ITP NEWS
2012
AWARDS
Lauren Schudde (sociology) was the recipient of three fellowship awards this spring: a National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowship; an AERA Dissertation Grant; and an Association for Institutional Research (AIR) fellowship. Lauren will use the Spencer Fellowship in 2012-13 to complete her dissertation "Disadvantaged and Disengaged? How Financial Constraints Impact College Experiences and Success for Low-Income Students."
Anna Haskins (sociology) was awarded a Ford Foundation dissertation fellowship to complete her research on "Mass Incarceration and the Black-White Achievement Gap: The Effects of Families, Schools and the Penal System on Racial Inequality in Educational Outcomes."
Seong Won Han, ITP international affiliate in sociology, was awarded an AERA Dissertation Grant for 2012-2013 to complete her doctoral thesis "Cross-National Study of Students' STEM Career Aspirations: Evidence from PISA."
Katie Broton (sociology) was awarded an NSF fellowship to support her graduate study. She is the sixth ITP student to win this prestigious honor, following Alyn Turner, Steven Alvarado, Anna Haskins, Jeremy Fiel and Elizabeth Rempe.
Jill Bowdon (sociology) was selected as a 2012-13 Institute for Research on Poverty Dissertation Fellow. She will receive a year of support to complete her dissertation research on “Non-Cognitive Skills and the Emergence of the Black-White Test Score Gap.”
JOBS
Sarah Bruch (sociology) has accepted a tenure-track faculty position in Sociology at the University of Iowa, starting in fall 2012.
Deven Carlson (political science) accepted a tenure-track position starting next fall at the University of Oklahoma. He will join the Political Science faculty and will be a faculty affiliate of the Center for Applied Social Research. Deven was recently named an "Emerging Education Policy Scholar" by the Fordham Foundation and American Enterprise Institute. The program brings talented, promising scholars to connect with other scholars in their field and introduces them to key players in the education- policy arena.
Meghan Condon (political science) was appointed Visiting Assistant Professor at Loyola University of Chicago, 2011-12.
Sara Dahill-Brown (political science) has accepted a tenure-track faculty position in Political Science at Wake Forest University, where she will teach public policy and research methods. She is completing her dissertation, "Racing to the Top? Centralizing School Governance to Increase Accountability and Improve Achievement."
In fall 2011, Jared Knowles (political science) began working as the Policy Research Advisor for the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
Lesley Lavery (political science) graduated in fall 2011 and has accepted a tenure-track faculty position in Political Science at Macalester University starting in fall 2012.
2011
Megan Brown (psychology) accepted a postdoctoral fellowship at Georgia State University in Language and Literacy.
Anna Haskins (sociology) was elected as the graduate student representative to the Sociology of Education Section Council of the American Sociological Association.
JOBS--ITP fellow Hilary Shager (social welfare) began a new position this winter as an advanced research analyst for the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families. Shanta Hattikudur (psychology) has accepted a position in the College of Education at Temple University, starting in fall 2011. Steven Alvarado (sociology) accepted a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship at Notre Dame, also starting next fall. ITP international affiliate Hiren Nisar (economics) has accepted a position in the Washington, D.C. office of Abt Associates, a research consulting firm.
Deven Carlson (political science) was awarded an AERA dissertation grant for 2011-12 to complete his thesis “Out of the classroom and into the voting booth? Analyzing the effects of education on political participation.”
ITP international affiliate alum Fabian Pfeffer (sociology) was chosen to be a 2011-12 National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow. He's currently a Faculty Research Fellow/Faculty Associate at the University of Michigan.
Lauren Schudde (sociology) was selected as the 2011-12 Institute for Research on Poverty Dissertation Fellow. She will receive a year of support for dissertation research on “Affording Success: The Causal Impact of Financial Constraints on the College Experience,” supervised by ITP faculty sponsor, Sara Goldrick-Rab.
Two ITP fellows have been awarded NSF fellowships to support their graduate study. Jeremy Fiel (sociology) and Elizabeth Rempe (psychology) are the fourth and fifth ITP students to win this prestigious honor, following Alyn Turner, Steven Alvarado, and Anna Haskins.
A story in The Chronicle of Higher Education (April 6, 2011) describes research by ITP graduate Brian P. An, assistant professor of educational policy and leadership studies at the University of Iowa. Dr. An and UW-Madison doctoral student in sociology Kia Sorensen examined the impact of divorce and related family disruptions on students' college-going prospects. The full article can be found here.
2010
Rachel Fish (sociology) received a Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship from the Social Science Research Council for the summer of 2010.
Sarah Bruch (sociology) was selected as the 2010 Beth B. Hess Memorial Scholarship recipient. The Hess Scholarship is awarded by the American Sociological Association, Sociologists for Women in Society, and the Society for the Study of Social Problems. It carries a stipend of $3,500 to be used to support the pursuit of graduate studies.
Steven Alvarado (sociology) was awarded a Mathematica Policy Research 2010 Summer Fellowship to pursue independent research in Washington, D.C.
ITP fellow (political science) Deven Carlson's book Understanding Education Indicators: A Practical Primer for Research and Policy (with co-author M. Planty) was published by Teachers College Press in August 2010.
ITP fellow in sociology David Rangel has been awarded a Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship. The fellowship provides three years of support for doctoral study.
ITP international affiliate Fabian Pfeffer has accepted a faculty position at the University of Michigan. He will be a Faculty Research Fellow at the Survey Research Center of the Institute for Social Research beginning in July 2010. Fabian will receive his Ph.D. in sociology in June 2010, with a thesis titled "Wealth and Opportunity in the United States and Germany."
Anna Haskins (ITP fellow in sociology) won the 2010 Best Graduate Student Paper Award from the American Educational Research Association's Section on Sociology of Education. This award is presented to "a graduate student or junior faculty person ...whose research shows exceptional promise and will likely influence the field over the course of his/her career."
Hilary Shager, ITP fellow in social work, has been awarded an AERA Dissertation Grant to complete her thesis "The Role of Peer Effects in Early Education: Evidence from the 2003 Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES)."
Jason Engle, ITP fellow in political science, accepted an invitation to join the graduate student committee of Division D: Measurements and Research Methodology, of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). He will serve on the committee for two years, 2010-2012.
Likewise, Lauren Schudde, ITP fellow in sociology, has accepted an invitation to serve for two years as the graduate student representative of AERA's Divsion J: Postsecondary Education.
ITP fellow Brian An (sociology) has accepted a faculty position at the University of Iowa in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. Brian received his Ph.D. in 2009, with a thesis titled "The Effect of Dual Enrollment on College Persistence and Attainment." He is currently a postdoctoral fellow at University of Notre Dame.
2009
ITP fellow Josh Cowen, an assistant professor since fall 2008 at University of Kentucky's Martin School of Public Policy, has received funding from the Spencer Foundation for a two-year project titled "Teaching Careers in Rural Schools." Josh is co-PI, along with colleagues Dr. Eugenia Tom (PI) and Dr. J.S. Butler (co-PI).
ITP international affiliate Fabian Pfeffer has won a dissertation fellowship from the Spencer Foundation. Only 20 fellows were selected from a pool of approximately 600 applicants. Fabian is the third international affiliate to win a Spencer fellowship, following Martín Santos, who graduated in 2009, and Carolina Milesi, who graduated in 2007.
ITP alum Chris Hulleman (PhD 2007) has received APA's Division 15 (Educational Psychology) Paul R. Pintrich Outstanding Dissertation Award. The title of his dissertation is "The Role of Utility Value in the Development of Interest and Achievement." Chris was a postdoctoral fellow at Vanderbilt from 2007-9, and will start as an assistant professor at James Madison University in fall 2009.
Graduating fellow David Fleming (political science) has accepted a position as assistant professor at Furman University in Greenville, SC, starting in fall 2009.
Graduating fellow Richard Prather (psychology) will begin a postdoctoral fellowship at Indiana University in fall 2009. He'll be working with Dr. Linda Smith on an IES funded grant investigating early development of arithmetic concepts.
Graduating fellow Brian An (sociology) has accepted a postdoctoral fellowship at Notre Dame in fall 2009.
Graduating fellow Nick Mader (economics) will begin next fall as a Post-Doctoral Scholar at the University of Chicago, joining Professor James J. Heckman (of the economics department) in his research on the GED and role of non-cognitive skills in producing labor market outcomes and social behaviors.
2008
ITP fellow Anna Haskins has won an NSF fellowship to support her graduate study. She is the third ITP student to win this prestigious honor, following Steven Alvarado and Alyn Turner.
ITP international affiliate Martín Santos has won a dissertation fellowship from the Spencer Foundation. Only 30 fellows were selected from a pool of nearly 600 applicants. Martín is the second international affiliate to win a Spencer fellowship, following Carolina Milesi who graduated in 2007.
Graduating fellow Joshua Cowen has been appointed assistant professor at the Martin School of Public Policy, University of Kentucky.
Graduating fellow Sheree Schrager has taken a position as statistician at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. She will also continue her affiliation with our experimental study of elementary science in Los Angeles.
