select professional experience

• Associate Dean for Research and Engagement, Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington, 2021 – Present.
• Co-Director, Washington State Election Database and Ballots Project, 2024 – Present.
• Co-Leader – Poverty and Geography Network, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2017 to 2020.
• Executive Committee – Urban@UW, University of Washington, 2015 to 2020.
• Advisory Board – Metropolitan Policy Center at American University, 2014 to present.
• Co-Director – Family Self-Sufficiency Data Center at the University of Chicago, 2013 to 2019.
• Faculty Director – The University of Chicago Urban Network, 2012 to 2014.
• Member – Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Welfare and Family Self-Sufficiency Research Technical Working Group, 2010 to 2012.
• Member – Rhode Island Welfare Reform Implementation Sub-Committee of The Task Force on Federal Legislation of the Children’s Cabinet (WRITF), 2005 to 2008.

• Board Member – FamilyWorks, 2016 to 2.
• Board Member – Benevolent.net, 2011 to 2016.
• Treasurer – Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, 2017 to 2019.
• Communications Committee Chair – Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, 2017 to 2019.
• Strategic Planning Committee – Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, 2010 to 2011.
• Member – United Way of Rhode Island’s Government Relations and Public Policy Committee, 2006 to 2007.

• Visiting Scholar, San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank, 2024 – Present.
• External Member, Research Center for Child & Adolescent Poverty, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 2021 to present.
• Faculty Affiliate – Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology (CSDE), University of Washington, 2015 to present.
• Faculty Affiliate – Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2008 to present.
• Nonresidential Senior Fellow – Metropolitan Policy Program, The Brookings Institution, 2010 to 2020.

•  Editorial Board, Russell Sage Foundation Press, 2024 to Present.
•  Editorial Board, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management(JPAM), 2022 to Present.
• Advisory Council – Publius:  The Journal of Federalism, 2008 to present.
• Managing Editor, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JPAM). 2018 to 2021.
• External Reviewer, University of Texas at Dallas Public Policy and Political Economy Program, 2012 to 2013.
• Editorial Board – Social Work Research, 2011 to 2014.
• Editorial Board – Social Service Review, 2008 to 2014.
• Editorial Board – Social Science Quarterly, 2006 to 2011.

 Alcohol Research & Health; American Journal of Sociology; American Journal of Political Science; American Political Science Review; American Politics Research; American Review of Politics; American Sociological Review; British Journal of Sociology; City and Community; Economic Development Quarterly; Health and Place; Health Services Research; Journal of Community Practice; Journal of Consumer Affairs; Journal of European Social Policy; Journal of Health Politics; Journal of Organizational Ethnography; Journal of Policy Analysis and Management;Journal of Politics; Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory; Journal of Urban Affairs; Journal of Urban Economics; Nonprofit & Voluntary Sector Quarterly; Perspectives on Politics; Policy and Law; Policy Studies Journal; Political Research Quarterly; PS: Political Science & Politics; The Professional Geographer; Public Administration Review; Publius: The Journal of Federalism; Public Opinion Quarterly; Sexuality Research and Social Policy; Social Problems; Social Science Quarterly; Social Service Review; Social Work Research; State and Local Government Review; Urban Affairs Review.