H. Luke Shaefer
Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center.
Associate Professor, School of Social Work.
Associate Professor, Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.
Associate Professor, School of Social Work.
Associate Professor, Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.
Ph.D., Social Service Administration, University of Chicago
Research Interests: Dr. Shaefer's research explores rising levels of extreme poverty in the US, the impact of SNAP on material hardships, barriers to unemployment insurance faced by vulnerable workers, and strategies for increasing access to oral health care in the United States.
News & Announcements
Shaefer sees small gains in US median household incomes as evidence of long post-recession recovery
Two new UM-Harvard partnerships address poverty and drug use in Detroit
Select Publications
Rodems, R., and H. Luke Shaefer. 2016. "Left Out: Policy Diffusion and the Exclusion of Black Workers from Unemployment Insurance." Social Science History, 40(3): 385-404.
Select Projects
A Randomized Evaluation of the State of Michigan's Community Ventures Program (Gates Foundation)
The Spirit of '96: Race and the Continued Evolution of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation)
Community Health Workers and Oral Health Care Providers (Nokomis Foundation, Inc.)
