Institute for Research on Poverty

Assistant Professor - Madison, Wisconsin, United States Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...

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The Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor in the field of demography of health and aging beginning in August 2026
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2025 Professional Development Training Participant: Olanrewaju Yusuff, PhD candidate in the Department of Economics in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University. @olayusuff.bsky.social‬ @gsueconomics.bsky.social‬ (12/12)

2025 Professional Development Training Participant: Armando Vizcardo-Benites, PhD candidate in the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University. @brandeisuniversity.bsky.social‬ (11/12)

2025 Professional Development Training Participant: Vandeka Rodgers, PhD candidate in Education and Social Policy at the University of Delaware. ‪@udelaware.bsky.social‬ (10/12)

2025 Professional Development Training Participant: Katie Pullom, PhD candidate in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. ‪@upenn.edu‬ (9/12)

2025 Professional Development Training Participant: Christian Porter, PhD candidate in the School of Social Work at University of Pittsburgh. (8/12)

2025 Professional Development Training Participant: Morgan Gilmer, PhD candidate in the Human Development and Greensboro. @uncg.edu‬ (7/12)

2025 Professional Development Training Participant: Allysha Bryant, PhD candidate in the Wurzweiler School of Social Work at Yeshiva University. (6/12)

2025 Professional Development Training Participant: Erika Brown, PhD candidate in the Department of Social Sciences & Historical Studies at Texas Woman's University. (5/12)

2025 Professional Development Training Participant: Emmanuel Adaranijo, PhD candidate in the College of Integrated Health Sciences at State University of New York at Albany. (4/12)

https://www.irp.wisc.edu/training/professional-development-training-series-on-poverty-and-economic-mobility-research/ Meet the members of the new cohort! (3/12)

The series is open to students who are either from low-income or rural backgrounds or who are attending universities that are not designated as an R1 “very high research activity.”
For more info on the program: (2/12)

📢 We’re pleased to announce the 2025–2026 cohort of the IRP Professional Development Training Series on Poverty and Economic Mobility Research. 📢 IRP uses a competitive application process to select up to 10 continuing PhD students to participate in the training series. (1/12)

Join us for this great webinar on Wednesday! Our panelists will present their research on programs including career, technical and vocational education, community colleges, and opportunities like apprenticeships, and how to maximize the returns for participants. www.irp.wisc.edu/resource/cur...

Join us for this great IRP webinar on 7/23! "Current Research on Alternative Educational and Training Pathways," with Di Xu of @ucirvine.bsky.social, Maura Kelly of Portland State University, and @doughesm.bsky.social of @bostoncollege.bsky.social. Register here: www.irp.wisc.edu/resource/cur...

Honored to be named a 2025–2026 IRP National Dissertation Awardee! Grateful for the opportunity to advance my research on policies shaping Medicaid delivery systems and their impact on adolescents. Thank you @irpwisc.bsky.social!

Congratulations to IRP 2025–2026 National Dissertation Awardees Menna Mburi of UNC Chapel Hill and Rachel Rosales of @brownpublichealth.bsky.social‬! The award supports outstanding dissertation projects that explore issues of poverty and economic mobility in human services.

🎧Great new podcast episode! 🎧 IRP Affiliate @luciegschmidt.bsky.social of Smith College & @nber.org describes the safety net landscape before 1996, and how specific programs and overall coverage have changed since welfare reform was put in place. www.irp.wisc.edu/resource/luc...

Great to see this new work by IRP Affiliate @arpilarz.bsky.social and IRP Dissertation Research Fellowship award recipient Anna Walther!

Tomorrow (Wed. 5/28)! You can still register here to attend this great webinar (or to get the recording emailed to you after). www.irp.wisc.edu/resource/wor...

Congrats to IRP Graduate Research Fellow Anna Walther for receiving this year's Dissertation Research Fellowship! Her dissertation is "Essays on the Social Safety Net, Economic Insecurity, and Inequality during the Transition to Parenthood." www.irp.wisc.edu/training/irp... @uwsocialwork.bsky.social

Sign up now for this webinar on 5/28! Our panelists will discuss the stated goals of work requirements and how they function in practice, as well as what they mean for the experiences of eligible individuals and families. www.irp.wisc.edu/resource/wor...

thanks, @ritahamad.bsky.social!

📢 Register now for this great upcoming webinar! 📢 "Work Requirements and Safety Net Coverage," with @chloeneast.bsky.social of University of Colorado Denver, Michael Karpman of @urbaninstitute.bsky.social & Chima Ndumele of @yalesph.bsky.social. www.irp.wisc.edu/resource/wor...

Congratulations to IRP Affiliates Felix Elwert, Lauren Schmitz, Tessa Conroy, Michael Massoglia for this recognition! @uwsoc.bsky.social

TODAY! Come hear from IRP and @uwmadison.bsky.social alum Matthew Desmond. The talk is free and open to the public, and a reception will follow.

Don't miss this great webinar on Wed., 4/30! "Policy and Practice Approaches To Predicting And Addressing Food Insecurity," with Leslie Hodges of USDA, Angela Odoms-Young of @cornelluniversity.bsky.social & Seungmin Lee of
@pulteinstitute.bsky.social. Register: www.irp.wisc.edu/resource/pol...

TODAY! We hope you'll join us to hear from Dr. Hwang.

It was our pleasure! Thanks for taking the time to talk with us.