Workforce development

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...