Christine Leibbrand joins CSDE as Research Scientist and Training Program Director

Posted: 8/4/2020 (CSDE Research)

CSDE is happy to announce that Dr. Christine Leibbrand  has joined its Science Core as a Research Scientist responsible for research consultations requiring statistical and social demography expertise. Leibbrand received a PhD in Sociology from the University of Washington in 2019 and served as an Acting Assistant Professor of Sociology during the 2019-2020 academic year. Leibbrand was also a CSDE Trainee and Fellow from 2014-2019.  Her research focuses on residential mobility and internal migration within the U.S., racial/ethnic stratification, segregation, and the consequences of local gun violence for community members. Currently, Leibbrand provides research consultation to students and faculty, collaborates on interdisciplinary research projects including with researchers at the Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program. As an alum of CSDE’s Training Program, Leibbrand brings lots of experience and ideas as the new Training Program Director.  Leibbrand will continue to organize CSDE’s workshop series, teach several of CSDE’s Proseminar courses, collaborate on the program planning for CSDE’s seminar, and advise CSDE’s trainees.