Professional Development Training Series on Poverty and Economic Mobility Research

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

Erika Brown

Address:
Department of Social Sciences & Historical Studies
Texas Woman's University

Allysha Bryant

Address:
Wurzweiler School of Social Work
Yeshiva University

Morgan Gilmer

Address:
Human Development and Family Studies
University of North Carolina, Greensboro

Jeehae Kang

Address:
School of Social Work
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Christian Porter

Address:
School of Social Work
University of Pittsburgh

Katie Pullom

Address:
Graduate School of Education
University of Pennsylvania

Vandeka Rodgers

Address:
Education and Social Policy
University of Delaware

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

Arun Chaudhary

Address:
Biden School of Public Policy and Administration
University of Delaware

Nicolas Gutierrez III

Address:
Department of Sociology
University of Southern California

Tasfia Jahangir

Address:
Behavioral, Social and Health Education Sciences
Emory University

Nathan Micatka

Address:
Department of Political Science
University of Iowa

Milagros Ramirez

Address:
Heller School for Social Policy and Management
Brandeis University

Kennesha Smith

Address:
School of Social Work
Louisiana State University

Yadira Tejeda

Address:
Brown School of Social Work
Washington University in St. Louis

Elizabeth Tong

Address:
Evans School of Public Policy and Governance
University of Washington

Khirsten Wilson

Address:
Department of Psychology
University of Notre Dame

Daniel Zorrilla

Address:
Biden School of Public Policy and Administration
University of Delaware

2023–2024 Professional Development Training Participants

Regine Adrien

Address:
HHS, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services

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

Renee Brooks

Address:
HHS, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services

Jarrod Brown, Jr.

Address:
Deparatment of Sociology
University of California, Merced

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

Cynthia Garcia

Address:
John Glenn College of Public Affiars
The Ohio State University

Claudia Gonzalez

Address:
HHS, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services

Diego Guerrero

Address:
Department of Economics
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Breanna Hill

Address:
HHS, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services

Regina Lewis

Address:
Martin School of Public Policy and Administration
University of Kentucky

Abigail Matthew

Address:
HHS Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of Human Services Policy

Chelsea Moore

Address:
School of Nursing
University of Michigan

Kate Musen

Address:
Department of Economics
Columbia University

Melanie Nadon

Address:
Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
University of Chicago

Christina Quintanilla-Munoz

Address:
Department of Demography
University of Texas at San Antonio

Isaac Sederbaum

Address:
Evans School of Public Policy & Governance
University of Washington

Jordan Smith

Address:
Department of Health Policy and Mangement, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins University

Hannah Wang

Address:
HHS, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services

Benjamin Wills

Address:
HHS, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services

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