The Center for Poverty & Inequality Research hosts an annual
seminar series on poverty issues. We are pleased to welcome
faculty, researchers, and thought leaders to the UC Davis campus.
Most of our seminars are located in Andrews Conference Room, 2203
Social Sciences and Humanities Building, unless otherwise noted.
Parking Information: A valid UC Davis parking
permit is required to park on campus. Daily Visitor Permits are
available for purchase for $9.00 at machines located at the
entrance to the Quad
Parking Structure (GPS Address: 1 Howard Way, Davis,
CA). The Andrews Conference Room is a short walk from the parking
structure.
Directions to Andrews Conference Room:
Enter the Social
Sciences & Humanities Building through the Letters & Science
Dean’s Office entrance (arch and glass doors). Stairs and
elevator are located just inside; proceed to the second floor.
Andrews is on the right side of the hall, 2203 SS&H.
In this session, Dr. Taura Taylor shares the observation that
studies on social inequality, poverty, and marginalization, often
deemphasize agency. Centering self-sufficiency or highlighting
community initiatives to resolve discrimination and inequality
has the potential to minimize structural barriers and systemic
oppression. In addition, distinguished individual and community
practices may not implement broadly across intersecting statuses.
IPR Director Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach is an economist who
studies policies aimed at improving the lives of children in
poverty, including education, health, and income support
policies. Her work traces the impact of major public policies
such as the Food Stamp Program, school finance reform, and early
childhood education on children’s long-term outcomes.
Laura Tach’s research and teaching interests focus on poverty and
social policy. In her research she uses quantitative and
qualitative methods to study how social policies can alleviate
poverty among disadvantaged families and communities.
Professor Hammond will present his paper entitled, On
Fires, Floods, and Federalism: Adapting Welfare Programs for the
Climate Crisis. Professor Hammond’s research contextualizes
the climate crisis in our scholarly understanding of the American
welfare state. Professor Hammond will explain how, amid the
recent spate of fires and floods, federal law has fared. His work
attends to the role of Congress, weakened as it is by increased
polarization and diminished capacity, and how the resulting
delays and distortions in emergency relief have hampered the
government response.
Florencia Torche is Dunlevie Family Professor in the School
of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University. Her research
and writing focus on social inequality and social mobility,
educational disparities, and marriage and family dynamics. Her
recent scholarship has extensively studied the influence of
early-life exposures and circumstances –starting before birth– on
individual health, development, and wellbeing using natural
experiments and causal inference approaches.
