Scott Winship

Graduate Student in Sociology and Social Policy

Biographical Note

Scott is currently writing his dissertation on measuring economic volatility and hardship and working as a senior policy advisor at Third Way, a progressive think tank in Washington D.C. In the past five years he has co-founded the student-based think tank New Vision, co-authored a policy brief on summer scholarships sponsored by the Center for American Progress, published an article on welfare reform in The American Prospect, and analyzed electoral data for William Galston and Elaine Kamarck's "The Politics of Polarization". Academically, he has worked with Christopher Jencks and Christopher Winship (no relation). Scott is an NSF Graduate Research Fellow and a Fellow of the Multidisciplinary Program on Inequality and Social Policy. Scott received a B.A. with Honors in Sociology and Urban Studies from Northwestern University in 1995. Prior to joining the program, he worked as a policy analyst at Ascension Health, a multi-state health care system based in St. Louis. In his spare time, Scott enjoys Wes Anderson movies, Texas hold 'em, and sleeping.

10/23/2007

Research Interests

measuring material well-being, causes & consequences of single motherhood, cognitive inequality, early childhood inequality

Previous Degrees

BA Soc & Urban Studies 1995, Northwestern

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