She is an empirical labor economists whose interests include poverty, family structure, migration, and neighborhood dynamics. She has been funded by NSF and NIH and has published in Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Public Economics, Economic Journal, Demography and Journal of Urban Economics. She received a joint PhD in Public Policy and Statistics from Carnegie Mellon University. She resides in Boulder, CO with her husband and three inquisitive children. Search the CSWEP site via Google: Newsletters are included in the search CSWEP Home Page