About Us

About the Center

The University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research (UKCPR) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit academic research center established in 2002. Housed in the Gatton College of Business and Economics, the Center’s research informs evidence-based policy on the causes, consequences, and correlates of poverty, inequality, and food insecurity in the United States.

UKCPR has been the recipient of numerous grants and contracts from federal agencies and foundations that have supported our research and sponsored major conferences on low-income populations. In addition, the Center has sponsored several grant-making and mentoring programs, most recently in the area of food insecurity and food assistance programs in the U.S.

Led by Founding Director Dr. James P. Ziliak, UKCPR staff and faculty affiliates reflect the cross-disciplinary emphasis of the research agenda, with representatives from economics, public policy, political science, public health, sociology, and social work. We invite you to explore the pages on our site to learn more about our activities.

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Administration

James P. Ziliak

Founding Director, Center for Poverty Research; Gatton Endowed Chair in Microeconomics, Department of Economics, University of Kentucky Founding Director, Center for Poverty Research; Gatton Endowed Chair in Microeconomics, Department of Economics, University of Kentucky

Linked Department (or Location): https://sites.google.com/site/jamesziliak/
Email: jziliak@uky.edu
Phone: (859) 257-6902

Jeff Spradling

Assistant Director, Center for Poverty Research Assistant Director, Center for Poverty Research

Email: jspra2@uky.edu
Phone: (859) 257-7641

Research Affiliates

	Scott W. Allard Professor, Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington sallard@uw.edu https://evans.uw.edu/profile/allard
	Joseph Benitez Assistant Professor, Health Management and Policy Joseph.Benitez@uky.edu https://cph.uky.edu/people/joseph-benitez
	Christopher Bollinger Sturgill Endowed Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Kentucky crboll@uky.edu http://christopherbollinger.com
	Christia Spears Brown Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky christia.brown@uky.edu https://christiabrown.com/
	Charles Courtemanche Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Kentucky courtemanche@uky.edu https://sites.google.com/site/cjcourtemanche/
	Rajeev Darolia Associate Professor Martin School of Public Policy, University of Kentucky Rajeev.Darolia@uky.edu http://www.rajeevdarolia.com
	Craig Gundersen Soybean Industry Endowed Professor of Agricultural Strategy, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois cggunder@illinois.edu https://ace.illinois.edu/directory/cggunder
	Alison Gustafson Associate Professor, Department of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, University of Kentucky alison.gustafson@uky.edu https://hes.ca.uky.edu/person/alison-gustafson
	Bradley Hardy Associate Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University bradley.hardy@georgetown.edu http://www.bradleyhardy.com
	Robert Paul Hartley Assistant Professor, Columbia University rh2845@columbia.edu http://www.robertpaulhartley.com
	Hope Harvey Assistant Professor, Martin School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Kentucky hope.harvey@uky.edu https://scholar.harvard.edu/hopeharvey
	Jennifer Rochussen Havens Professor, Department of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky jhave2@uky.edu https://behavioralscience.med.uky.edu/users/jhave2#profileTab1
	Colleen Heflin Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs, Syracuse University cmheflin@maxwell.syr.edu https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/pa/cpr/Heflin,_Colleen/
	Charles Hokayem Chief of Income Statistics Branch, U.S. Bureau of the Census charles.hokayem@census.gov https://www.linkedin.com/in/charles-hokayem-7373b113a/
	William Hoyt Brian Endowed Chair of Public Finance, Martin School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Kentucky whoyt@uky.edu https://www.martin.uky.edu/william-hoyt
	Maggie R. Jones Senior Economist, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Bureau of the Census margaret.r.jones@census.gov https://www.census.gov/research/researchers/profile.php?cv_profile=3891
	Carlos Lamarche Gatton Endowed Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Kentucky clamarche@uky.edu http://gattonweb.uky.edu/faculty/lamarche/
	Daniel Lichter Ferris Family Professor, Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University dtl28@cornell.edu https://www.human.cornell.edu/people/dtl28
	Olga Malkova Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Kentucky o.malkova@uky.edu http://www.uky.edu/~oma227/
	Robert A. Moffitt Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University moffitt@jhu.edu https://econ.jhu.edu/directory/robert-a-moffitt/
	Mark Peffley Professor, Department of Political Science; Director, Quantitative Initiative in Political and Social Science, University of Kentucky mpeffl@uky.edu https://polisci.as.uky.edu/users/mpeffl
	Nancy Schoenberg Associate Vice President for Research, Health Disparities, University of Kentucky nesch@uky.edu https://www.research.uky.edu/vice-president-research/staff/nancy-schoenberg
	Kenneth Troske Richard W. and Janis H. Furst Endowed Chair of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Kentucky ktroske@uky.edu http://gattonweb.uky.edu/faculty/Troske/
	Aaron Yelowitz Professor, Department of Economics, University of Kentucky aaron@uky.edu http://www.yelowitz.com