Dr. Murphy’s research uses ethnographic methods to examine how poverty and inequality are experienced, structured, and reproduced across and within multiple domains of social life including neighborhoods, social networks, organizations, and the state. Current research projects examine the new suburban poverty as well as the causes and consequences of transportation insecurity.
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Cech,Erin Ann
Erin A. Cech is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Associate Professor by courtesy in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. She earned her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, San Diego and undergraduate degrees in Electrical Engineering and Sociology from Montana State University. Cech’s research examines cultural mechanisms of inequality reproduction–specifically, how… Continue reading Cech,Erin Ann
Rhode,Paul W
Dr. Rhode is an economic historian working on the 20th century United States. He has a range of interests from performance of election betting marketing to the economic development of the Pacific region.
Patterson,Sarah Elizabeth
Dr. Sarah E. Patterson is a Demographer and Sociologist. Currently, she is a Research Assistant Professor at the Survey Research Center and a Faculty Affiliate at the Population Studies Center, both at the University of Michigan. She is working on projects related to families, aging, and caregiving. More broadly, her research addresses whether and how… Continue reading Patterson,Sarah Elizabeth
Rob Stephenson
Dr. Stephenson examines sexual and reproductive health, with a focus on the development and testing of HIV prevention interventions for sexuality minority populations, efforts to increase HIV care adherence, and the identification of how gender inequality puts women in poor countries at risk of negative maternal health outcomes.
Lam,David A
David Lam’s research focuses on the interaction of economics and demography in developing countries, including analysis of the economics of population growth, fertility, marriage and aging. He has worked extensively in Brazil and South Africa, where his research analyzes links between education, labor markets and income inequality.the economics of population growth, fertility, marriage and aging.… Continue reading Lam,David A
John Marcotte
John E. Marcotte, PhD is a statistician and data security expert. He has over 25 years of experience performing quantitative analysis. During his career, Marcotte has served as a quantitative researcher, biostatistician, data archivist, data security officer and computing director. Among Marcotte’s statistical fortes are linear and logistic regression, survival analysis and sampling while his… Continue reading John Marcotte
Pienta,Amy
Amy Pienta is Associate Director of Faculty and a Research Professor. As a demographer who works on social determinants of health, she has directed several large health data infrastructure projects advancing open science goals (National Addiction and Data Archive Program, Health and Medical Care Archive, Patient-Centered Outcomes Data Repository). Her work is supported by the… Continue reading Pienta,Amy
Susan Leonard
Dr. Leonard’s work focuses on the relationship between human populations and their environments. Her research interests include historical epidemiology and mortality in emergent industrial cities of the Northeast United States; wealth inequality in 19th century New England; household dynamic and farming practices in grasslands settlement; and aging, migration, isolation and settlement dynamics in the US… Continue reading Susan Leonard
