News & Announcements
Renee Almeling was interviewed for the blog post Sex Cells: An RWJF Scholar Looks at the Market for Eggs and Sperm in this Country featured on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Human Capital Portfolio’s blog February 14
was interviewed for the blog post Sex Cells: An RWJF Scholar Looks at the Market for Eggs and Sperm in this Country featured on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Human Capital Portfolio’s blog February 14.
Martha Bailey co-authored research cited in New York Times Article "Education Gap Grows Between Rich and Poor, Studies Say" February 10,2012.
co-authored research cited in New York Times Article "Education Gap Grows Between Rich and Poor, Studies Say" February 10,2012.
Jamila Michener's blog post Health Care, Inequality & Dr. King: Reflecting on our Priorities featured on Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Human Capital Portfolio’s blog January 17
contributed blog post Health Care, Inequality & Dr. King: Reflecting on our Priorities to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Human Capital Portfolio’s blog January 17, 2012.
John Friedman co-authored The Long-Term Impacts of Teachers: Teacher Value-Added and Student Outcomes in Adulthood featured in the January 6, 2012 New York Times Article "Big Study Links Good Teachers to Lasting Gain"
co-authored The Long-Term Impacts of Teachers: Teachar Value-Added and Student Outcomes in Adulthood featured in the January 6, 2012 New York Times Article "Big Study Links Good Teachers to Lasting Gain".
Rashawn Ray's blog post Physical Activity is Essential featured on Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Human Capital portfolio’s blog January 3
contributed blog post Physical Activity is Essential to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Human Capital Portfolio’s blog January 3, 2012.
Seth Freedman's blog post Slow the Growth in U.S. Health Care Costs featured on Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Human Capital portfolio’s blog December 29
contributed blog post Slow the Growth in U.S. Health Care Costs to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Human Capital Portfolio’s blog December 29, 2011.
Brad Herring is elected to the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI).
is elected to the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI). Academy members are recognized experts in Social Security, Medicare and health coverage, workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, and related social assistance and private employee benefits. Individuals selected for membership have distinguished themselves by improving the quality of research, administration, or policymaking in one or more of these areas.
Daniel Carpenter authored a New York Times Op-Ed "Free the FDA."
authored the December 13, 2011 New York Times Op-Ed "Free the FDA".
Jacqueline Stevens is quoted in a New York Times Article "Immigration Crackdown Also Snares Americans"
is quoted in a December 14, 2011 New York Times article "Immigration Crackdown Also Snares Americans"
Mirielle Jacobson co-authored Geographic Variation in Physicians' Responses to a Reimbursement Change in the New England Journal of Medicine
co-authored Geographic Variation in Physicians' Responses to a Reimbursement Change with C. Earle, M.D., and J. Newhouse, Ph.D (New England Journal of Medicine, 2011; 365:2049-2052)
Daniel Carpenter has been awarded The Allan Sharlin Memorial Award of the Social Science History Association for his book Reputation and Power: Organizational Image and Pharmaceutical Regulation at the FDA
has been awarded The Allan Sharlin Memorial Award of the Social Science History Association for his book Reputation and Power: Organizational Image and Pharmaceutical Regulation at the FDA. The Sharlin Award is presented annually for an outstanding book in social science history published in the previous year (2010).
Seema Jayachandran has joined the faculty of Northwestern University as an Associate Professor of Economics.
has joined the faculty of Northwestern University as an Associate Professor of Economics.
Kurt Lavetti receives 2011 Award for Best Ph.D. Dissertation in Public Policy and Managment from the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM).
received the Award for Best Ph.D. Dissertation in Public Policy and Managment from the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) at the APPAM Annual Membership Meeting and Awards Breakfast on Nov. 4, 2011 in Washington, D.C.
Quincy Stewart has co-authored Quantifying Race: On Methods for Analyzing Social Inequality in Rethinking Race and Ethnicity in Research Methods
has co-authored with Abigail A. Sewell, Quantifying Race: On Methods for Analyzing Social Inequality in Rethinking Race and Ethnicity in Research Methods (Left Coast Press, July 2011)
Debra Street received the 2011 State University of New York, Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.
received the 2011 State University of New York, Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Andrea Louise Campbell has co-authored The Delegated Welfare State: Medicare, Markets, and the Governance of Social Policy
has co-authored with Kimberly J. Morgan, The Delegated Welfare State: Medicare, Markets, and the Governance of Social Policy (Oxford University Press, September 2011).
Marit Rehavi has been named a scholar of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research's Institutions, Organizations and Growth Group and an Early Career Scholar of the Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of British Columbia.
has been named a scholar of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research's Institutions, Organizations and Growth Group
and an Early Career Scholar of the Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of British Columbia.
Neale Mahoney is named a first runner-up for the 2011 National Tax Association 2011 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award.
is named a first runner-up for the 2011 National Tax Association 2011 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award.
Taeku Lee co-authored Asian American Political Participation: Emerging Constituents and Their Political Identities
co-authored with J. Wong, S. Karthick Ramakrishnanand J. Junn, Asian American Political Participation: Emerging Constituents and Their Political Identities (October 2011, Russell Sage Foundation).
Mark Q. Sawyer has co-authored Just Neighbors? Research on African American and Latino Relations in the United States
has co-authoered with E. Telles and G. Rivera-Salgado, Just Neighbors? Research on African American and Latino Relations in the United States (September 2011, Russell Sage Foundation).
David Pellow has authored The Slums of Aspen: Immigrants vs. the Environment in America’s Eden
has authored The Slums of Aspen: Immigrants vs. the Environment in America’s Eden (2011 NYU Press).
Robert Van Houweling was awarded the Best Paper Award by the Experimental Research Section of the American Political Science Association
and Michael Tomz were awarded the Best Paper Award by the Experimental Research Section of the American Political Science Association for their article “Candidate Repositioning”. The Best Paper Award is presented to authors of the best paper presented at the previous year's APSA Annual Meeting featuring experimental analyses.
Lauren Morris MacLean was a awarded a Trustees Teaching Award at Indiana University
was a awarded a College of Arts and Sciences Trustees Teaching at Indiana University.
Lauren Morris MacLean was awarded the Giovanni Sartori Book Award by the Qualitative and Multi-Method Research Section of the American Political Science Association
was awarded the Giovanni Sartori Book Award by the Qualitative and Multi-Method Research Section of the American Political Science Association for her book Informal Institutions and Citizenship in Rural Africa: Risk and Reciprocity in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire (Cambridge University Press, 2010). The Giovanni Sartori Book Award is granted to a single-authored or multi-authored book, or to an edited volume published in the calendar
Ann Keller received the Don K. Price Award from the Science, Technology & Environmental Politics Section of the American Political Science Association
received the Don K. Price Award from the Science, Technology & Environmental Politics Section of the American Political Science Association for her book Science in Environmental Policy (MIT Press, 2009). The Don K. Price Award is given for the best book in science and technology politics published in the past 3 years.

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