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Vitae-December-2013 SHELDON H. DANZIGER Russell Sage Foundation 112 East 64Th St Vitae-December-2013 SHELDON H. DANZIGER Russell Sage Foundation 112 East 64th St. New York,NY 10065 (212) 750-6010 (212) 688-3393 (fax) [email protected] EDUCATION: B.A., Economics, Magna cum Laude, Columbia University, 1970 Ph.D., Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976 POSITIONS: President, Russell Sage Foundation, 2013—present Henry J. Meyer Distinguished University Professor, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, 2005-2014; Henry J. Meyer Collegiate Professor of Public Policy, 2002-2005; Professor, 1988-2002. Director, National Poverty Center, University of Michigan, 2008-2014; Co-Director, 2002-2008; Research Professor, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, 1988-2014. Director, Research and Training Program on Poverty and Public Policy, University of Michigan, 1989-2014. Visiting Scholar, Russell Sage Foundation, 2002-2003. Director, NIMH Research and Development Center on Poverty, Risk and Mental Health, University of Michigan, 1995-2002. Henry J. Meyer Collegiate Professor of Social Work and Public Policy, 1998-2002; Professor of Social Work and Public Policy, 1988-1998. University of Michigan. Visiting Scholar, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, 1994. Visiting Scholar, Institute of Public Policy Studies, University of Michigan, 1987-88. Director, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1983- 1988; Research Economist, 1974-1983. Professor of Social Work, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1983-1988; Associate Professor, 1979-1983; Assistant Professor, 1976-1979. ACADEMIC HONORS: 2010 John Kenneth Galbraith Fellow, American Academy of Political and Social Science John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, 2008 -2- Scholarly Residency, Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Conference Center, 2009 Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences Fellowship, 2008-2009, declined Distinguished University Professorship, University of Michigan, 2005 Elected Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2002. Flynn Millennium Year Prize for Applying Social Work Concepts to Research on Social Well-Being, University of Southern California, 2000. Robert J. Lampman Memorial Lecturer, University of Wisconsin, 1998. University of Michigan, Rackham Society of Fellows, 1995 – 1999 Working and Poor selected as a “Noteworthy Book in Industrial Relations and Labor Economics,” Princeton University, 2006. University of Michigan, Presidential Initiatives Fund Award to establish a Research and Training Program on Poverty, The Underclass and Public Policy, 1989-1994 Romnes Faculty Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1984-88 Manpower Administration Doctoral Dissertation Grant, 1974-75 Phi Beta Kappa, Columbia University, 1970 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1970-72 Woodrow Wilson Fellow, 1970 BOOKS: Sheldon Danziger, and Daniel Weinberg, eds., 1986. Fighting Poverty: What Works and What Doesn't. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ____ and Kent Portney, eds., 1988. The Distributional Impacts of Public Policies. London: Macmillan Press, New York: St. Martin's Press. ____ and John Witte, eds., 1988. State Policy Choices: The Wisconsin Experience. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. ____ and Peter Gottschalk, eds., 1993. Uneven Tides: Rising Inequality in America. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. ____ Gary Sandefur, and Daniel Weinberg, eds., 1994. Confronting Poverty: Prescriptions for Change. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press and New York: Russell Sage Foundation. ____ and Peter Gottschalk, 1995. American Unequal. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press and New York: Russell Sage Foundation. Selected as a Noteworthy Book in Industrial Relations and Labor Economics, Princeton University, Industrial Relations Section. Giovanni Andrea Cornia and ______, eds. 1997. Child Poverty and Deprivation in the Industrialized Countries, 1945 - 1995. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Sheldon Danziger, ed. 1999. Economic Conditions and Welfare Reform, Kalamazoo, MI: Upjohn Institute. Reynolds Farley, _________ and Harry Holzer. 2000. Detroit Divided. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. Sheldon Danziger and Ann Chih Lin, eds. 2000. Coping with Poverty: The Social Contexts of Neighborhood, Work and Family in the African-American Community, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. -3- _____ and Jane Waldfogel, eds. 2000. Securing the Future: Investing in Children From Birth to College, New York: Russell Sage Foundation. _____ and Robert Haveman, eds. 2002. Understanding Poverty. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press and New York: Russell Sage Foundation. Rebecca Blank, _____ and Robert Schoeni, eds. 2006. Working and Poor: How Economic Conditions and Policy Changes Affect Low-Wage Workers, New York: Russell Sage Foundation. Selected as a Noteworthy Book in Industrial Relations and Labor Economics, Princeton University, Industrial Relations Section. Sheldon Danziger and Cecilia Rouse, eds. 2007. The Price of Independence: The Economics of Early Adulthood, New York: Russell Sage Foundation. Selected as a Noteworthy Book in Industrial Relations and Labor Economics, Princeton University, Industrial Relations Section. Maria Cancian and Sheldon Danziger, eds. 2009. Changing Poverty, Changing Policies. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. Martha J. Bailey and Sheldon Danziger, eds. 2013. Legacies of the War on Poverty. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. JOURNAL ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS: Sheldon Danziger and David Wheeler, 1975. "The Economics of Crime: Punishment or Income Redistribution." Review of Social Economy 33 (October): 113-131. ____ and Michael Weinstein, 1976. "Employment Location and the Wage Rates of Poverty-Area Residents." Journal of Urban Economics (April): 127-145. ____. 1976. "Explaining Urban Crime Rates." Criminology 14 (August): 291-296. ____. 1976. "Determinants of the Level and Distribution of Income in Metropolitan Areas, 1969." Land Economics 52 (November): 467-478. ____. 1977. "Income Redistribution and Social Security: Further Evidence." Social Service Review 50 (March): 179-184. And "Author's Reply." Social Service Review 50 (December): 694-696. ____, Robert Haveman and Eugene Smolensky, 1977. "The Measurement and Trend of Inequality: Comment." American Economic Review 67 (June): 505-512. ____ and Eugene Smolensky, 1977. "Income Inequality: Problems of Measurement and Interpretation." In American Society, Inc. edited by M. Zeitlin. Chicago: Rand- McNally: 110-117. ____ and Robert Plotnick, 1977. "Demographic Change, Government Transfers, and Income Distribution." Monthly Labor Review 100 (April): 7-11. ____, Robert Haveman and Eugene Smolensky, 1977. "The Program for Better Jobs and Income--A Guide and a Critique." Prepared for the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the U.S., Washington: U.S. Govt. Printing Office. -4- ____. 1977. "Conference Overview," in Trends in Inequality of Well-Offness in the United States Since World War II. Institute for Research on Poverty Special Report SR11: 83-109. ____ and Robert Haveman. 1977. "Tax and Welfare Simplification: An Analysis of Distribution and Regional Impacts." National Tax Journal 30 (September): 269-283. John Yinger and ____, 1978. "An Equilibrium Model of Urban Population and the Distribution of Income." Urban Studies 15 (June): 201-214. ____ and Robert Lampman, 1978. "Getting and Spending." The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 435: 23-29. ____ and Robert Haveman, 1978. "An Economic Concept of Solidarity-- Its Application to Poverty and Income Distribution Policy." International Institute for Labor Studies, Research Series, Geneva, Switzerland; a shortened version appears in Labour and Society 3 (July/October). ____ and Jonathan Kesselman, 1978. "Personal Exemptions and Per Capita Credits: The Formulation and Evaluation of Tax Policy." The President's 1978 Tax Reduction and Reform Proposals. Hearings before the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Govt. Printing Office: 3558-3573, Part 6. ____ and Robert Plotnick, 1979. "Can Welfare Reform Eliminate Poverty?" Social Service Review 53(June): 244-260. Reprinted in R. Haveman and B. Zellner, eds., Policy Studies Review Annual, Volume 3, Sage Publications. Katharine Bradbury, ____ and Eugene Smolensky, 1979. "Public Assistance, Female Headship and the Economic Status of Women." Journal of Marriage and the Family (August): 519-535. Reprinted in B. Raven, ed., Policy Studies Review Annual, Vol. 4, Sage Publications. ____, 1979. "The War on Poverty Revisited." The Wharton Magazine (Fall): 60-64. ____ and Michael Taussig, 1979. "The Income Unit and the Anatomy of Income Distribution." Review of Income and Wealth, Series 25 (December): 365-375. ____, Irwin Garfinkel and Robert Haveman, 1979. "Poverty, Welfare and Earnings: A New Approach." Challenge (September/October): 28-34. Reprinted in B. Raven, ed., Policy Studies Review Annual, Vol. 4, Sage Publications. ____, Robert Haveman and Robert Plotnick, 1980. "Income Transfer Programs in the United States: An Analysis of Their Structure and Impacts." Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the U.S., Special Studies on Economic Change, Vol. 6, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Govt. Printing Office: 225-286. ____, Robert Haveman, Eugene Smolensky, and Karl Taeuber, 1980. "The Urban Impacts of the Program for Better Jobs and Income." In N.J. Glickman, ed., The Urban Impacts of Federal Policies. Baltimore: Johns
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