Education
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2010
M.A., University of Michigan, 1996
B.A., Georgetown University, 1990
Professional Experience
- Assistant Professor, Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs, 2010 to present
- Assistant Research Scientist, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, 2009 - 2010
- Assistant Director, National Poverty Center, 2004 - 2010
- Research Investigator, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, 2003 - 2009
Professional Interests
Poverty and low-income families in the United States, Housing instability, Implementation of programs serving low-income families
Current Projects
- “The Effects of the Recession and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on Workers and Families: A Panel Survey” (Co-Principal Investigator with S. Danziger and S. Burgard, University of Michigan)
- “The Changing Safety Net: Low-income Families Economic Survival Strategies”
- “Michigan Housing Study” (with L. Gennetian and P. Tantia, Ideas42, Harvard University)
- “Evaluation of the Transitional Jobs Re-entry Demonstration” (with MDRC and the Urban Institute)
OnTOPIC Podcast
Selected Publications
Full Vita (pdf)
Books
- Seefeldt, Kristin S. 2008. Working After Welfare: How Women Balance Jobs and Family in the Wake of Welfare Reform. Kalamazoo, MI:W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
- Seefeldt, Kristin S. 2002. CQ Vital Issues Series: Welfare Reform. Ann Lin, series ed. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press.
Refereed Journal Articles
- Phinney, Robin, Sheldon Danziger, Harold Pollack, and Kristin S. Seefeldt. 2007. “Housing Instability among Current and Former Welfare Recipients.” American Journal of Public Health, 97:5, 832‐837.
- Cadena, Brian, Sheldon Danziger, and Kristin S. Seefeldt. 2006. “Measuring State Welfare Policy Changes: Why Don’t They Explain Caseload and Employment Outcomes?” Social Science Quarterly, 87:4, 808‐817.
- Turner, Lesley, Sheldon Danziger, and Kristin S. Seefeldt. 2006. “Failing the Transition from Welfare to Work: Women Disconnected from Work, Welfare, and Other Sources of Economic Support.” Social Science Quarterly, 87:2, 227‐249.
- Seefeldt, Kristin S. and Sean Michael Orzol. 2005. “Watching the Clock Tick: Factors Associated with TANF Accumulation.” Social Work Research, 29:4, 215‐229.
