IRP hosts a professional development training series on poverty and economic mobility research for early career researchers and students. The trainings are held virtually on a quarterly basis. The series was established to support the career development of IRP program participants in our National Poverty Fellows (NPF) program, and our National Dissertation and IRP Dissertation programs.
It is designed to increase researchers’ (1) interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of policy-relevant research contexts including the policymaking processes in federal agencies that administer human services programs; (2) ability to communicate with policy and public audiences effectively; (3) ability to work with affected communities in research development and dissemination; and (4) knowledge about research career paths outside of academia. The two-hour workshops cover a variety of topics.
Each spring, IRP uses a competitive application process to select up to 10 continuing Ph.D. students to participate in the training series for a year. The series is open to students who are either from low-income or rural backgrounds or who are attending universities that are not designated as an R1 “very high research activity” by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education. Students receive a stipend of $500 for their participation in the series.
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2025–2026 Professional Development Training Participants
Emmanuel Adaranijo
Address:
College of Integrated Health Sciences
State University of New York at Albany
Morgan Gilmer
Address:
Human Development and Family Studies
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Armando Vizcardo-Benites
Address:
The Heller School for Social Policy and Management
Brandeis University
Olanrewaju Yusuff
Address:
Department of Economics
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
Georgia State University
2024–2025 Professional Development Training Participants
2023–2024 Professional Development Training Participants
Francesca Baroni
Address:
HHS, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services
Jess Belledonne
Address:
HHS Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of Human Services Policy
Alicia Buenaventura
Address:
HHS, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services
Diamond Cunningham
Address:
Department of Social, Behavioral, and Population Sciences, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Tulane University
Claudia Gonzalez
Address:
HHS, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services
Abigail Matthew
Address:
HHS Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of Human Services Policy
Melanie Nadon
Address:
Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
University of Chicago
Jordan Smith
Address:
Department of Health Policy and Mangement, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
2022–2023 Professional Development Training Participants
Rhea Acuña
Address:
Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Syracuse University
Ph.D. Candidate
Expected Graduation Year: 2023
Connect on Twitter: @MaxwellSU
Roddrick Dugger
Address:
Arnold School of Public Health
University of South Carolina
Ph.D. Candidate
Expected Graduation Year: 2023
Connect on Twitter: @USCArnoldSchool
Abram Lyons
Address:
School of Social Policy and Practice
University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D Candidate
Expected Graduation Year: 2025
Ricka Mammah
Address:
School of Social Work
University of Texas at Arlington
Ph.D. Candidate
Expected Graduation Year: 2024
Connect on Twitter: @SocialWorkUTA
Miguel Quiñones
Address:
Family Social Science
University of Minnesota
Ph.D. Candidate
Expected Graduation Year: 2025
Connect on Twitter: @nalgononas, @UMNews, @UMNFSoS
Erica Robinson
Address:
School of Social Work
University of Texas at Arlington
Ph.D. Candidate
Expected Graduation Year: 2024
Dustin Satterfield
Address:
Sociology Department
Syracuse University
Ph.D Candidate
Expected Graduation Year: 2024
Jose Scott
Address:
Sol Price School of Public Policy
University of Southern California
Ph.D. Candidate
Expected Graduation Year: 2024
Personal Website: www.jjscott.org
Twitter: @JoseScholar
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jose-scott/
Price School Twitter: @USCPrice
Price School Webpage: https://priceschool.usc.edu/ppm/ppm-phd-students/
Price School Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uscprice
Dawn Watson
Address:
School of Social Work
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
Master’s Degree Candidate
Expected Graduation Year: 2024
Holly White-Wolfe
Address:
School of Social Transformation
Arizona State University
Ph.D. Candidate
Expected Graduation Year: 2023