Rate My Professor Michelle Livermore

Her research specializes in the intersection between social and economic activities and outcomes among low-resource populations, applying a social development approach to community development and social policy. Key interests encompass internet technology as opportunity and barrier, alternative financial service use, work program outcomes, employment barriers, informal employment, civic engagement, community social capital, and inter-organizational collaboration. Livermore co-edited Handbook of Social Policy (1st ed. 2000 with J. Midgley and M. Tracy; 2nd ed. 2009 with J. Midgley). Selected publications include Livermore et al., 'Organizational Social Media Use and Community Social Capital: Disparities by Poverty and Racial Composition' (Journal of Poverty, 2022); Chen & Livermore, 'The Negative Association between Alternative Financial Services Usage and Financial Well-being: Variations by Income' (Social Work Research, 2020); Livermore et al., 'Predicting Material Hardship: An Income and Resource Packaging Model' (Journal of Social Service Research, 2014); and earlier works on EITC recipients, social capital in India, and developmental social work. Awards include LSU Rainmaker (2008), Heberle Graduate Student Award (1999), Regents Scholar Award (1991), and LSU Honors Scholarship (1987-1991). She has contributed editorially as Book Review Editor for Social Development Issues (2010-2013) and served extensively on LSU committees, Faculty Senate, and promotion/tenure panels.