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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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    Thad Williamson

    Thad Williamson

    PhD in Political Science, 2004.
    Associate Professor of Leadership Studies and Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Law, University of Richmond.


    A recognized community leader on poverty reduction efforts in Richmond, Thad Williamson served as the first director of the city's Office of Community Wealth Building while on leave from the University during the 2014-16 academic years. 

    Recipient of the Jepson Servant Leader Award from the Class of 2019 for his work to effect change in Richmond, Virginia, 2019.

    Sprawl, Justice, and Citizenship

    Thad Williamson's book, Sprawl, Justice, and Citizenship: The Civic Costs of the American Way of Life, has been published by Oxford University Press (2010).

    Winner of the American Political Science Association's Harold D. Lasswell Award for the best dissertation in the field of public policy, 2005.

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    Beth Wikler

    Elizabeth McCarthy Wikler

    PhD in Health Policy, 2013.
    Senior Health Policy Advisor, Office of U.S. Senator Tina Smith.


    Congressional Fellow, American Sociological Association, 2013-2014.

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