Sarah Halpern-Meekin

About

Sarah Halpern-Meekin is a Professor of Public Affairs and Human Development and Family Studies.

Halpern-Meekin uses qualitative and quantitative methods to study romantic relationships and low-income families’ finances, as well as government policies directed at these areas. Her research includes examining how social poverty shapes people’s wellbeing and decisions; understanding the lives of prime-age men who are out of the labor force; studying the role of on-again/off-again relationships in the lives of parents and their children; and longitudinally following how poor mothers of babies experience a program that provides them with monthly unconditional cash gifts.

Curriculum vitae (pdf) Pronouns: she/her

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Education

• Ph.D., Harvard University, Sociology and Social Policy
• BA, Brandeis University, Politics

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Courses

Public affairs courses taught by Sarah Halpern-Meekin:

PA 869 Workshop in Public Affairs

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Podcast interview

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UW–Madison affiliations

• Center for Demography and Ecology
• School of Human Ecology
• Institute for Research on Poverty