Alice O'Connor

Academic Profile

Academic Background: Ph.D., History, Johns Hopkins University, 1996.

Research Interests: Poverty, inequality, and social policy in the U.S.

Appointments: Professor, Department of History; Director, UCSB Blum Center on Poverty, Inequality, and Democracy.

Publications: Author of 'Poverty Knowledge: Social Science, Social Policy, and the Poor in Twentieth-Century U.S. History' (Princeton University Press, 2001).

Additional Contributions: Consultant for national policy organizations; frequent contributor to public media.