H. Luke Shaefer
Associate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, Faculty Associate, Survey Research Center, Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy and Center Director, Poverty Center
Luke Shaefer's research focuses on the effectiveness of the United States’ social safety net in serving low-wage workers and economically disadvantaged families.
His recent work explores rising levels of extreme poverty in the United States, the impact of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on material hardships, barriers to unemployment insurance faced by vulnerable workers, and strategies for increasing access to oral health care in the United States.
H. Luke Shaefer, Ph.D. is the director of Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan, an interdisciplinary, university-level initiative that seeks to inform, identify, and test innovative strategies to prevent and alleviate poverty.
His recent work explores rising levels of extreme poverty in the United States, the impact of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on material hardships, barriers to unemployment insurance faced by vulnerable workers, and strategies for increasing access to oral health care in the United States.
H. Luke Shaefer, Ph.D. is the director of Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan, an interdisciplinary, university-level initiative that seeks to inform, identify, and test innovative strategies to prevent and alleviate poverty.
Research Interests/Focus
Social safety net, low-wage workers, economically disadvantage families, non-profit management
Contact Information
| Phone | Fax | Room | Address | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (734) 936-5065 | (734) 763-3372 | lshaefer@umich.edu | 2792 SSWB | University of Michigan School of Social Work 1080 S. University Ann Arbor, MI 48109 |
Education
| Year | Degree | School | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | PhD | Social Service Administration | University of Chicago, Illinois |
| 2005 | MA | Social Service Administration | University of Chicago, Illinois |
| 2001 | BA | Politics | Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH |
Websites
| Poverty Solutions |
Allard, S. W., Wathen, M. V., Shaefer, H. L., & Danziger, S. K. (in press). Neighborhood Food Infrastructure and Food Security in Metropolitan Detroit. Journal of Consumer Affairs.
Phillips, E., Shaefer, L., Aksu, M. & Lapidos, A. (2016). Is a mid-level dental provider model acceptable to potential patients? Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology.
Lein, L., Danziger, S. K., Shaefer, H. L., & Tillotson, A. (2016). Social Policy, Transfers, Programs and Assistance. In D. Brady & L. Burton (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Poverty and Society. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Nicholl, K. L., Phillips, E., Shaefer, H. L., & Simoncic, T. (2016). Low-Income Parents’ Perceptions of Oral Health and Acceptance of Mid-level Dental Providers. Journal of Dental Hygiene, 90(2), 100-110.
Kimberlin, S., Shaefer, H. L. & Kim, J. (2016). Measuring Poverty Using the Supplemental Poverty Measure in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, 1998 to 2010. Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, 41(1), 17-47.
Fusaro, V. & Shaefer, H. L. (2016). How Should We Define Low-Wage Work? An Analysis Using the Current Population Survey. Monthly Labor Review, October.
Rodems, R. & Shaefer, H. L. (2016). Left Out: Policy Diffusion and the Exclusion of Black Workers from Unemployment Insurance. Social Science History, 40(3), 385-404.
Lapidos, A., Shaefer, H. L. & Gwozdek, A. (2016). Toward a Better Understanding of Dental Appointment-Keeping Behavior. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 44(1), 85-91.
Phillips, E. Shaefer, H. L., Lapidos, A. & Aksu, M. N. (2016). Is a Mid-level Dental Provider Model Acceptable to Potential Patients? Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 44(5), 426-434.
Edin, K. & Shaefer, H. L. (2015). $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Shaefer, H. L. (2011). [Review of the book Proposal Writing: Effective Grantsmanship 3rd Ed by Soraya M. Coley & Cynthia A. Scheinberg]. Administration in Social Work, 35(5), 551-552.
Shaefer, H. L. (2010). [Review of the book Minimum wages]. Journal of Social Policy, 39(2), 330-332.
Shaefer, H. L., DeLand, M., & Jones, T. R. (2010). Leading collaborations: Creating strategic alliances, strategic restructuring via mergers, acquisitions, and integration. In K. A. Agard (Ed.), Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan
