Washington University in St. Louis, 2006). She specializes in analyzing the effects of employment, welfare policies, and family structure on the economic well-being of low-income individuals. She conducts quantitative data analyses using large public data files with a special interest in longitudinal research methods. She is currently examining how the welfare reform of 1996 has affected poor women's job quality and retention and the dynamics of their welfare use. She is also studying how income status (economic deprivation) affects union formation and dissolution among low-income populations. Prior to joining the school, she was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Martha N. Ozawa Center for Social Policy Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. Her work appeared in Social Work Research, Children and Youth Services Review, and Journal of Family and Economic Issues.