The Russell Sage Foundation is pleased to announce the selection 15 mentors who will advise the early career scholars whose projects were selected as part of the sixth annual Pipeline Grants Competition, funded in collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Throughout the academic year, mentors will help guide grantees’ research projects and offer career advice. Mentees will present and receive feedback on their research findings and network with peers and senior scholars, including mentors and advisory committee members, at an annual conference at the foundation’s offices in New York. The foundation will underwrite visits by mentees to their mentors’ institutions and arrange informal meetings for grantees and mentors at professional conferences such as ASA or APPAM.
Read about this year’s Pipeline Grants.
The mentor’s faculty profiles are available below.
Elizabeth Ananat (economics), Barnard College, will mentor Jiee Zhong (economics), Miami University, Riley Acton (economics), Miami University, and Jim Flynn (economics), Miami University, on their project, “Access to Family Planning Services and Inequalities in Education and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Texas Policy Changes.”
Katharine Donato (demography), Georgetown University, will mentor Edwin Grimsley (sociology), Baruch College, City University of New York, on his project, “Understanding the Migrant Situation in New York City: Exploring the Nexus Between Service Providers and the Experiences of Migrants.”
Katharine Donato (demography), Georgetown University, will also mentor Phi Su (sociology), Williams College, on her project, “Welcoming Immigrants and Refugees in a Different Kind of Rural America.”
Ange-Marie Hancock (political science), Ohio State University, will mentor Margaret Perez Brower (political science), University of Washington, Seattle, on her project, “Race, Gender, Recessions & the Power of Policy.”
Matthew Hayes (political science), University of Washington in St. Louis, will mentor Anna Mikkelborg (political science), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, on her project, “Descriptive Diversity and Government Legitimacy: White and POC Voters' Reactions to POC Representation.”
Cheryl Kaiser (psychology), University of Washington, Seattle, will mentor Hannah Nam (psychology), Brooklyn College, City University of New York, on her project, “What is Diversity For? Examining the Links between Diversity Rationales, Psychological Discomfort, and Perceptions of Racial Injustice.”
Michael Kraus (psychology), Northwestern University, will mentor Analia Albuja (psychology), Northeastern University, on her project, “The Effect of Changing U.S. Demographics on White/Black, White/Asian, and White/Latine Biracial People’s Identity and Political Behavior.”
Michael Kraus (psychology), Northwestern University, will also mentor Jonathan Gordils (psychology), University of Hartford, on his project, “Income Inequality at the Crossroads: The Impact of Income Gaps Between White and Non-White Groups on Psychological Outcomes.”
Stephanie Moulton (public affairs), Ohio State University, will mentor Melody Harvey (public policy), University of Wisconsin, Madison, on her project, “Licensed Payday Lender Vacancies and Energy Assistance Participation: Evidence from Wisconsin.”
Matthew Notowidigdo (economics), University of Chicago, will mentor Derek Wu (public policy), University of Virginia, and Neil Cholli (economics), Cornell University, on their project, “Multiple Safety Net Program Participation: Incidence and Impacts from Reducing Administrative Burdens.”
Marisa Omori (criminology), University of Missouri, St. Louis, will mentor Porche' Okafor (criminology), North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University, on her project, “Nationality-by-Origin, Citizenship Status, and Judicial Decision-Making in Context: Exploring Intersectionality, Group-Threat, and Punishment.”
Gwen Ottinger (political science), Drexel University, will mentor Natalie Vena (anthropology), Queens College, City University of New York, on her project, “The Fight for “Quality of Life”: Confronting Environmental Racism in Southeast Queens, NY.”
Lisa Sun-Hee Park (sociology), University of California, Santa Barbara, will mentor Jennifer Huynh (sociology), University of Notre Dame, on her project, “Unsettling Refugees: Economic Mobility & Opportunity for Southeast Asian Refugees Facing Deportation.”
Caitlin Patler (public policy), University of California, Berkeley, will mentor Melissa Noel (criminology), Temple University, on her project, “Between Borders in a Carceral Age: Parental Incarceration and Deportation Among Young Adults.”
Ken Chih-Yan Sun (sociology/criminology), Villanova University, will mentor Yining Tan (geography), University of Arizona, on her project, “Family Caregiving, Economic Mobility, and Gender Equity of Skilled Migrants in the U.S.”
Natasha Warikoo (sociology), Tufts University, will mentor Sarah Iverson (sociology), American University, on her project, “Investigating Race Concepts in the College Essay Production Process after the 2023 Supreme Court Ban on Race-Conscious Admissions.”
Abigail Weitzman (sociology), University of Texas at Austin, will mentor Rebecca Schut (demography), Case Western Reserve University, on her project, “Demographic Change and Shifting U.S. State Immigration Policies, 1990-2025.”