School of Social Work News

Associate Professor Luke Shaefer's research was cited in the Slate article, "Democrats Have a Bill That Would Halve the Child Poverty Rate. It Likely Costs Less Than Trump's Tax Cut" and the Vox article, "Senate Democrats have a plan that would cut child poverty nearly in half."

Associate Professor Luke Shaefer was cited in the Vox article, "The latest Obamacare repeal bill is modeled after welfare reform. That was a failure."

Associate Professor Luke Shaefer was cited in the Vox article, “A basic income really could end poverty forever: But to become a reality, it needs to get detailed and stop being oversold”.

Associate Professor Luke Shaefer was cited in the Common Dreams article, “Why Politicians From Both Parties Ignore the Poor - Donald Trump isn't alone in his focus on rich and middle class voters.”

Associate Professor Luke Shaefer was selected to be a torch recipient at the 30th Anniversary Celebration of the National Academy of Social Insurance. He joins nine other experts to become part of a new generation of social insurance leaders. 

Associate Professor Luke Shaefer was featured in The Michigan Daily article, "Author H. Luke Shaefer shares his research on poverty in the United States".

Associate Professor Luke Shaefer’s article, “Fighting Child Poverty With a Universal Child Allowance” was published in The American Prospect.

Associate Professor Luke Shaefer’s book, $2 a Day was cited in The Atlantic article, “Is It Better to Be Poor in Bangladesh or the Mississippi Delta?”.