Public Policy meeting featuring Weidenbaum Center faculty grant awardees

Each year the Weidenbaum Center funds hundreds of thousands of dollars in research in the Social Sciences at Washington University. Weidenbaum Center Eliot Society members were treated to a public policy meeting in mid-November featuring six faculty members who received internal grants from the Weidenbaum Center to fund their groundbreaking research efforts. The following lists our speakers and their presentation titles: Brian Carpenter, Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences, "The 21st Century Cares Act: Implications for Communication Between Patients and Providers"; Caitlyn Collins, Associate Professor of Sociology, "Making Motherhood Work: How Women Manage Careers and Caregiving"; Lucia Motolina, Assistant Professor of Political Science, "Winning More With Less: How Parties Win More Votes Without Winning Over More Voters"; Patrick Ishizuka, Assistant Professor of Sociology, "Trends in the Gender Household Gap Across Family Types: 1976-2019"; Limor Golan (pictured left), Lawrence H. Meyer Professor of Economics and Weidenbaum Center Research Fellow, "Using Quasi Experimental Data to Estimate the Effect of Incarceration on the Racial Gaps in Career Dynamics, Recidivism, and Pay Gaps"; and Matthew Hayes, Associate Professor of Political Science and Weidenbaum Center Research Fellow, "The Washington University Summer Training Experience in Political Science (WU-STEPS)."