Han, Sangdo
Biography Primary research interests: Anti-poverty, Social Policies
Biography Primary research interests: Anti-poverty, Social Policies
CV CV Biography Anna (she/her) is a PhD candidate at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a research assistant at the Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP). Her research explores how sociodemographic characteristics and public policies—particularly anti-poverty and work-family policies—shape parental investment and influence child and family well-being. She is especially interested in the interplay of …
Biography Interests: disability; I/DD policy; employment; workplace accommodations
Biography Jungjin “Jin” Koo is a PhD student in Social Welfare and a Graduate Research Fellow at the Institute for Research on Poverty. His research interests include different definitions and measurements of poverty, and the effects of various social safety net programs on poverty. Jin holds an MS in Social Policy from the University of …
Biography Research Interests: welfare state programs, carceral poverty governance, parenting, and abolitionist approaches
Biography Interests: Child abuse, domestic violence, trauma-informed interventions
Biography Interests: Early childhood, attachment relationships, parental adjustment, prenatal influencers of health, NICU support, social ecology of childrearing
Biography Leslie’s career has spanned social work, education, and policy institutions, focusing on centering equity and pushing for systems change. With more than 15 years in business administration, Leslie has extensive experience in strategic management, public relations, policy creation, finance and personnel oversight, research and data analysis, communications, advancement, and marketing. Interests: Public transportation planning …
Biography Pooja’s research interests center on two related lines of inquiry, united by the conviction that advancing social welfare requires attending to broader economic and political systems. First, how do social welfare systems shape health, economic, and political outcomes for multiply marginalized disabled people? Second, how does the concentration of private actor power limit collective …