Health Care Reform, Antipoverty Policy

Stanley B. Resor Professor of Political Science, and Director of the Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, Medicare & Medicaid, Health Care Reform, Social Security, Public Budgets and Taxes, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy

PhD Student in Government and Social Policy, and Fellow in Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality and Social Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
Expertise:
Public Budgets and Taxes, Unemployment Insurance

Professor of Sociology, Emory University
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, Social Security, Unemployment Insurance, Policies in Other Nations

PhD Candidate in Public Policy, Duke University
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, School Reform, Antipoverty Policy, Civic Engagement

Pamela C. Harriman Professor of Government and Public Policy, College of William & Mary
Expertise:
Medicare & Medicaid, Social Security, Public Budgets and Taxes, Unemployment Insurance, Antipoverty Policy

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

Professor of Political Studies, and Director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance, Hubert Humphrey School, University of Minnesota
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, Health Care Reform, Social Security, Media and Public Opinion

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 Sociology and Political Science, University of Arizona
Expertise:
Economic Growth & Innovation, Inequality & the Middle Class, Jobs and Workers, Public Budgets and Taxes, Antipoverty Policy, Media and Public Opinion

Matthew W. Stirling, Jr., Professor of History and Social Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
Expertise:
Unemployment Insurance, Voters and Voter Participation

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

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

Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, The University of Iowa, and Director of the Iowa Social Science Research Center
Expertise:
Economic Growth & Innovation, Inequality & the Middle Class, Public Budgets and Taxes

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

Professor Emeritus of Public Policy and Political Science, Yale University
Expertise:
Medicare & Medicaid, Health Care Reform, Social Security

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

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

Clinton Rossiter Professor of American Institutions, Department of Government, Cornell University
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, Health Care Reform, Social Security, Public Budgets and Taxes, Higher Education, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy

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

Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, The George Washington University
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, Medicare & Medicaid, Health Care Reform, Jobs and Workers, Public Budgets and Taxes, Children & Families

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

Gordon Scott Fulcher Professor of Decision Making, Northwestern University
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, U.S. Foreign Policy, Media and Public Opinion

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

John Gross Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, Public Budgets and Taxes, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy

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

Associate Professor of Sociology and Faculty Fellow in the Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, International Development, Public Budgets and Taxes

Goodrich C. White Professor of Political Science, Emory University
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, U.S. Foreign Policy, International Development

Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Political Science, The George Washington University
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, School Reform, Health Care Reform, Voters and Voter Participation

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

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

Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Michigan
Expertise:
Unemployment Insurance, Antipoverty Policy, Family Policies

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

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

Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology, Harvard University
Expertise:
Election 2012, Inequality & the Middle Class, Health Care Reform, Social Security, Civic Engagement, Social Movements

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

Maxwell Professor of Political Science, the Maxwell School, Syracuse University
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, Media and Public Opinion, Voters and Voter Participation

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

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

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

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

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

Luxenberg Family Professor of Public Policy and Chair, Department of Political Science; Director, Center for Policy Studies; and Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University
Expertise:
Medicare & Medicaid, Health Care Reform, Social Security, Public Budgets and Taxes, Policies in Other Nations

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

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
