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Appendix: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
Pages 309-315

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... Dr. Shaefer's research centers on poverty and social welfare policy in the United States, and he has published in top peer-reviewed academic journals in the fields of public policy, social work, public health, health services research, and history.
From page 310...
... Dr. Berger's research focuses on the ways in which economic resources, sociodemographic characteristics, and public policies affect parental behaviors and child and family well-being, and it aims to inform public policy by improving its capacity to assist families in accessing resources, improving family functioning and well-being, and ensuring that children can grow and develop in the best possible environments.
From page 311...
... She also serves as a senior evaluator on the National Science Foundation-funded Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science Initiative, which seeks to broaden science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) participation and retention efforts for first-generation college students, specifically bolstering access and readiness efforts in West Virginia and Arizona.
From page 312...
... She has a PhD in human development and social policy from Northwestern University. SUSAN MARIE DYNARSKI is Patricia Albjerg Graham professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, a faculty research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Education.
From page 313...
... KATHLEEN MULLAN HARRIS is the James E Haar distinguished professor of sociology and adjunct professor of public policy in the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
From page 314...
... During '22 professor in demographic studies, professor of sociology and public affairs emerita, and a visiting senior scholar at the Center for Research on Child Wellbeing at Princeton University. She is president of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, past president of the Population Association of America, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Education, APP - 6
From page 315...
... Her research, which has been supported by U.S. Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Science Foundation, and the Mellon, Spencer, and Ford Foundations addresses racial and ethnic differences in various metrics of social inequality, international migration, immigrant integration, and access to higher education.


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