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Richard O. Lempert
University of Michigan
Visiting Scholar
1998 to 1999
Richard O. Lempert, professor of Law and chair of the department of sociology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, will complete a study of Honolulu's public housing eviction process between 1958 and 1987. The policies governing the Hawaii Housing Authority's eviction board have undergone numerous changes, and a once minimal eviction rate has grown to nearly 100% in non-payment of rent cases.
Lisa Levenstein
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Visiting Scholar
2026 to 2027
Levenstein will work on a book about the little-known fact that during the 1980s and 1990s the U.S. Army built the most successful large-scale example of publicly funded childcare in the nation’s history. Drawing on oral history and archival research, Levenstein will demonstrate how a team of military wives developed the professional skills needed to convince some of the nation’s toughest generals that the Army could not execute its mission without providing high-quality universal childcare.
Henry M. Levin
Stanford University
Visiting Scholar
1996 to 1997
Henry M. Levin, professor of higher education and economics, Stanford University, worked on his Accelerated Schools Project, an effort to improve the educational performance of at risk-students by enriching and accelerating their education rather than by following the existing strategy of remediation. The project began ten years ago in two pilot schools in the Bay Area and now involves some 1,000 schools in forty states. Levin also worked on papers dealing with educational vouchers, school change, and economic analyses of education standards.
Shana Levin
Claremont McKenna College
Visiting Scholar
2001 to 2002
Jim Sidanius, professor of psychology and political science at the University of California, Los Angeles, Shana Levin, assistant professor of psychology at Claremont McKenna College, and Colette van Laar, professor of psychology and education at Leiden University, the Netherlands, will study the impact of the multicultural undergraduate experience on ethnic tolerance and on tensions between different racial and ethnic groups.
Frank Levy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Visiting Scholar
2000 to 2001
Frank Levy, professor of urban economics at MIT, will co-author a book with Richard Murnane that will attempt to forecast the impact of computerization on jobs and earnings inequality in the near future. Rather than simply assuming that computers will replace the less-educated, the authors will map out those areas of work that are susceptible to computerization and those jobs that will require human skills for the foreseeable future.
Helen Levy
University of Michigan
Visiting Scholar
2016 to 2017
Levy will evalaute the economic consequences of health care reform by comparing outcomes in states that have expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act with outcomes in those that did not. She will analyze the impact of Medicaid expansions on food insecurity and participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (formerly food stamps) among low-income individuals. She will also investigate changes in employment trends in the health care sector and analyze the demographic characteristics of health care workers potentially affected by Medicaid expansions.
Zai Liang
State University of New York, Albany
Visiting Scholar
2014 to 2015
Liang will write a book on patterns of employment and settlement among recent low-skill Chinese immigrants in the U.S. The book will examine the role of employment agencies in the process of immigrant settlement in non-gateway destinations, as well as the challenges of securing jobs and operating businesses for immigrants in these locations.
Daniel T. Lichter
Ohio State University
Visiting Scholar
1999 to 2000
Daniel T. Lichter, professor of sociology at Ohio State University and associate of the Center for Human Resource Research, will examine the long-term consequences of increased childhood poverty and family instability in the 1980s and 1990s. Do "at risk" children necessarily become socially disadvantaged and disengaged adults? How great are the effects of poverty on children, and does any damage done persist into adulthood?
Robert C. Lieberman
Columbia University
Visiting Scholar
1998 to 1999
Robert C. Lieberman, assistant professor of political science and public affairs at Columbia University, will compare the politics of racial conflict in the United States, Great Britain, and France. Lieberman will show how the development of national political institutions shaped the role of race in questions of political representation, economic opportunity, and social integration.
Mark Lilla
Columbia University
Visiting Scholar
2016 to 2017
Lilla will work on a book, Ignorance and Bliss: On the Rationality of Not Knowing, which explores why people often choose not to know. The book will examine the relationship between ignorance and happiness and bridge the humanities (philosophy, religion, and literature) and the social sciences (cognitive psychology, behavioral economics, cultural anthropology) in order to investigate the consequences for individuals and societies of choosing ignorance over knowledge.
Ann Chih Lin
University of Michigan
Visiting Scholar
1999 to 2000
Ann Chih Lin, assistant professor of political science and public policy at the University of Michigan, will study how first-generation immigrants to the United States become involved in politics and the barriers that hinder their participation, including economic insecurity, language difficulties, and a lack of familiarity or identification with the political culture of their adopted country. She will concentrate her work on Arab immigrants living in multiethnic Detroit neighborhoods. Lin will investigate who participates and why.
Milton Lodge
State University of New York, Stony Brook
Visiting Scholar
2012 to 2013
Lodge and James L. Gibson will examine the use of judicial symbols (robes of judges, the honorific forms of address, the temple-like buildings in which courts are usually housed) to inculcate democratic values in different cultural contexts. They will test their hypothesis that citizens who positively view judicial symbols are more likely to accept court decisions they disagree with. They hope to understand why people obey the law and whether judicial symbols enhance the efficacy of courts.
John R. Logan
State University of New York, Albany
Visiting Scholar
1996 to 1997
John R. Logan, professor of sociology and public administration and policy at the State University of New York, Albany, analyzed the historical origins of ethnic and racial segregation in New York City. He wrote two RSF Working papers, "White Ethnics in the New York Economy, 1920-1960" and "The Ethnic Neighborhood, 1920-1970," in which he concludes that disparities in assimilation of white ethnic groups early in the century were more pronounced than previously believed.
Trevon Logan
The Ohio State University
Visiting Scholar
2022 to 2023
Logan will work on a book exploring key issues in the economic analysis of racial disparities. He will combine quantitative data with narrative life histories of 16 African American siblings who were cotton pickers in rural, post-war Mississippi and who are now retired and live in the upper Midwest.
Bonita London-Thompson
State University of New York, Stony Brook
Visiting Scholar
2010 to 2011
London-Thompson will work on several interrelated research projects involving marginalized groups and how individuals within them perceive and respond to race-based rejection. Her work will focus on how individuals develop different expectations of marginalized groups and how these differences impact coping and behavioral strategies, as well as life outcomes, such as health and academic achievement for members of these groups.
Vivian Louie
Harvard University
Visiting Scholar
2007 to 2008
Vivian Louie, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, will write a book on the transition from high school to college among second-generation Dominican and Colombian youth in New York City and Boston. She will analyze how the children of immigrants develop their own identities, how they see themselves as differing from their parents, and the extent to which they view the transition to higher education as becoming part of the American mainstream.
Yao Lu
Columbia University
Visiting Scholar
2012 to 2013
Lu and Neeraj Kaushal will complete a study comparing immigrant selection and assimilation in Canada and the U.S. Their research will systematically assess the relative selection of immigrants to these countries with respect to levels of education, host country language proficiency, and initial earnings. They will further examine the relative economic well-being of immigrants in these two countries after adjusting for different levels of immigrant selection. They will examine how these trends have shifted since 1990.
Jens Ludwig
University of Chicago
Visiting Scholar
2010 to 2011
Ludwig will write a book about how neighborhood environments affect the life chances and well-being of low-income families, using data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Moving to Opportunity residential mobility experiment.
Shelly J. Lundberg
University of Washington
Visiting Scholar
2008 to 2009
Shelly J. Lundberg, Castor Professor of Economics at the University of Washington, will complete a non-technical book on the economics of family behavior that applies economic reasoning to changing patterns in fertility, marriage, gender roles, and domestic life in modern industrial societies. Lundberg will address a variety of issues such as class divergence in family patterns and the converging economic lives of men and women from an economic perspective.
Amy Lutz
Syracuse University
Visiting Scholar
2012 to 2013
Lutz and Pamela R. Bennett will write a book that examines the different ways parents approach their children’s education. This working group will explore the sources of variation in parenting styles across class, race/ethnicity, and immigrant generations. They will draw on survey data, in-depth qualitative interviews, and academic data to analyze dynamics within families, schools, and neighborhoods and to better understand the roots of social behavior.