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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
Timothy Smeeding, 2008-
Maria Cancian,
2004-2008
Barbara Wolfe,
1994-2000
Bob Haveman,
1971-1975
La Follette School faculty, IRP associate directors
Carolyn Heinrich, 2004-2009
La Follette School faculty affiliates
Maria Cancian
Thomas DeLeire
Bob Haveman
Carolyn
Heinrich
Pamela Herd
Karen Holden
Donald Moynihan
Andrew
Reschovsky
Timothy Smeeding
Geoffrey Wallace
John Witte
Barbara Wolfe