Kyle Crowder’s research focuses on the dynamics and consequences of residential stratification. Under this broad umbrella, a central focus of his most recent work has been on the micro-level residential processes shaping persistent patterns of residential segregation and environmental inequality.
His research provides insights into racial and ethnic differences in the likelihood of moving out of, and into, neighborhoods characterized by varying levels of population diversity, socioeconomic disadvantage, and physical pollution; the ways in which these disparate mobility processes are shaped by differences in individual- and family-level characteristics, as well as the broader economic, social, and demographic context of residential markets; and the repercussions of these mobility patterns for group differences in access to residential resources. His work also assesses the effects of these neighborhood conditions on individual outcomes, including educational attainment and adolescent development.
Curran is director of the UW’s Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology. Recently Curran was selected to join the Executive Council of UW President Ana Mari Cauce’s new Population Health Initiative. This exciting endeavor provides an outstanding opportunity to amplify UW’s substantial health research, training, and applications across the entire campus on behalf of local and global healthy outcomes. Curran investigates how social contexts, social categories and social structures of power and hierarchies shape human behavior and how human behavior and human interactions reshape social contexts, social categories and social structures. She focuses these general investigations around migration, gender, family, demographics and ecological well-being in developing country settings, primarily in Southeast Asia and the U.S. Her methodological approaches include quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods, and program evaluation.
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Emilio Zagheni is interested in the quantitative study of population dynamics. He has worked on a number of interdisciplinary projects, in areas like kinship microsimulation, population and environment, the social determinants of the spread of infectious diseases, and the use of digital records to study patterns of internal and international mobility and migrations. His recent work focuses on two main projects. The first one is about inferring relevant demographic information from non-representative samples, like the ones extracted from social media data. The second one is about the consequences of demographic change for intergenerational transfers and the care needs of families.
Benjamin Cerf is an economist in the Center for Economic Studies at the U.S. Census Bureau and is also the Administrator of the Northwest Federal Statistical Research Data Center at the University of Washington. His research uses linked administrative and survey data and other big data techniques to investigate experiences of marginalized populations. In particular, Ben’s work focuses on participation in anti-poverty programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); the demographics and labor market experiences of LGBT individuals; and the training and labor market experiences of women and foreign born students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). Ben earned his PhD in economics from Simon Fraser University in 2013. He also holds an MA in economics, as well as BAs in Philosophy and Classics, all from the University of Montana.
For more on Ben’s work, see his Reasearcher Profile at the Census Bureau.
After traveling across the country from his undergraduate institution, the University of Florida, Chris Hawley is currently pursuing his master’s in Communication Leadership (Digital Media) at UW. He looks forward to utilizing his editorial background to reimagine web content during his stay with CSDE. He also dearly appreciates the West Coast’s comparative lack of humidity.
Alan Li received his graduate degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Washington. He has extensive experience in Windows system administration and database administration. Alan spent many years working in developing countries before joining CSDE. He worked two years in Ghana as a Peace Corps volunteer. He also worked in East Timor for the United Nations. He returned to Seattle after working for various NGOs and the International School in Haiti for the last five years. Mr. Li joined CSDE in October 2008.
John joins the CSDE from the School of Medicine, where for the last ten years he was a scientist and research administrator for several federally funded infectious disease research centers. He serves as the principal administrative contact for awards administered through the CSDE. When not in the office John pursues cycling, cheese making, and clam digging – although not simultaneously. He received his Ph.D in Microbiology from Michigan State University in 1993.
Matt Weatherford received a B.A. in Computer Science from the University of Washington. He has a background in startups, security, and medical imaging. His career has included work as a software developer, systems engineer, and administrator. His interests include security, virtualization, devops, open source, Linux, networking, and embedded systems. He has most recently been tasked with supporting computing systems that are protected by federal security standards such as NIST 800-171 and developing IT security controls for research projects.