Past/Present Scholars, UM-RWJ



	Current University of Michigan Scholars Cohort 14
	Chris Adolph received his PhD in political science from Harvard and is on leave from the University of Washington, Seattle, where he is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and a Core Member of the Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences. His research interests include the comparative political economy of monetary policy and welfare states, economic inequality, quantitative methods in the social sciences, and the visual display of information. During his RWJ fellowship, he will be exploring the influence of political interests and institutions on the unequal allocation of health care resources, and the role of delegation in shaping health policy decisions. Phone: 734-763-0387 Fax: 734-936-9813 Email: cadolph@umich.edu

	Erika Franklin Fowler received her PhD in political science from the University of Wisconsin in 2007. Her primary research interests are political behavior, public opinion, and media. As a Scholar, she will examine both the determinants and the effects of health policy news at the market level with a particular focus on whether media diminish or exacerbate existing inequalities. Phone: 734-763-0410 Fax: 734-936-9813 Email: erikaff@umich.edu

	Leslie Hinkson received her PhD in sociology from Princeton University in 2007. Her main areas of interest include stratification and inequality; race and ethnicity; education; political sociology; and social policy. Her dissertation examined how different institutional contexts produce larger or smaller racial gaps in test score performance in primary education and why. Phone: 734-764-2089 Fax: 734-936-9813 Email: lhinkson@umich.edu

	Tara Watson earned her PhD in economics from Harvard University in 2003 and is on leave from her position as an assistant professor in the Department of Economics at Williams College. Her research is concentrated in the areas of urban economics and health economics. During her RWJ fellowship, she plans to investigate the role of immigrant social networks in health decisions. Phone: 734-763-0483 Fax: 734-936-9813 Email: watsonte@umich.edu

	Cohort XIII
	Elizabeth Bruch received her Ph.D. in sociology and an M.S. in Statistics from UC Los Angeles in 2006. Her research interests span a broad array of population phenomena in which the actions of individuals and other units (such as families, couples, or neighborhoods) are dynamically interdependent. Phone: 734-936-1297 Fax: 734-936-9813 Email: ebruch@umich.edu

	David Frisvold received a Ph.D. in economics from Vanderbilt University in 2006. Prior to graduate school, he worked as an analyst at the Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta and New York. Dr. Frisvold’s research interests include health, labor, and public economics. Phone: 734-936-5347 Fax: 734-936-9813 Email: frisvold@umich.edu

	Quincy Stewart received his Ph.D. in Demography and Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania in 2001. He is currently on leave from Indiana University-Bloomington where he is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology. Dr. Stewart’s research interests center around social inequality and methodology. He is particularly interested in the social processes that create and maintain inequalities in socioeconomic status, health and mortality. Phone: 734-936-1216 Fax: 734-936-9813 Email: qts@umich.edu

	Jonathan Wand Jonathan received his PhD in 2003 from Cornell University. He is on leave from the Dept of Political Science at Stanford University, where he is currently an Assistant Professor. His research focuses on research methods, with an emphasis on the statistical and mathematical analysis of individual choice behavior and causal inference. Phone: 734-936-1321 Fax: 734-936-9813 Email: jwand@umich.edu

	Former University of Michigan Scholars Cohort XII Martha Bailey, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Economics University of Michigan Frederick Boehmke, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Political Science University of Iowa Neal P. Caren, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Sociology University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Jacob E. Cheadle, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Nebraska Cohort XI Mireille Jacobson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor School of Social Ecology I University of California-Irvine Joanna Kempner, Ph.D. Research Associate Center for Health and Wellbeing Princeton University Harwood McClerking , Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Political Science Ohio State University Heather Royer, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Economics Ohio State University Cohort X Brian Goesling, Ph.D. Mathematica Policy Research Inc. Catherine Lee, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Sociology Rutger's University Bhaven Sampat, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Health Policy and Management Columbia University Susan Yackee, Ph.D. Assistant Professor School of Policy, Planning and Development University of Southern California Cohort IX Christopher Carpenter, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Graduate School of Management University of California, Irvine Pamela Herd, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs University of Texas-Austin Rucker Johnson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Goldman School of Public Policy University of California, Berkeley Lauren Morris MacLean, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Political Science Indiana University Cohort VIII Reagan Baughman, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Economics University of New Hampshire Drew Halfmann, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Sociology University of California-Davis Deborah Little, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Anthropology & Sociology Adelphi University Michael Neblo, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Political Science Ohio State University Craig Volden, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Political Science Ohio State University Cohort VII Scott Adams, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Economics University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Steven Lopez, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Sociology Ohio State University Cohort VI John Cawley, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Policy Analysis and Management Cornell University Julie Cullen, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Economics University of California, San Diego Maren Klawiter, Ph.D. Assistant Professor School of History, Technology and Society Georgia Institute of Technology Andrew Whitford, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Public Administration and Policy University of Georgia Cohort V Elizabeth Armstrong, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Sociology & Public Affairs Office of Population Research Princeton University Daniel Carpenter, Ph.D. Professor of Government Littauer Center 224 (North Harvard Yard) Harvard University Marie Hojnacki, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Political Science Penn State University John Tauras, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Economics University of Illinois at Chicago Cohort IV Gregory Adams, Ph.D. Nth-Degree Analytics, LLC Bozeman, MT Denise Anthony, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Sociology Dartmouth College Judith Levine, Ph.D. Assistant Professor School of Social Service Administration University of Chicago John Moran, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Economics Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs Syracuse University Cohort III Matthew Gabel, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Political Science University of Kentucky Chuck Shipan, Ph.D. Professor Department of Political Science University of Michigan Debra Street, Ph.D. Research Scientist Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy Florida State University Cohort II William Encinosa, Ph.D. Senior Economist Center for Delivery, Organization & Markets Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Carl V. Phillips, M.P.P., Ph.D. Assistant Professor Management and Policy Sciences University of Texas School of Public Health Grant D. Reeher, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Political Science Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs Kathryn Sowards, Ph.D. Senior Research Associate Center for Community Alternatives Syracuse, NY 13202 Cohort I John Huber, Ph.D. Professor Department of Political Science Columbia University Paula M. Lantz, Ph.D. Professor Director, RWJF Scholar's Program Department of Health Management and Policy University of Michigan, School of Public Health John R. Penrod, Ph.D. Associate Member Center for the Analysis of Cost-Effective Care McGill University Margaret Weigers, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Sociology Gallaudet University