Directory

Udoi Rateng is a PhD student in the joint Public Policy and Political Science program. With over a decade of experience as a public affairs researcher in Kenya in the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, Udoi has conducted nationally representative…

Katherine Richard is a PhD Candidate in Economics and Public Policy at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She employs applied econometric techniques to understand how low income households make ends meet over short time horizons. Her prior joint…

Margarita is a doctoral student in the joint program of Public Policy and Sociology. Her research interests focus on inequalities, development, and Science and Technology Studies. She plans to study of the bureaucratics of poverty governance in Latin…

Jasmine Simington is a PhD candidate in Public Policy and Sociology researching racial and spatial inequality in housing.  Her work is published in Social Forces, The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Russell Sage…

William D. Taylor is a joint doctoral student in Political Science and Public Policy. His research employs advanced computational methods to investigate the challenges faced by populations with limited social, political, and economic capital, and…

Malcolm is a student in the joint Public Policy and Economics PhD program.   He studies the economics of the construction and maintenance of caste systems such as race and applications of intersectionality in understanding collective action…

Brittany Vasquez is a PhD student in Public Policy & Sociology with broad interests in education policy, stratification, and quantitative methods. She is a fellow in Causal Inference in Education Policy Research with the Education Policy Initiative,…

Dyanne Vaught is a PhD candidate in Economics and Public Policy at the University of Michigan, with interests in international trade, macroeconomics, and trade and foreign policy. Her research focuses on the impacts of temporary trade policies,…

Siwen Xiao is a joint Ph.D. student in Public Policy and Political Science. Her research interests lie at the intersections of science and technology policy, authoritarian politics, and international political economy. She previously worked as a…

Eunice is a joint doctoral student in Public Policy and Sociology. Her current research interests are in financial behavior and state attempts to shape financial behavior through policies, programs, and other means, particularly for people with low…