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Scott Winship

Scott Winship

PhD in Sociology and Social Policy, 2009.
Director of Poverty Studies, American Enterprise Institute


Scott Winship is a resident scholar and the director of poverty studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he researches social mobility and the causes and effects of poverty. He also focuses on economic insecurity and inequality, among other poverty issues.

Before joining AEI, Dr. Winship served as the executive director of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC). During his time at the JEC, under Chairman Mike Lee (R-UT), Dr. Winship created the Social Capital Project, a multiyear research project to investigate the evolving nature of social relationships including families, communities, workplaces, and religious congregations.

Dr. Winship was also a visiting fellow at the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity, where he is still an honorary member of the board of advisers; a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research; a fellow in the economic studies department of the Brookings Institution; and the research manager of the Economic Mobility Project at the Pew Charitable Trusts. Dr. Winship also served as a senior policy adviser at Third Way and the managing editor at The Democratic Strategist.

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Alix S. Winter

Alix S. Winter

PhD in Sociology and Social Policy, November 2019.
Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Interdisciplinary Center for Innovative Theory and Empirics, Columbia University.


Alix Winter is a Postdoctoral Research Scholar working on INCITE’s Understanding Autism project.

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Justin Wolfers

Justin Wolfers is a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and professor of economics and public policy at the University of Michigan.

Justin Wolfers

PhD in Economics, 2001.
Professor of Economics and Professor of Public Policy in the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan.
Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics.


Visting Professor of Economics, The University of Sydney, 2014-present.
Senior Scientist, Gallup, 2011-present.

Non-Resident Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, 2009-present.
Research Associate, NBER, 2009-present.

Named one of the  top 25 economists under the age of 45 by the IMF, 2014.

Recipient of the Excellence Award in Global Economic Affairs, Kiel Institute (Germany), 2007.

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Miya Woolfalk

Miya Woolfalk

PhD in Government and Social Policy, 2013.
Director of Research, Analyst Institute.


Assistant Professor of Political Science, Wellesley College, 2013-2016.

Miya Woolfalk leads a team of research managers and analysts who design, implement and analyze research projects on a wide range of topics. Her substantive expertise and primary interests are in civic engagement and voter mobilization, with a focus on the political behavior of racial and ethnic groups. 

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Daniel Wu

Daniel Wu

PhD in Sociology and Social Policy, 2019.
Harvard Law School, JD 2017.
Privacy Counsel and Legal Engineer, Immuta.

Daniel Wu researches data/AI ethics in smart cities.

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Crystal S. Yang

Crystal S. Yang

PhD in Economics and JD, Harvard Law School, 2013.
Professor of Law, Harvard Law School.


Olin Fellow and Instructor of Law, University of Chicago Law School, 2013-2014.

Crystal Yang’s teaching and research interests center around empirical law and economics, particularly in the areas of criminal justice and consumer bankruptcy.

Winner John M. Olin Prize for best paper in law and economics for “Free At Last? Judicial Discretion and Racial Disparities in Federal Sentencing,” 2013.

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Hye-Young You

Hye Young You

PhD in Political Economy and Government, 2014.
Assistant Professor, Wilf Family Department of Politics, New York University.
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Oren Ziv

Oren Ziv

PhD in Political Economy and Government, 2015.
Assistant Professor of Economics, Michigan State University.


International Economics Postdoctoral Fellow, Dartmouth College, 2016.

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Dan Zuberi

Daniyal Zuberi

PhD in Sociology and Social Policy, 2004.
Royal Bank Chair and Professor of Social Policy, University of Toronto.


Daniyal Zuberi is currently a PI on a SSHRC Insight Grant: “Social Policy and Urban Poverty in Canada” (2017-2021).

D(Re)Generating Inclusive Cities, by Dan Zuberian Zuberi's fourth book, co-authored with Ariel Judith Taylor, (Re) Generating Inclusive Cities: Poverty and Planning in Urban North America, has been published by Routledge (2018).

Dan Zuberi's third book, Schooling the Next Generation: Creating Success in Urban Elementary Schools, has been published by University of Toronto Press (2015).Schooling the Next Generation

Dan Zuberi has been elected a member of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, 2015.

Dan Zuberi's second book, Cleaning Up: How Hospital Outsourcing is Hurting Workers and Endangering Patients, has Cleaning Upbeen published by Cornell University Press (2013).

William Lyon Mackenzie King Research Fellow, Harvard University, 2011-2012.

Dan Zuberi's first book, Differences That Matter: Social Policy and the Working Poor in the United States and Canada, has been published by Cornell University Press (2006). 

Winner of the Michael Harrington Book Award given by the New Political Science Section of the American Political Science Association, 2007.

Differences that MatterFinalist for the Hubert Evans Non-fiction Prize, awarded annually for the best non-fiction book by a resident of British Columbia. 

Honorable Mention, Gustavus Myers Award.

Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Title.

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Clara Zverina

Clara Zverina

PhD in Public Policy, 2014.
Director, Altor Equity Partners AB.


NBER Postdoctoral Fellow in Disability Research, 2014-2015.

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