Social Policy and Policy Analysis

Professor Joe Soss is co-author of a new book, "Legal Plunder: The Predatory Dimensions of Criminal Justice," published by the University of Chicago Press.

Professor Morris Kleiner co-authored “The Effect of Occupational Licensing on Earnings Inequality in the United States,” a research brief published by the Cato Institute, a public policy research organization.

Professor Morris Kleiner is the recipient of the 2024 Economics Career Achievement Alumni Award from the University of Illinois Economics Department.  Kleiner earned his master's degree and PhD from the school.

Professor Morris Kleiner co-authored a report, "World Health Organization Guidance on Health Practitioner Regulation: An Overview," published in the Journal of Medical Regulation, regarding the World Health Organization’s (WHO) first comprehensive guidance document on health practitioner regulation

Professor Judy Temple has been awarded a three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to study the childcare market for infants and toddlers.

Research scientist Angie Fertig is co-author of a new paper, “Categorization of Health Insurance Coverage Type from Survey Questions after Health Reform: The Case of the Current Population Survey,” which was published in the Journal of Applied Social Science.

Associate Professor Kathy Quick is co-author of a new article, “Public management and policing: a dialectical inquiry,” which discusses how policing and public management studies have co-existed alongside each other without exploiting the potential for mutual learning and gaining insights from each other’s experience.

New research by Assistant Professor Heather Randell concludes that dam constructions in the US have significantly contributed to land loss of Native people. Dams have flooded more than 1.13 million acres of tribal land in the US, an area larger than the state of Rhode Island.

Associate Professor Bonnie Keeler, Social Policy Researcher Angie Fertig, and Master of Development Practice Director Dave Wilsey have received the University's Award for Excellence in Academic Unit Service.

Professor Joe Soss and his co-authors have won the Aaron Wildavsky Enduring Contribution Award from the Public Policy section of the American Political Science Association (APSA), for their 2011 book, "Disciplining the Poor: Neoliberalism and the Persistent Power of Race."