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Poverty in America
A new report from the Census Bureau shows that the percentage of Americans in poverty rose to 14.3% in 2009 - the highest in decades. Read the Census Bureau Report.
The University of Maryland has a number of faculty experts who can talk about the impact of poverty on everything from children, education, living conditions, health care and more.
The Hot Topic list here is alphabetical. Please feel free to contact any of our experts directly or call University Communications if you have trouble contacting anyone.
Number of experts found: 13
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Paula J. Beckman
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Professor
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Special Education
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Expertise Key Words:
Children who are at risk for learning problems due to poverty and lack of educational opportunity; supporting families of young children with disabilities.
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Contact Information:
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301 405 6492
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pbeckman@umd.edu
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Douglas J. Besharov
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Professor
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School of Public Policy
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Expertise Key Words:
Education (vocational, high-school counseling, Affirmative Action, and student aid); Poverty; Welfare reform (job training and program evaluation); Families (marriage, divorce, same-sex marriage, and nonmarital births); Child abuse/child welfare; Preschool and Head Start; Race and ethnicity.
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E-mail(s)
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301 405 6341
201 862-5984
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besharov@umd.edu
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Bonnie Braun
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Professor
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Family Science
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Expertise Key Words:
Health Literacy; Family Policy; Civic and Democratic Engagement; Rural Families, Poverty, Health, Resiliency; Intergenerational Storytelling about Tough Times; Cooperative Extension Education.
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Cell phone
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E-mail(s)
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301 405 3581
301 405-3672 (Main Office)
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301-335-4335
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bbraun@umd.edu
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Natasha J. Cabrera
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Associate Professor
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Human Development
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Expertise Key Words:
early childhood policy, fatherhood and a father's involvement in the family, parenting and social policy, child care, poverty/welfare; Headstart.
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301 405 2827
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ncabrera@umd.edu
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Bonnie T. Dill
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Affiliate Professor, Professor & Chair - Consortium on Race, Gender, and Ethnicity
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Women's Studies
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Expertise Key Words:
The intersections of race and gender; African-American women and families; work, family, and poverty. She is currently conducting a research project studying single mothers in rural southern communities.
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301 405 6878
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btdill@umd.edu
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Odis D. Johnson
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Asst Prof
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African American Studies/Maryland Population Research Center
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Expertise Key Words:
Neighborhood Racial, Socioeconomic and Social Inequality; Racial and Gender Disparities in Education; Poverty and Housing Policy; African Americans; Development and Evaluation of Social Programs; Children and Adolescents
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301 405 1158
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ojohnson@umd.edu
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Donald F. Kettl
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Dean
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School of Public Policy
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Expertise Key Words:
Public policy and public management with a speciality in the management of public organization; federalism; budgeting; and U.S. politics.
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301 405 6971
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kettl@umd.edu
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Joan A. Lieber
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Professor
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Special Education
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Expertise Key Words:
Early childhood special education, mainstreaming, Head Start, early intervention.
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Contact Information:
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301 405 6467
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jlieber@umd.edu
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Sean D. Luechtefeld
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Grad Asst III
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Communication
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Expertise Key Words:
Communication, politics, rhetoric, political culture, rhetoric of economics, poverty, entrepreneurship, populism, social movements, asset building
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301 405 8976
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sdl@umd.edu
seanluechtefeld@gmail.com
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Jack A. Meyer
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Prof Of Practice
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School of Public Policy
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Expertise Key Words:
Overcoming barriers to health care access; innovative designs for extending health insurance coverage to the uninsured.
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Contact Information:
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301 405 6971
202-785-3669, extension 12
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jmeyer1@umd.edu
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Megan O'Neil
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Senior Agent
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UME - Worcester
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Expertise Key Words:
Piloting and evaluating delivery systems of basic finance education in grades Pre K - 12. Cultivating economically resilient people, families and communities through mediation of rural poverty. Delivering asset building programs with adults and young people.
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410 632 1972
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oneil@umd.edu
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Julie A. Silva
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Asst Prof
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Geography
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Expertise Key Words:
economic globalization, uneven development and global justice, human dimensions of global change, and spatial econometrics
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Contact Information:
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301 405 4052
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jasilva@umd.edu
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Karen A. Woodrow-Lafield
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Res Prof
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Dean-Maryland Population Research Center
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Expertise Key Words:
International migration, immigration policy, surveys on migration and the foreign-born, Mexico-U.S. migration, sociology of citizenship, emigration and return migration, poverty analysis, census coverage and undercount, population estimates and projections, finances of Social Security programs
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Contact Information:
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301-405-3239
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kwoodrow@umd.edu
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