IRP Seminars will be in person meetings this semester, unless otherwise noted. Connection information for virtual seminars will be sent out, in advance, to the IRP Seminar email list.
January 27, 2022
Local Tax Rules and School Funding
Ross Milton, Assistant Professor, La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin–Madison
12:15-1:30pm, 8417 William H. Sewell Social Sciences Building
Co-sponsored by UniverCity.
February 3, 2022
Monetary Sanctions and Housing Instability
Mary Pattillo, Harold Washington Professor, Chair, Department of African American Studies, Departments of Sociology and African American Studies, Northwestern University
12:15-1:30pm, 8417 William H. Sewell Social Sciences Building
Co-sponsored by UniverCity.
Recording of this seminar is available on the IRP YouTube Channel.
February 10, 2022
Virtual Seminar
Insights into Inequality from a GWAS on Income among ≈756,000 Individuals of European Ancestries
Philipp Koellinger, Professor, La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin–Madison
12:15-1:30pm, Online Zoom Webinar
February 17, 2022
Pathways to Skin Tone Stratification: The Role of Inherited (Dis)Advantage and Skin Tone Discrimination in Labor Markets
Denia Garcia, Assistant Professor, La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin–Madison
12:15-1:30pm, 8417 William H. Sewell Social Sciences Building
February 24, 2022
Initial Evidence on the Employment Effects of the 2021 Fully Refundable Monthly Child Tax Credit
Jessica Pac, Assistant Professor, Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin–Madison
12:15-1:30pm, 8417 William H. Sewell Social Sciences Building
Recording of this seminar is available on the IRP YouTube Channel.
March 3, 2022
Meritocracy at Work: How the Architecture of Evaluation Fuels Inequality
Fabien Accominotti, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin–Madison
12:15-1:30pm, 8417 William H. Sewell Social Sciences Building
Recording of this seminar is available on the IRP YouTube Channel.
March 10, 2022
Utilization and Care Disparities in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias
Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing and Deputy Director, UW Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR), University of Wisconsin–Madison
12:15-1:30pm, 8417 William H. Sewell Social Sciences Building
March 17, 2022
No Seminar – Spring Break
March 24, 2022
Estimating the Prevalence of Substance-Exposed Newborns in Child Maltreatment
Christine Piette Durrance, Associate Professor, La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin–Madison
12:15-1:30pm, 8417 William H. Sewell Social Sciences Building
March 31, 2022
Intergenerational Transmission of Violence in Three-Generational Households: Evidence from the Wisconsin Families Studies
Jooyoung Kong, Assistant Professor, Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin–Madison
12:15-1:30pm, 8417 William H. Sewell Social Sciences Building
Recording of this seminar is available on the IRP YouTube Channel.
April 7, 2022
Virtual Seminar
Race and Work Hour Insecurity: The Case of Low Work Hours in the U.S., 2000–2020
Linsey N. Edwards, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, New York University
12:15-1:30pm, Online Zoom Webinar
Co-sponsored by UniverCity.
April 14, 2022
Family Matters: The Economics of Household Structure in an Age of Impossibility
Melissa Kearney, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Maryland
12:15-1:30pm, 8417 William H. Sewell Social Sciences Building
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Lunch & Learn Talk
Guaranteeing Futures: Understanding the Policy Needs of Criminalized People
Lucius Couloute, Assistant Professor, Sociology & Criminal Justice, Suffolk University
12:00-1:15pm, 3470 William H. Sewell Social Sciences Building
April 21, 2022
Leveraging the Genome to Evaluate the Impact of the Social Environment
Lauren Schmitz, Assistant Professor, La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin–Madison
12:15-1:30pm, 8417 William H. Sewell Social Sciences Building
April 28, 2022
Pennsylvania’s General Assistance Program: Exploring the Experiences of Philadelphia’s Most Vulnerable Residents
Mina Addo, National Poverty Fellow, IRP/OPRE, University of Wisconsin–Madison
12:15-1:30pm, 8417 William H. Sewell Social Sciences Building
May 5, 2022
Online SSDI Conversations to Improve Communication and Outreach
Lydia Ashton, Assistant Professor, Department of Consumer Science, University of Wisconsin–Madison
12:15-1:30pm, 8417 William H. Sewell Social Sciences Building