Dear RSF: Please join us for a Guest Seminar on Wednesday, September 24 at 11 in the library and on Zoom by acclaimed social economist Jane Waldfogel of Columbia University’s School of Social Work. She will be discussing her new Russell Sage book, Child Benefits. Britain’s War on Poverty (Russell Sage, 2010) was a previous recent monograph. Waldfogel… Read More Guest Speaker Seminar, September 24: Jane Waldfogel
Dear RSF: There will be no seminar next week, September 17th. Our seminar series will continue with Guest Speaker Jane Waldfogel from Columbia on Wednesday, September 24th. She will be discussing her new RSF book Child Benefits. We hope you can join us then.
Dear Visiting Class: Please join us next Wednesday, September 10 at 11am in the library and on Zoom for our seminar planning and overview meeting, led by David Haproff, Katie Winograd and Galo Falchettore. We’ll review seminar procedures, presentation scheduling for those not yet booked, and discuss guest speaker nominations for open dates, among other… Read More Seminar Guideline Overview, September 10
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Dear RSF: Please join us next Tuesday, June 3rd at 11 in the library and on Zoom for a presentation by Visiting Scholar Caitlin Dickerson entitled “Deported: The Hidden Toll of American Expulsion.” Dickerson is an immigration reporter at The Atlantic, where she has been on staff since 2020. Her 2022 cover story on the 1st Trump administration’s deportation… Read More Visiting Scholar Seminar, June 3: Caitlin Dickerson
Dear RSF: Please join us next Wednesday, May 28th at 11 in the library and on Zoom for a presentation by Visiting Scholar Eric Patashnik entitled “The Demand-side for Policy Improvements: Investigating the Pressure for Good Government”. Click here for the background reading. Patashnik is the Julis-Rabinowitz Professor of Public Policy and Political Science at Brown… Read More Visiting Scholar Seminar, May 28: Eric Patashnik