On May 26, 2022, the Center on Poverty and Social Policy hosted its annual conference to feature our latest research on poverty and social policy in New York City and nationwide. It featured Dorothy Brown, Professor of Law, as keynote speaker. Brown is a nationally recognized scholar in tax policy, race, and class and has published extensively on the racial implications of federal tax policy.

Presentations

Keynote Address 
The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans—And How We Can Fix It, Dorothy Brown 

The Poverty Tracker, New York City survey

• The State of Poverty and Disadvantage in New York City
  Sophie M. Collyer, CPSP Research Director

• Spotlight on Asian New Yorkers: Experiences of poverty, disadvantage, and discrimination
  Xiaofang Liu, Survey Coordinator, Poverty Tracker studies

• When Money and Mental Health Problems Pile Up: Income poverty and psychological distress in New York City
  Oscar Jimenez-Solomon, Doctoral Research Assistant

• The Effects of the Child Tax Credit on Child and Family Wellbeing: Evidence from New York City
  Jill Gandhi, Postdoctoral Research Scientist
  
  Facilitated by Vicki Lens, Professor of Social Work, The City University of New York

National Anti-Poverty Policy

• Research Roundup: What do we know about the expanded Child Tax Credit? 
  Megan A. Curran, CPSP Policy Director
   
• Effects of the Expanded Child Tax Credit on Employment Outcomes: An update 
  Benjamin N. Glasner, Postdoctoral Research Scientist
   
• Poverty around Birth and the Role of Social Policy 
  Christal G. Hamilton, Postdoctoral Research Scientist
   
• Poverty Inequities on American Indian & Alaskan Native Homeland
  Amber Lewis, Racial Justice Research Assistant

Facilitated by Columbia Population Research Center co-director Jane Waldfogel

About Dorothy Brown

Dorothy Brown is a Professor of Law at Georgetown University. Brown is a nationally recognized scholar in tax policy, race, and class and has published extensively on the racial implications of federal tax policy. Her book, The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans—and How We Can Fix It, highlights the racism and discrimination embedded in the U.S. tax code and the ways in which tax law was designed to disproportionately benefit White Americans. Brown was formerly the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law at Emory University School of Law. Brown received her JD from Georgetown University Law Center.