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Elizabeth Burland
5203 Joan and Sanford Weill Hall · 735 South State Street · Ann Arbor, MI 48109
eburland@umich.edu · linkedin.com/in/elizabethburland
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Public Policy and Sociology, University of Michigan (2016 - )
M.A. in Urban Affairs and Public Policy, University of Delaware. (2014-2015)
B.A. (Honors) in Public Policy, University of Delaware (2011-2015)
AREAS OF STUDY
Inequality | Social Stratification | Education| Financial Aid Policy | Qualitative Methods | Quantitative Methods
Publications
Elizabeth Burland, Susan Dynarski, Katherine Michelmore, Stephanie Owen, and Shwetha Raghuraman. “The Power of Certainty: Experimental Evidence on the Effective Design of “Free Tuition” Programs.” Forthcoming, American Economic Review: Insights.
Elizabeth Burland. 2019. “Wealth and Well-Being in the United States.” Pp. 221–45 in Wealth(s) and Subjective Well-Being. Vol. 76, Social Indicators Research. Springer, Cham.
WORKING PAPERS
Elizabeth Burland. “Following in Their Footsteps or Avoiding Their Mistakes? The Role of Older Siblings in Shaping College Decision Making.”
WORKS IN PROGRESS
Elizabeth Burland, Susan Dynarski, Katherine Leu, CJ Libassi, Katherine Michelmore, Stephanie Owen, Mary Quiroga. "Experimental Evidence on the Effects of College Quality on Educational Attainment and Labor Market Outcomes."
Elizabeth Burland, Stefanie DeLuca, Susan Dynarski, and Katherine Michelmore. “What Makes Financial Aid Interventions Effective? The Mechanisms Underlying the HAIL Experiment.”
Fabian Pfeffer and Elizabeth Burland. “Unequal Effects of Expanding Student Financial Aid? Effects of the 1992 Higher Education Act Reauthorization."
SELECTED FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, & AWARDS
University of Michigan
(2022) Robert Kahn Fellowship for the Scientific Study of Social Issues, Institute for Social Research. (Dissertation Fellowship, $25,000).
(2022) Doctoral Graduate Student Research Assistant Funding Competition: Research on Strategies to Prevent and Alleviate Poverty, Poverty Solutions, University of Michigan. ($11,598, declined)
(2017-2021) Institute of Education Sciences Fellowship and Predoctoral Training Program in Causal Inference in Education Policy Research, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Education Policy Initiative, University of Michigan. ($120,000 / 4 years)
(2020) Weinberg Graduate Student Award, University of Michigan Population Studies Center. Title: Study on Decision Making After High School. ($4,000)
(2020) Sarri Family Foundation Fellowship, University of Michigan Center for Political Studies. Title: Study on Decision Making After High School. ($6,000)
(2018) ISR-Rackham Summer Training Award, University of Michigan.
University of Delaware
(2015) School of Public Policy and Administration Director’s Citation Award, University of Delaware.
(2015) Pi Alpha Alpha, Global Honors Society for Public Affairs and Administration.
SELECT RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS
External Conferences
2023: Sociology of Education Association (SEA); Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP)
2022: National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Public Economics Program Meeting; American Educational Research Association (AERA)
2021: Population Association of American (PAA); Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP)
2020: Population Association of America (PAA)
2019: Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP)
Invited Presentations
2023: Education Policy Speaker Series, University of Michigan.
2022: TransferBOOST Webinar hosted by HCM Strategists
2021: Role of Higher Education in Social Mobility and Social Reproduction Conference, Michigan State University (funded by the Spencer Foundation).
University of Michigan Workshops
2022: Inequality and Social Demography Workshop (University of Michigan)
2021: Causal Inference in Education Policy Research Seminar (CIERS, University of Michigan)
2019: the Center for Inequality Dynamics' Inequality Lab (University of Michigan); Causal Inference in Education Policy Research Seminar (CIERS, University of Michigan)
2018: the Center for Inequality Dynamics' Inequality Lab (University of Michigan); Inequality and Social Demography Workshop (University of Michigan); Causal Inference in Education Policy Research Seminar (CIERS, University of Michigan)
TEACHING AND MENTORING EXPERIENCE
University of Michigan
Graduate Student Instructor
(2021) Graduate Student Instructor, Evaluating Public Policies (Program Evaluation for Public Policy), Ford School of Public Policy (PubPol479).
Guest Lecturer
(2021) Guest Lecture, Children and Youth Services and Social Policies, School of Social Work (SSW 633). Title: Education Policy and Funding Higher Education.
(2021, 2022) Guest Lecture, Causal Inference in Education Policy Research, Ford School of Public Policy (PubPol 712). Title: Mixed Methods Research: Implementing a Qualitative Study within a Randomized, Controlled Trial.
(2019) Guest Lecture, Urban Inequality, Department of Sociology (SOC 335). Title: Educational Inequality in an Urban Context.
Mentorship
(2020-22) Project Manager, Postsecondary Student Decision Making Study. (5 Masters and PhD level research assistants).
(2019) Graduate Student Preliminary Exam Mentor, Department of Sociology. Subject area: Demography: Inequality, Family, Health and Aging, and Demographic Methods. (4 PhD students).
(2019) Sociology Undergraduate Research Opportunity (SURO) supervisor. Project: “The Effects of Expanding Financial Aid: The Higher Education Act Re-Authorization of 1992.” (1 undergraduate student)
University of Delaware
Teaching
(2015) Teaching Assistant, Working and Learning in Washington, DC., Co-listed Department of Political Science and the School of Public Policy and Administration (POSC 483/UAPP 433/UAPP 733-010).
SELECTED RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
(2019 - present) Co-Principal Investigator (with Stefanie DeLuca) | HAIL Scholarship Qualitative Study, Title: How High-Achieving Low-Income Students Respond to Targeted Financial Aid, Ann Arbor, MI
(2017- present) Research Assistant | University of Michigan’s Education Policy Initiative, Ann Arbor, MI
(2017- present) Predoctoral Trainee | Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
(2015-16) Research Analyst | Wilmington Education Improvement Commission, Institute for Public Administration, Newark, DE
(2014-15) Graduate Research Assistant | Institute for Public Administration, Newark, DE
RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
(2015-16) Administrative Coordinator | Wilmington Education Improvement Commission, Institute for Public Administration, Newark, DE
(2014-15) Graduate Public Administration Fellow, Program Coordinator: University of Delaware Washington, DC Experience | Institute for Public Administration, Newark, DE
(2014) Legislative Fellow | Delaware General Assembly, House Majority Caucus, Dover, DE
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND ACTIVITIES
American Sociological Association
Section on Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility (Communications Committee 2018-2019)
Section on Sociology of Education (Newsletter Editor, August 2018)
University of Michigan
Education Policy Initiative, Antiracism Working Group (Participant, 2020-present)
Virtual Inequality Brownbag, Center for Inequality Dynamics (Organizing Committee 2021)
Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (Co-coordinator 2019-2021; Participant, 2016-present)
Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar Climate & Inclusion Working Group (Member, 2019-present)
Center for Inequality Dynamics (Affiliate, 2019-present)
Inequality, Demography and Family Workshop (Co-coordinator 2018-2019; Participant 2016-present)
The Inequality Lab (Member, 2017-present)
Workshop on Race and Racial Ideologies (Participant 2017-present)
Sociology Department Graduate Student Recruitment Coordinator (2020-2021)
Workshop on Poverty and Inequality, Poverty Solutions (Participant 2017-2019)
Ford School of Public Policy, Ph.D. Admissions Committee (Committee member 2017-2019)
Graduate Employees’ Organization (Department of Sociology Steward 2017-2018)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
Association for Education Finance and Policy
American Education Research Association
American Sociological Association
Population Association of America
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Education Policy Initiative (EPI), University of Michigan
Center for Inequality Dynamics (CID), University of Michigan Institute for Social Research
Population Studies Center (PSC), University of Michigan
Poverty and Inequality Research Lab (PIRL), Johns Hopkins University