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Kathryn J. Edin, H. Luke Shaefer, and Timothy J. Nelson author biography, plus links to books by Kathryn J. Edin, H. Luke Shaefer, and Timothy J. Nelson.

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Kathryn J. Edin, H. Luke Shaefer, and Timothy J. Nelson

Kathryn J. Edin is the William Church Osborne Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University. The author of nine books, Edin is widely recognized for using both quantitative research and direct, in-depth observation to illuminate key mysteries about poverty: "In a field of poverty experts who rarely meet the poor, Edin usefully defies convention" (New York Times).

H. Luke Shaefer is the Hermann and Amalie Kohn Professor of Social Justice and Social Policy at the University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy. At U-M, he also directs Poverty Solutions, a university-wide initiative that partners with communities and policymakers to find new ways to prevent and alleviate poverty.

Timothy J. Nelson is Director of Undergraduate Studies in Sociology and Lecturer of Public Affairs at the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of numerous articles on low-income fathers and is the co-author, with Edin, of the award-winning Doing the Best I Can: Fatherhood in the Inner City.

This biography was last updated on 08/08/2023.

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