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Updated April 2015
ALEXANDRA B. STANCZYK
969 E. 60th St.
Chicago, IL 60637
[email protected]
http://alexandrastanczyk.weebly.com
EDUCATION
PhD
2016 (expected), The University of Chicago, School of Social Service
Administration
Dissertation title: “Paid Family Leave, Family Economic Wellbeing and
Financial Resources around a Birth”
Dissertation committee: Marci Ybarra, PhD; Harold Pollack, PhD; Heather
Hill, PhD
AM (MSW)
2013, The University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration
BA
2008, Vassar College
Major: Political Science; Minors: Women’s Studies and Hispanic Studies
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Social safety net programs; Child and family policy; Poverty and social inequality; Low-wage
work; Gender; Work and family policy
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Fall 2014
Visiting Graduate Student Scholar
Center for Poverty Research, University of California, Davis
2011-present
Research Assistant
School of Social Service Administration, The University of Chicago
Principal Investigators: Julia Henly, PhD; Susan Lambert, PhD; Marci
Ybarra, PhD
2008-11
Research Associate II
The Urban Institute
Supervisor: Olivia Golden, PhD
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2015
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Social Intervention: Research and Evaluation (Winter)
Instructor: Julie Henly, PhD
Updated April 2015
2014
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Economics for Social Welfare (Spring)
Instructor: Harold Pollack, PhD
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, HONORS, AND AWARDS
2015
University of Chicago Graduate Council Travel Fund Award, $500
2014
Center for Poverty Research, University of California, Davis
Visiting Graduate Student Scholar Program, $8,000
2013
Competitively selected to attend Conducting Research Using the
Survey of Income and Program Participation Summer Workshop
National Poverty Center, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy,
University of Michigan
2008
Phi Beta Kappa
2008
General Academic Honors
2008
Departmental Honors in Political Science
2008
Owen D. Winters Volunteer Award, ACLU of Georgia
2008
Julia Flitner Lamb Senior Prize for excellence in Political Science
2007
Julia Flitner Lamb Junior Prize for excellence in Political Science
PUBLICATIONS
Manuscripts in progress
Lambert, S. J., Stanczyk, A., Henly, J. R. “Fluctuating and scarce hours in hourly retail jobs:
Do manager staffing practices matter?”
Stanczyk, A. “Dynamics of family economic wellbeing and composition of household
income around a birth.”
Stanczyk, A., Henly, J. R., Lambert, S. J. “Wanting more time on housework: How
characteristics of low-wage, hourly work help explain mismatch between preferred and
actual time on unpaid household work.”
Ybarra, M., Stanczyk, A., & Ha, Yoonsook. “TANF generosity, state-provided maternity
leave and the material wellbeing of low-income families with infants.”
Book review
Updated April 2015
Stanczyk, A. (2015). Book review of Milkman, R., & Appelbaum, E. “Unfinished business:
Paid family leave in California and the future of U.S. work-family policy.” Social Service Review,
89(1), 207-211.
Reports, policy briefs and other publications
Eyster, L., Derrick-Mills, T., Trutko, J., Compton, J., Stanczyk, A., Nightingale, D. S.
(2013). Implementation evaluation of the Community-Based Job Training Grant(CBJTG)
program. Prepared for the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training
Administration. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute.
Golden, O., McDaniel, M., Loprest, J., & Stanczyk, A. (2013). Disconnected mothers and
the wellbeing of children: A research report. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute.
Hahn, H., Golden, O., & Stanczyk, A. (2012). State approaches to the TANF block grant:
Welfare is not what you think it is. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute.
Cunningham, M. K., Scott, M. M., Narducci, C., Hall, S., & Stanczyk, A. (2010).
Improvingneighborhood location outcomes in the Housing Choice Voucher Program: A
scan of mobility assistance programs. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute.
Martinson, K., Stanczyk, A., & Eyster, L. (2010). Low-skill workers’ access to quality
greenjobs. Low-Income Working Families Research Brief. Washington, DC: The Urban
Institute.
Rowe, G., O’Brien, C., Hall, S., Pindus, N., Eyster, L., Koralek, R., & Stanczyk, A. (2010).
Enhancing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) certification: SNAP
modernization efforts. Prepared for U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition
Service. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute.
Zedlewski, S., Murphy, M., & Stanczyk, A. (2010). What do TANF administrators think are
the important issues? Washington, DC: The Urban Institute.
Eyster, L., Stanczyk, A., Nightingale, D.S., Martinson, K., & Trutko, J. (2009).
Characteristics of the Community-Based Job Training Grant (CBJTG) Program. Prepared
for the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Washington,
DC: The Urban Institute.
Stanczyk, A. (2009). Low income working families: Updated facts and figures. Washington,
DC: The Urban Institute.
PRESENTATIONS
Stanczyk, A. (2015). “Changes in Family Economic Wellbeing and Women’s Financial
Independence around a Birth.” Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Annual Program
Meeting, October, 2015.
Updated April 2015
Stanczyk, A. (2015). “Dynamics of Family Economic Wellbeing and Composition of
Financial Resources around a Birth.” Population Association of America (PAA) Annual
Meeting, April, 2015.
Ybarra, M., Stanczyk, A., & Ha, Yoonsook. (2015). “TANF Generosity, State-Provided
Maternity Leave and the Material Wellbeing of Low-Income Families with Infants.” Society
for Social Work and Research (SSWR) Annual Conference, January, 2015.
Ybarra, M., Stanczyk, A., & Ha, Yoonsook. (2014). “TANF Generosity, State-Provided
Maternity Leave and the Material Wellbeing of Low-Income Families with Infants.”
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Conference, November,
2014.
Stanczyk, A. (2014). “Paid Family Leave, Family Economic Wellbeing and Financial
Resources around a Birth.” University of California at Davis, Center for Poverty Research
Graduate Student Retreat, September 2014.
Stanczyk, A., Henly, J. R., Lambert, S. J. (2014). “Characteristics of Low-Wage, Hourly
Work as Predictors of Mismatch between Preferred and Actual Time on Unpaid Household
Work.” Work and Family Researchers Network (WFRN) Conference, June, 2014.
Ybarra, M., Stanczyk, A., & Ha, Yoonsook. (2014). “TANF Generosity, State-Provided
Maternity Leave and the Material Wellbeing of Low-Income Families with Infants.” Welfare
Research and Evaluation Conference (WREC), May, 2014.
Lambert, S. J., Stanczyk, A., Henly, J. R. (2014). “Fluctuating and Scarce Hours in Hourly
Retail Jobs: Do Manager Staffing Practices Matter?” Society for Social Work and Research
(SSWR) Annual Conference, January, 2014.
Stanczyk, A. (2013). “Paid Family Leave in California: Gender in the Social Construction of
Work and Family Issues,” Engendering Change: Annual Graduate Student Gender and
Sexualities Conference, March, 2013.
Stanczyk, A. (2010). “Green Jobs and Low-Skill Workers: Challenges and Opportunities,”
Urban Institute Poverty Research Group Meeting, July, 2010.
ACADEMIC SERVICE
2013-14
SSA Doctoral Student Association, Co-Chair
2011-13
SSA Doctoral Committee, Student Representative
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM)
National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
Population Association of America (PAA)
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Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR)
Work and Family Researchers Network (WFRN)
RELATED PROFESSIONAL AND VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
2013-present
Volunteer Tax Preparer
Center for Economic Progress
Chicago, Illinois
Preparing income tax returns to maximize access to tax credits for
low-income Chicago residents as an IRS-certified volunteer
2011-12
Social Work Intern
Sarah’s Circle
Chicago, Illinois
Conducted case management and facilitated groups for homeless
women in Sarah’s Circle daytime shelter and interim housing
program
2009-11
Volunteer Tax Preparer
DC Earned Income Tax Credit Campaign
Washington, DC
Prepared income tax returns to maximize access to tax credits for
low-income DC residents as an IRS-certified volunteer
2009-10
ESL Teacher
Hogar Immigrant Service
Leesburg Pike, Maryland
Prepared and led weekly English classes for adult English Language
Learners
2008-09
Playtime Volunteer
Homeless Children’s Playtime Project
Washington, DC
Facilitated therapeutic play for children at the Northwest Church
Family Network shelter, Washington, DC
2007-08
Intern
The Family Partnership Center
Poughkeepsie, New York
Facilitated the creation and continuation of an inter-agency task force
of direct social-service organizations and agencies to improve
Updated April 2015
collaboration among organizations working to remove barriers to
employment for disadvantaged populations in Poughkeepsie.
2007
Community Organizing Intern
American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Planned and executed community events, workshops and public
education campaigns; Researched and created a report of best
practices to keep at-risk Georgia youth in school