Research Speakers

Oct
06
Faculty Research Speaker Series

Brian Jacob

Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Education Policy; Professor of Public Policy, Economics, and Education, Ford School, University of Michigan
Oct 06, 2023, 12:00 PM

Cosponsored by EdPolicyWorks

Brian A. Jacob is the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Education Policy and professor of economics at the Ford School, and is co-director of the Youth Policy Lab. He is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His primary fields of interest are labor economics, program evaluation, and the economics of education. Brian's current research focuses on urban school reform, with a particular emphasis on standards and accountability initiatives.

Oct
27
Faculty Research Speaker Series

Dan Hopkins

Professor, Political Science Department, University of Pennsylvania
Oct 27, 2023, 12:00 PM

Cosponsored by the UVA Department of Politics

Dan Hopkins is a professor in the Political Science Department at the University of Pennsylvania, with a secondary appointment at the Annenberg School for Communication. He assists with the coordination of the Philadelphia Behavioral Science Initiative. Hopkins' research centers on American politics, with a special emphasis on racial and ethnic politics, state/local politics, political behavior, and research methods. 

Mar
15
Faculty Research Speaker Series

Efrén Pérez

Professor of Political Science and Psychology, UCLA
Mar 15, 2024, 12:00 PM

Cosponsored by the UVA Department of Politics

Efrén Pérez is Professor of Political Science and Psychology at UCLA. His research centers on political psychology, with specific interests in intergroup politics, group identity, language and political thinking, implicit political cognition, and psychometrics.

 

Mar
22
Faculty Research Speaker Series

Syon Bhanot

Associate Professor, Economics, Swarthmore
Mar 22, 2024, 12:00 PM

Syon Bhanot is a behavioral and public economist, and an Associate Professor of Economics at Swarthmore College. His research centers on field experiments that use behavioral science concepts to influence decision-making, with a focus on pro-social behavior and various issues related to public policy, development, and poverty.

Mar
29
Faculty Research Speaker Series

Phia Salter

Associate Professor of Psychology, Davidson College
Mar 29, 2024, 12:00 PM

Phia Salter is an associate professor of psychology at Davidson College. Her research utilizes cultural-psychological and critical race perspectives to inform her work on collective memory, social identity and systemic racism.

Apr
05
Faculty Research Speaker Series

Melissa Kearney

Neil Moskowitz Professor of Economics, University of Maryland
Apr 05, 2024, 12:00 PM

Melissa S. Kearney is the Neil Moskowitz Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland. Kearney's academic research focuses on domestic policy issues, especially issues related to social policy, poverty, and inequality.

Apr
12
Faculty Research Speaker Series

Atheendar Venkataramani

Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Medicine, University of Pennsylvania and Director, Opportunity for Health Lab
Apr 12, 2024, 12:00 pm

Atheendar Venkataramani, MD, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the Perelman School of Medicine and a board-certified general internist at the University of Pennsylvania Presbyterian Medical Center. He is also Director of the Opportunity for Health Lab. His research focuses on the life-course origins of health and socioeconomic inequality.

Apr
19
Faculty Research Speaker Series

Neil Malhotra

Edith M. Cornell Professor of Political Economy, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Apr 19, 2024, 12:00 PM

Cosponsored by the UVA Department of Politics

Neil Malhotra is The Edith M. Cornell Professor of Political Economy at Stanford Graduate School of Business. He has authored over 60 articles on numerous topics including American politics, political behavior, and survey methodology. 

Apr
26
Faculty Research Speaker Series

Mark Duggan

Wayne and Jodi Cooperman Professor of Economics and the Trione Director of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research at Stanford University
Apr 26, 2024, 12:00 PM

Mark Duggan is The Trione Director of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) and The Wayne and Jodi Cooperman Professor of Economics at Stanford University. Duggan's research focuses on the health care sector and also on the effects of government expenditure programs such as Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid on the behavior of individuals and firms. Some of his more recent research is exploring the effects of privatizing general acute care hospitals on the quality and cost of medical care, the causes and consequences of homelessness along with policies to address it, and policies to improve the pricing of cancer drug treatments, which are 130 percent more expensive in the U.S. than in other industrialized countries.