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Urban, Rural and Regional Studies

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Monica Deza
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Monica Deza

Associate Professor, Economics Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2012

Areas of Expertise

Economics of Crime, Labor Economics, Economic Demography, Economics of Risky health behaviors
Sean J. Drake

Sean J. Drake

Assistant Professor, Sociology Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 2017

Areas of Expertise

Race and ethnicity, schools and education, neighborhood organization and inequality, refugee youth, immigrant incorporation, poverty and homelessness, ethnographic methods
Gabriela Kirk
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Gabriela Kirk-Werner

Assistant Professor, Sociology Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2022
Shannon Monnat

Shannon Monnat

Professor, Sociology Department

Lerner Chair in Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Director and Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Co-Director, Policy, Place, and Population Health Lab

Faculty Affiliate, Aging Studies Institute

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany, 2008

Areas of Expertise

Rural demography, social and structural determinants of health and health disparities, spatial differences in morbidity and mortality
Jan Ondrich

Jan Ondrich

Professor, Economics Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1983

Areas of Expertise

Econometrics, labor economics, urban economics
Alexander Rothenberg

Alexander Rothenberg

Associate Professor, Economics Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2012

Areas of Expertise

Urban economics, development economics, applied econometrics
Rebecca Schewe

Rebecca Schewe

Associate Professor, Sociology Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Senior Research Associate, Center for Environmental Policy and Administration

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2011

Areas of Expertise

Environmental and natural resource sociology
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Rick Welsh

Professor, Sociology Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Ph.D., Cornell University, 1995
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