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Staff

Amanda Nothaft

Director of Data & Analysis
Amanda Nothaft has extensive experience in data analysis and policy evaluation and has worked across multiple levels of government and a wide variety of policy stakeholders. Prior to joining Poverty Solutions, Nothaft worked on projects as diverse as...
Amanda Nothaft
Faculty Directors

Kristin Seefeldt

Faculty Director of Poverty Solutions; Associate Professor of Social Work; Associate Professor of Public Policy; Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research
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734-615-2113
Kristin S. Seefeldt’s primary research interests lie in exploring how low-income individuals understand their situations, particularly around issues related to work and economic well-being. Her most recent book, "Abandoned Families: Social Isolation ...
Kristin Seefeldt
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Sam Stragand

Senior Program Manager, Detroit Partnership on Economic Mobility
Sam Stragand is the senior program manager for the Detroit Partnership on Economic Mobility at Poverty Solutions, where he works with community partners to conduct research and evaluation projects in Detroit. Prior to joining Poverty Solutions, Strag...
Sam Stragand
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Crystal Amen (Scott)

Chair, Department of Management and Marketing; Associate Professor of Marketing
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Crystal J. Amen (Scott) is an associate professor of marketing at the University of Michigan-Dearborn College of Business. She holds degrees from University of Michigan and Penn State University. PhD in Marketing, Penn State University; MS, Universit...
Crystal Amen (Scott)
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Elisabeth Gerber

Jack L. Walker Jr. Collegiate Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy; Professor of Political Science (by courtesy), and Research Associate at the Center for Political Studies
Elisabeth Gerber’s poverty-related research focuses on urban, regional and metropolitan policy especially in the areas of: transportation and water policy; climate adaptation; and community, workforce, and economic development. Gerber is co-PI of the...
Elisabeth Gerber
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Marcus Harris

Lecturer of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, University of Michigan-Dearborn
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313-583-6493
Marcus Harris is a lecturer of strategy and entrepreneurship at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. He is a practitioner-scholar whose research interests include social entrepreneurship and social innovation, urban entrepreneurship and microenterpri...
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Sara Heller

Associate Professor of Economics
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734-764-0241
Sara Heller studies interventions to reduce crime and improve other life outcomes among disadvantaged youth. She uses large-scale experiments to isolate the causal effects of a variety of programs, including cognitive behavioral therapy-based interve...
Sara Heller
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Julie Hui

Assistant Professor of Information, School of Information
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Julie Hui investigates how technology influences access to work and employment. Her current research areas include working with under-resourced small businesses, gig workers, and job seekers. In these areas, she builds partnerships with local organiz...
Julie Hui
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Mari Kira

Assistant Professor of Psychology
Mari Kira’s academic career spans two continents and four countries. Currently, she is an assistant professor at the Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, where she teaches organizational psychology, and a docent of organizational behavio...
Mari Kira
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Ann Lin

Kenneth G. Lieberthal and Richard H. Rogel Professor of Chinese Studies; Associate Professor of Public Policy; Director, Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies
Ann Chih Lin is an associate professor of public policy at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. She teaches courses on public policy implementation, gender and politics, qualitative research methods, and immigration. Lin studies policy imp...
Ann Lin
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Ted London

Ford Motor Company Clinical Professor; Senior Research Fellow, Scaling Impact Initiative, William Davidson Institute, Ross School of Business
Ted London is the Ford Motor Company Clinical Professor and Area Chair of Business Administration at the Ross School of Business as well as a senior research fellow at the William Davidson Institute. An internationally recognized expert on the inters...
Ted London
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Anant Nyshadham

Associate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy
Anant Nyshadham is an associate professor for business economics and public policy and a Buzz and Judy Newton Faculty Fellow at the University of Michigan. He is a faculty research fellow of the National Bureau of Economic Research, a research affil...
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Trina Shanks

Director, School of Social Work Community Engagement; Harol R. Johnson Collegiate Professor of Social Work; and Faculty Associate, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
Trina Shanks' research interests include the impact of poverty and wealth on child well-being; asset-building policy and practice across the life cycle; and community and economic development. She has been a research investigator for the Saving for E...
Trina Shanks
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Betsey Stevenson

Professor of Public Policy, Professor of Economics (by courtesy)
Betsey Stevenson is a professor of public policy and economics at the University of Michigan. She is also a faculty research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a visiting associate professor of economics at the University of Sydne...
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Core project

Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor

January 2024 - December 2025
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Kristin S. Seefeldt, William D. Lopez, Rebeccah Sokol, Leonymae Aumentado, Francisco Brady, Lauren Slagter
Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor (GIG A2) was a two-year pilot that provided monthly payments of $528 to 100 Ann Arbor entrepreneurs and gig workers with low incomes, from January 2024 through December 2025. Another 100 people from the eligible applicant pool participated in a randomized controlled trial, without receiving the monthly payments.
Graphic of Community conversation about Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor on May 8, 2025, at the downtown Ann Arbor library, Group photo of 5 speakers