Bachelor of Music, DePaul University, 1994

MA, Human Dev & Social Pol (Human Development and Social Policy) (Adult Development and Social Policy) , Northwestern University, 2007

MA, Human Dev & Social Pol , Northwestern University, 1995

• Dissertation: The Role of Intermediate Care Facilities for the Mentally Ill in Meeting the Mental Health Care Needs of Residents: Treatment and Policy Implications 1998

MA, Human Dev & Social Pol , Northwestern University, 1989

MA, Human Dev & Social Pol , Northwestern University, 1997

MA, Human Dev & Social Pol , Northwestern University, 1999

• Dissertation: Mapping Trajectories of Changes: Methodologies for Understanding Human Development 1999

MA, Human Dev & Social Pol , Northwestern University, 1995

• Dissertation: On Being Twelve: The Worlds of Early Adolescents in an Urban Neighborhood 1999

MA, Human Dev & Social Pol , Northwestern University, 2001

• Dissertation: You Choose, Evaluators Lose: Selection bias in evaluations of social programs 2001

MPP, Irving B. Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago, 2005

BA, Political Science, Education Concentration, Carleton College, 2001

MA, Human Dev & Social Pol , Northwestern University, 2011

MA, Human Dev & Social Pol , Northwestern University, 1996

• Dissertation: Employment, Social Support, and Well-Being Among Low-Income Mothers: A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis 2000

MA, Human Dev & Social Pol , Northwestern University, 1990

MA, Human Dev & Social Pol , Northwestern University, 1995

• Dissertation: College Bound: School, Family and Society in the Constructions of Student’ Post-high School Futures 2001

MA, Human Dev & Social Pol , Northwestern University, 1989

BA, Oberlin College, 1980

MA, Human Dev & Social Pol , Northwestern University, 1989

• Dissertation: Low-Income Black Youth in White Suburbs: Education and Employment Outcomes 1991

MA, Human Dev & Social Pol , Northwestern University, 1988

• Dissertation: A Comparative Study of Children’s Extra-Familial Intergenerational Relations 1990

MA, Human Dev & Social Pol , Northwestern University, 2003

• Dissertation: Social Foundations of Early School Success Among Low-income Children: The Role of Self-regulation & Home, Classroom, & Policy Contexts 2005

MA, Human Dev & Social Pol , Northwestern University, 1992

• Dissertation: The Effects of Violence on the Labor Force Participation of Women 1996

MA, Human Dev & Social Pol , Northwestern University, 1996

• Dissertation: Redeeming One’s Self: How Reformed Ex-offenders Make Sense of Their Lives 1998

MA, Human Dev & Social Pol , Northwestern University, 2000

• Dissertation: Attracting the Attention of Child Protective Services: The Added Risk of Disruptive Life Events for Low-Income Families 2003

BA, Psychology, Swarthmore College, 2005

MA, Human Dev & Social Pol , Northwestern University, 2010

BA, Women's Studies, Carleton College, 2001

MA, Human Dev & Social Pol , Northwestern University, 2009

MA, Human Dev & Social Pol , Northwestern University, 1996

• Dissertation: Help Wanted: The Role of High Schools in Helping Students Find Good Jobs and Employers Find Good Workers 1998

BA, Sociology, New York University, 1999

MA, Human Dev & Social Pol (Human Development and Social Policy) , Northwestern University, 2004

MA, Human Dev & Social Pol , Northwestern University, 1989

• Dissertation: Explorations into the Correlates of Public School Reform and Parent Involvement 1991

BA, Sociology, Wesleyan University, 1994

MA, Human Dev & Social Pol , Northwestern University, 2003

• Dissertation: The Effect of Parental Employment on Children's Academic Achievement in the Context of Welfare Reform 2005

MA, Human Dev & Social Pol , Northwestern University, 1993

• Dissertation: The Child Care and Educational Planning of African-American and Latina Adolescent Mothers 1997

MA, Human Dev & Social Pol , Northwestern University, 1986

• Dissertation: Welfare: Views from the Bottom 1988

Bachelor of Arts, California State University at Humboldt, 1982

MA, Human Dev & Social Pol (Human Development and Social Policy) , Northwestern University, 1992

• Dissertation: Poor Mothers at Work: Balancing Family and Labor Market Responsibilities in an Inner City Community 1997

BA, Sociology and Political Science, Northwestern Univeristy, 2004

MA, Human Dev & Social Pol , Northwestern University, 2009

MA, Human Dev & Social Pol , Northwestern University, 1995

• Dissertation: On the Margins of Family and Work: Life Course Trajectories of Low Income, Single Fathers in an African American Community 1999

MA, Economics, Princeton University, 1998

BA, Economics, Vassar College, 1995

MA, Human Dev & Social Pol , Northwestern University, 2006

MA, Human Dev & Social Pol , Northwestern University, 1999

• Dissertation: Beyond the School Walls: Exploring the Relationship between Urban Neighborhood Risk and Protectic Factors and Student Achievement 2000

BA, Psychology and Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, 2005

MA, Human Dev & Social Pol (Human Development and Social Policy) , Northwestern University, 2010

MA, Human Dev & Social Pol , Northwestern University, 1990

• Dissertation: The Interracial Friendships of White and Asian College Students 1996

BA, English, Northwestern University, 2002

MA, Human Dev & Social Pol (Human Development and Social Policy) , Northwestern University, 2006

BA Psychology, North Carolina State University, 2004

MA, Human Dev & Social Pol , Northwestern University, 2008

MA, Human Dev & Social Pol , Northwestern University, 1992

• Dissertation: Men and Women in the Unemployment Insurance System: Gendered Effects of the Two-Tiered Welfare State 1999

BA Sociology, Johns Hopkins University, 2000

MA, Human Dev & Social Pol , Northwestern University, 2006

• Dissertation: Neighborhood Safety and Moving to Opportunity: Understanding Gender and Life Course Differences using a Mixed-Methods Approach 2009