Scott W. Allard

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Nonresident Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program
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Scott W. Allard is an associate professor in the University of Chicago's School of Social Service Administration with expertise in the areas of social welfare policy and poverty.  His primary research interests are in residential mobility, spatial mismatch in labor markets, spatial variation in the delivery of social welfare programs, and the role of nonprofit organizations in the safety net. | View Full Bio

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Expertise

  • U.S. poverty
  • Welfare
  • Non-profits
  • Inequality
  • Income distribution
  • Working poor

Experience

Current Positions

  • Associate Professor, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago
  • Faculty Research Associate, Population Research Center, University of Chicago
  • Faculty Research Affiliate, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Faculty Research Affiliate, National Poverty Center, University of Michigan

Past Positions

  • Mary Tefft and John Hazen White Sr. Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, Brown University (2003-08)
  • Assistant Professor, Public Administration, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University (2000-03)

Education

  • Ph.D., Political Science, University of Michigan, 1999
  • B.A., Political Science, University of Minnesota, 1992

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