Friday, April 26, 2013 - 8:00am - 4:00pmAndrews Conference Room, 2203 Social Sciences and Humanities
We are pleased to welcome the 2011-12 recipients of our Small
Grants for Emerging Poverty Research. The awardees will present
their work highlighting their contributions to furthering our
understanding of the causes and consequences of poverty.
Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 12:10pm - 1:30pmAndrews Conference Room, 2203 Social Sciences & Humanities
Sean P. Corcoran (Ph.D Economics, University of Maryland) is an
associate professor of educational economics at New York
University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human
Development, and an affiliated faculty of the Robert F. Wagner
School of Public Service.
Friday, April 12, 2013 - 12:10pm - 1:30pmAndrews Conference Room, 2203 Social Sciences & Humanities
We are pleased to welcome Dr. Janet Shim whose research interests
include aging and life extension practices, racial, class, and
gender inequalities in health, and the genetics of Alzheimer’s
disease. Her ongoing research includes a sociological examination
of epidemiology, specifically how epidemiologists conceptualize
and use race, socioeconomic status, and sex/gender in their work,
and how lay people think about the effects of such social
differences for their health. She received her Master in Public
Policy at Harvard University and her PhD in Sociology at UCSF.
Friday, March 15, 2013 - 12:10pm - 1:30pmAndrews Conference Room, 2203 Social Sciences & Humanities
C. Cybele Raver examines the mechanisms that support children’s
self-regulation in the contexts of poverty and social policy.
Raver and her research team currently conduct CSRP, a
federally-funded RCT intervention and she regularly advises local
and federal government agencies and foundations on promoting
school readiness among low-income children. Raver has received a
William T. Grant Faculty Scholar award as well as support from
the Spencer Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, the National
Institutes of Health, and the National Science Foundation. Raver
earned her Ph.D. in developmental psychology from Yale
University.
Friday, March 8, 2013 - 12:10pm - 1:30pmAndrews Conference Room, 2203 Social Sciences & Humanities
We are pleased to welcome Dr. Cheryl Mattingly as part of our
Poverty Research Seminar Series. Dr. Mattingly earned her
doctoral degree in Anthropology and Urban Studies from MIT, and
completed a post doctorate at the Harvard Medical School.
Friday, February 22, 2013 - 12:10pm - 1:30pmAndrews Conference Room, 2203 Social Sciences & Humanities
The Center is pleased to welcome our Winter Distinguished
Visiting Scholar, Dr. Ron Haskins, February 20-22, 2013. An
expert on preschool, foster care, and poverty, Dr. Haskins was
instrumental in the 1996 overhaul of national welfare policy. His
areas of expertise include welfare reform, child care, child
support enforcement, family composition and marriage, and child
protection. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in History, a Master’s
in Education, and a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology, from UNC,
Chapel Hill.
Faculty and graduate students interested in meeting with Dr.
Haskins should contact
Meagan Hume, Program Assistant.
Friday, February 15, 2013 - 12:10pm - 1:30pmAndrews Conference Room, 2203 Social Sciences & Humanities
Dr. Murnane examines the respects in which the growth in family
income inequality in the U.S. has affected educational
opportunities for children from low income families and the
effectiveness of alternative strategies for improving life
chances for these children. Murnane co-edited (with Greg Duncan)
the 2011 volume, Whither Opportunity: Rising Inequality,
Schools, and Children’s Life Chances (Russell Sage). In
2011, Murnane and his colleague, John Willett, published the book
Methods Matter: Improving Causal Inference in Educational and
Social Science Research (Oxford U.
Friday, January 11, 2013 - 8:30am - 5:00pmMichal KurlaenderAnn Huff StevensFounders Board Room, Walter A. Buehler Alumni & Visitor's Center, UC Davis
Community colleges are the primary point of access to higher
education for many Americans. These open-access colleges offer
many programs outside the traditional academic track to students
with a diverse set of employment histories, academic preparation,
and demographic characteristics.
Friday, November 30, 2012 - 12:10pm - 1:30pmAndrews Conference Room, 2203 Social Sciences & Humanities
The Center is pleased to welcome Dr. Sheldon Danziger whose
research focuses on trends in poverty and inequality, and the
effects of economic and demographic changes and government social
programs on disadvantaged groups. His current work includes
research on how the 1996 welfare reform affected the work effort,
family income, and material well-being of single mothers. Dr.
Danziger received his Ph.D. in Economics from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. He is a Research Professor at the
Population Studies Center, and the Henry J. Meyer Distinguished
University Professor of Public Policy at the Gerald Ford School
of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. Dr. Danziger is
also the Director of the National Poverty Center, and the
Director of the
Research and Training Program on Poverty and Public Policy.
Friday, October 26, 2012 - 12:10pm - 1:30pmHeather RoseAndrews Conference Room, 2203 Social Sciences & Humanities
Two current lawsuits against the State of California claim its
current finance system is unconstitutional and demand the State
develop a new system that is more equitable and better aligned
with the State’s academic goals. Join Research Affiliate Heather
Rose as she describes California’s school finance system,
focusing on the resource disparities between schools serving
affluent and economically disadvantaged students.
Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 5:00pm - 7:30pmMU II, Memorial Union (2nd floor)
Lobbyists, often referred to as the “Third House”, influence the
decisions of government and have great insight to the current
leanings and potential effects of governmental policy. How might
schools–both K-12 and higher education–be impacted in the year
to come? Join in as California’s most knowledgable and
influential voices discuss education policy and its real-world
impact on schools.
New data from the Mexico National Rural Household Survey reveal
that the same shift out of farm work that characterized U.S. farm
labor history is well underway in Mexico. Meanwhile, the demand
for farm and non-farm workers in Mexico is rising, and a
combination of recession and border enforcement has discouraged
new Mexico-to-U.S. migration. New research funded by the Center
for Poverty Research and conducted by Research Affiliate J.
Edward Taylor examines the decline in foreign farm labor supply
to the United States and the far-reaching implications for farm
production, immigration policy, and rural poverty in California
and other labor-intensive agricultural regions.
Friday, October 19, 2012 - 11:30am - 1:00pmUCCS Conference Room A, 1130 K Street (basement level), Sacramento
Income inequality among the families of school-aged children in
the US has grown sharply over the last 40 years. How has rising
income inequality affected patterns of educational outcomes?
Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - 12:10pm - 1:30pmAndrews Conference Room, 2203 Social Sciences & Humanities
The Center is pleased to host our Fall 2012 Visiting Scholar,
Douglas Almond, duringthe week of October 8-11. Dr. Almond is an
Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs and
Economics at the Columbia School of International and Public
Affairs. Dr. Almond’s primary research areas are health and
applied microeconomics, with a particular interest in infant
health and the environment. Almond previously served as a staff
economist at the Council of Economic Advisers during the Clinton
administration and studied the health effects of air pollution in
China as a Fulbright scholar. Almond received his BA from
Carleton College in Minnesota and PhD from the University of
California, Berkeley, where he received the departmental award
for research on public policy.
Faculty and graduate students interested in meeting with Dr.
Almond should contact
Meagan Hume, Program Assistant.
Thursday, October 4, 2012 - 4:00pm - 6:00pm3201 Hart Hall
Join Professor Alyosha Goldstein (American Studies) from the
University of New Mexico to discuss his new book, Poverty in
Common. Dr. Goldstein suggests new ways to think about the
relationship among liberalism, government, and inequality in the
United States by analyzing historical dynamics including:
Progressive-era reform as a precursor to community development
during the Cold War, the ways that the language of
“underdevelopment” articulated ideas about poverty and
foreignness, the use of poverty as a crucible of interest group
politics, and radical groups’ critical reframing of community
action in anticolonial terms.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - 5:00pm Esther Duflo, Department of Economics, MITBuehler Alumni Center - AGR Room, UC Davis
Esther
Duflo is the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty
Alleviation and Development Economics in the Department of
Economics at MIT and a founder and director of the Abdul Latif
Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL). Duflo is an NBER Research
Associate, serves on the board of the Bureau for Research and
Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD), and is Director of the
Center of Economic Policy Research’s development economics
program. The Economist lists Duflo as one of the top 8 young
economists in the world.
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - 12:00pm - 1:00pmCenter for Poverty Research Conference Room, 1261 SS&H
If you have questions about the grad school application process,
or what to expect when you’re a grad student, here’s where you’ll
find answers! Current graduate students will be completely candid
about taking the GRE’s, getting recommendations, teaching, and
the grad school experience…they’ll also tell you what they wished
they would have known themselves. Director Ann Stevens will also
give her perspective in reading graduate admissions applications.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 - 12:00pm - 1:00pmAnn Huff StevensCenter for Poverty Research Conference Room, 1261 SS&H
Ideal for for students thinking about focusing in this area,
Director Ann Stevens provides an introduction on current topics
in poverty research, including major anti-poverty programs in the
United States. She’ll also cover general statistics and
resources for finding poverty-related data sets.
Developed especially for our cohort of undergraduate interns,
we’ll provide tips on making the most of your research
internship, and tell you how to get transcript notation. More
importantly, because your resume/CV is your Marketing
Brochure, you’ll also learn to write up your research and
internship experience to the fullest effect. Don’t miss this
opportunity!
Friday, June 1, 2012 - 10:00am - 5:00pmDavis (RSVP for location)
The Op-Ed Project is a highly-interactive,
energetic full day seminar built on a series of exercises,
scenarios and experiential learning around thought leadership,
and is designed to make participants think more carefully and
more expansively about what they know and why it matters. We’ll
explore how to present ideas quickly and powerfully under
pressure; the source of credibility; the components of powerful,
evidence-based argument; the difference between being “right” and
being effective; and strategies for making a greater impact,
including how to escape a pigeonhole, how to preach beyond the
choir, and the value of seeing your argument as part of a bigger
picture—and yourself as part of a larger public conversation.
We’ll review techniques and tools of persuasion that appear in
some of history’s most powerful arguments (speeches, essays and
op-eds that have changed the world), and we discuss strategies
for pitching ideas (anywhere). Participants leave with an
op-ed draft, and will have ongoing access to OpEd Project
resources, events and mentors.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 12:00pm - 1:30pmElizabeth AnanatAndrews Conference Room, 2203 Social Sciences & Humanities
Given the magnitude of the recent recession, it is important to
understand the effects of large-scale job losses on children and
their educational outcomes. Has the economic downturn had an
effect on all children, or just the children who experience
parental job loss? Presenter Elizabeth Ananat discusses the
important implications of the recession for children and school
accountability schemes.
In addition to presenting a scholarly talk, Dr. Ananat will be
available for individual and group meetings with faculty and
students; please contact
Adrienne for availability.
Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 9:00am - Friday, May 18, 2012 - 9:30amUC Davis Activities and Recreation CenterBallroom B
Bringing together scholars from several disciplines and top
academic institutions, this conference addresses the social,
economic, and policy challenges of immigration and its
consequences. Conference topics cover international migration and
global poverty; immigration, jobs and wages; and assimilation of
undocumented immigrants. A concluding policy panel will focus on
the current limits of immigration policy and the potential for
reform. Please join us for a series of presentations on these
critical topics by scholars from top institutions across the
country. Admission is free and open to the public with
pre-registration.
Friday, May 11, 2012 - 12:00pm - 1:30pmAndrews Conference Room, 2203 Social Sciences & Humanities
Authors Katherine S. Newman and Rourke O’Brien discuss the way we
tax the poor in the United States, particularly in the American
South, where poor families are often subject to income taxes, and
where regressive sales taxes apply even to food for home
consumption. The authors argue that these policies contribute in
unrecognized ways to poverty-related problems like obesity, early
mortality, the high school dropout rates, teen pregnancy, and
crime. Newman and O’Brien show how, decades before California’s
passage of Proposition 13, many southern states implemented
legislation that makes it almost impossible to raise property or
corporate taxes, a pattern now growing in the western states.
Taxing the Poor demonstrates how sales taxes intended to replace
the missing revenue—taxes that at first glance appear
fair—actually punish the poor and exacerbate the very conditions
that drove them into poverty in the first place.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 - 12:00pm - 1:30pmAndrews Conference Room, 2203 Social Sciences & Humanities
We are pleased to welcome Ariel Kalil, professor
in the Harris School of Public Policy and director of the Center
for Human Potential and Public Policy at the University of
Chicago for this seminar. Kalil is a developmental psychologist
who studies how economic conditions affect child and family
functioning. Her projects have examined how transitions from
welfare to work affect mothers and children, barriers to the
employment of welfare recipients, and family processes and child
development in female-headed, teenage-parent, and
cohabiting-couple households.
Friday, April 20, 2012 - 12:00pm - 1:30pmRand Conger273 Social Sciences & Humanities
Traditionally researchers have either proposed that the economic
environment affects the development of individuals (the social
causation perspective) or that human traits affect the
individual’s economic environment (the social selection
perspective). Conger and Donnellan (2007) argued that neither of
these views adequately captures the dynamics of real life and
proposed that individual traits and socioeconomic circumstances
will be mutually influential in a transactional process (the
interactionist perspective). In this talk, Research Affiliate
Rand Conger reviews the interactionist theory and presents
initial findings that evaluate theoretical hypotheses across
three generations of family members.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - 3:30pm - 5:00pmKathryn EdinAndrews Conference Room, 2203 Social Science & Humanities
We are pleased to welcome Kathryn Edin, Professor of Public
Policy and Management in the Kennedy School of Government at
Harvard University. Her research focuses on urban poverty and
family life, social welfare, public housing, child support, and
non-marital childbearing.
Friday, February 17, 2012 - 12:00pm - 1:30pmSasha AbramskyAndrews Conference Room, 2203 Social Science & Humanities
Voices of Poverty tells the stories, of the men, women,
and children living in poverty. They are the voices of America’s
invisible poor. Join Sasha Abramasky as he discusses his recent
audio archive project that explores why and how people fall
into, or remain in, poverty.
Friday, January 20, 2012 - 2:30pm - 4:00pm1002 Geidt Hall
Inequality, Educational Access and the Future of the University
Continuing events across UC campuses remind us of the need to
engage in discussions about the core challenges facing access to
higher education in California. On January 20, 2012, the Center
responded to this need by hosting three panelists for a
discussion on the positive impacts of higher education on
individual economic outcomes. Panelists also put forth strategies
the University can employ to ensure all students can access
higher education. A full house of students, staff, and faculty
listened and contributed to the discussion which was attended by
the Chancellor and other administrators.
