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Luke Shaefer

National Leading Scholar of Poverty & Social Welfare Policy; Professor of Social Justice, Social Policy, Public Policy at the Gerald R. Ford School; Co-Director of Rx Kids & Author

Luke Shaefer
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Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Civil Rights, Diversity & Inclusion, Family & Parenting, Government, Health, Healthcare, Human Resources, Overcoming Adversity, Political, Professors, Public Health, Social Activism, Social Justice, Social Sciences
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Luke Shaefer Biography

Luke Shaefer, Ph.D. is the Hermann and Amalie Kohn Professor of Social Justice and Social Policy and Professor of Public Policy at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. At U-M, he is also the inaugural director of Poverty Solutions, an interdisciplinary, presidential initiative that partners with communities and policymakers to find new ways to prevent and alleviate poverty.

Shaefer is one of the nation’s leading scholars of poverty and social welfare policy. His research has been published in top peer-reviewed academic journals in the fields of public policy, public health, health services research, sociology, social work, and history, and his work has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and U.S. Census Bureau among other sources. He has presented his research at the White House and before numerous federal agencies, has testified before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, and has advised a number of the nation’s largest human service providers.

His work has been cited in media outlets such as the New York Times, Washington Post, The Economist, and The Atlantic, and he has been featured on such programs as PBS NewsHour, Marketplace, 1A, All Things Considered, and CNBC’s Nightly Business Report. His book with Kathryn Edin, "$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America," was named one of the 100 Notable Books of 2015 by the New York Times Book Review, and won the Hillman Prize for Book Journalism among other awards.

Shaefer’s new co-authored book, "The Injustice of Place: Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America," has been featured on MSNBC, The Atlantic, TIME, and the LA Times, among other outlets. He is the co-director of Rx Kids, the nation’s first citywide maternal and infant health cash prescription program launched in Flint, Michigan in January 2024. Through Poverty Solutions, Shaefer acted as a special counselor on anti-poverty policy to the director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services from 2019-2021.

Shaefer received his B.A. in politics from Oberlin College and A.M. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration. He is the recipient of an Andrew Carnegie Fellowship.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 11/12/2024.

Luke Shaefer Videos

  • Extreme Poverty in the U.S. - YouTube
    Extreme Poverty in the U.S. - YouTube
    Kathryn Edin, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Public Health at Johns Hopkins University, and H. Luke Shaefer, Associate Professor...
  • .@fordschool - Kathryn Edin and Luke Shaefer - $2.00 a Day: Living ...
    .@fordschool - Kathryn Edin and Luke Shaefer - $2.00 a Day: Living ...
    The authors Kathy Edin and Luke Shaefer, of the book "$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America," discuss the major themes of their revelatory...
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Luke Shaefer Books

  • The Injustice of Place: Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America
    The Injustice of Place: Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America
  • $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America
    $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America

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