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Robert M. La Follette
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1225 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706

Telephone:  608.262.3581
Fax: 608.265.3233


Last updated:
September 26, 2007

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Research, Public Service and Outreach: Institute for Research on Poverty

The La Follette School and the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have a longstanding reciprocal relationship. IRP is a center for interdisciplinary research into the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the United States. As one of three Area Poverty Research Centers sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, it has a particular interest in poverty and family welfare in the Midwest.

Four La Follette faculty members have served as IRP directors or associate directors. Many La Follette faculty are IRP faculty affiliates, and many La Follette students conduct research as part of IRP projects.


La Follette School faculty, IRP directors

Maria Cancian, 2004-
Barbara Wolfe, 1994-2000
Bob Haveman, 1971-1975

La Follette School faculty, IRP associate directors

Carolyn Heinrich, 2004-