Schmitz, Lauren
Lauren Schmitz is an assistant professor of public affairs. She uses social, genomic, and epigenomic data to study how social inequalities shape disparities in health and socioeconomic attainment.
Inspiring evidence-based policymaking
Lauren Schmitz is an assistant professor of public affairs. She uses social, genomic, and epigenomic data to study how social inequalities shape disparities in health and socioeconomic attainment.
Timothy M. (Tim) Smeeding is the Lee Rainwater Distinguished Professor of Public Affairs and Economics . He was director of the Institute for Research on Poverty from 2008–2014.
Mariel Barnes is an Assistant Professor of public affairs who studies everyday forms of violence against women, gender, and the politics of the welfare state.
Professor Manny Teodoro's research focuses on U.S. environmental policy and implementation, including empirical analyses of environmental justice.
Associate Professor Yang Wang's primary research interests are in applied microeconomics, health economics, and applied econometrics. Yang Wang is an Associate Professor of Public Affairs. Her primary research interests are in applied microeconomics, health economics, and applied econometrics.
David Weimer is the Edwin E. Witte Professor of Political Economy. His research focuses broadly on policy craft and institutional design. Although most of his recent research has addressed issues in health policy, he has done policy-relevant research in the areas of energy security, natural resource policy, education, criminal justice, and research methods.
Amber Wichowsky is an Associate Professor of Public Affairs and serves as the Leadership Wisconsin Endowed Chair for the Division of Extension.
Barbara Wolfe is the Richard A. Easterlin Professor of Economics, Population Health Sciences, and Public Affairs and Faculty Affiliate at the Institute for Research on Poverty. Her research focuses broadly on poverty and health issues.
Susan Webb Yackee is Director of the La Follette School of Public Affairs and a Collins-Bascom Professor of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.