Sheldon Danziger

Sheldon H. Danziger
Danziger speaks at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy in 2012
Born (1948-09-30) September 30, 1948 (age 76)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materColumbia University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Scientific career
FieldsEconomics
InstitutionsUniversity of Michigan
Doctoral studentsAriel Kalil

Sheldon H. Danziger (born September 30, 1948) is an American economist, focusing in trends in poverty and inequality, and the effects of economic and demographic changes and government social programs on disadvantaged groups, currently the Henry J. Meyer Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Public Policy at University of Michigan and an Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science and American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[1][2][3] He is also the President of Russell Sage Foundation.[4]

He was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2008. [5][6]

Background

Danziger received his B.A. from Columbia University and his Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[7][8] He was on faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as the Director of the Institute for Research on Poverty from 1983-1988 before joining the faculty at the University of Michigan in 1998.[6]

Writing

American Unequal (co-author, 1995)[6]

Detroit Divided (co-author, 2000)

Personal life and family

Danziger is married to Sandra K. Danziger, the Edith A Lewis Collegiate Professor of Social Work at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.[9] His son, Jacob Danziger, is married to Phoebe Connell, daughter of longtime Metropolitan Opera chief stage manager Thomas H. Connell III.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Fellows". aapss.org. 5 April 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
  2. ^ "Sheldon Danziger". umich.edu. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
  3. ^ "Sheldon H. Danziger". umich.edu. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
  4. ^ "Sheldon H. Danziger | RSF". www.russellsage.org. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  5. ^ "Sheldon Danziger named 2008 Guggenheim Fellow | Michigan Population Studies Center (PSC)". www.psc.isr.umich.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  6. ^ a b c "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Sheldon Danziger". Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  7. ^ "Columbia College Today - Nov. 1999". www.college.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  8. ^ "Day of debate, discussion remembers MIT's Lester Thurow". MIT Sloan. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  9. ^ "Sandra Danziger | Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy". fordschool.umich.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  10. ^ "Phoebe Connell, Jacob Danziger". The New York Times. 2008-06-15. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-06-28.


Stub icon

This biography of an American political scientist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.