The Life Course Center supports University of Minnesota graduate students and postdocs engaged in life course research by creating community and providing professional development services through formal and informal training.
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Rafael Arias-Achio
Research Assistant
Research Themes
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Dionne Bailey
Graduate Research Assistant
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Anna Bokun
Research Assistant at the Institute for Social Research and Data Innovation
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Taylor Bucy
PhD Student
Graduate Research Assistant
Health Policy & Management
Research Themes
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Christina Cauble
Geriatric Education Specialist
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Hyeran Chung
Postdoctoral Associate
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Quinton Cotton
Postdoctoral Researcher
Christine Delp
Sociology
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Michelle Eilers
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Research Themes
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Louise (Siyu) Gao
School of Social Work
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Lisa Gulya
Sociology
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Xiaowen Han
Phd Student
Sociology
Jessie Himmelstern
Sociology Graduate Student
Isabella Irtifa
PhD Student
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Aimzhan Iztayeva
Sociology
Anthropology
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Jacob Kunkel
Doctoral Student
Institute of Child Development
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Shania Kuo
PhD Student in Sociology
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Jhih-Yun Liu
PhD Student
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Rae Anne Martinez
Postdoctoral Fellow
Mahala Miller
Sociology
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Kelly Moeller
PhD Student & Graduate Research Assistant
Research Themes
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Kadija Mussa
Research Assistant
Family Social Science
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Christopher Robertson
Phd student in Sociology
Christina Rosebush
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Health Policy and Management
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Erika Sanborne
Graduate Student in Sociology
Amanda A. Sesker
Postdoctoral Associate
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Meijia Song
Research Assistant
Michael Soto
Sociology Graduate Student
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David G. Stanton
Research Assistant
Doctoral Student, EPL
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Alexis Swendener
Postdoctoral Associate
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Kate Vavra-Musser
Postdoc
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Shuo Wang
Postdoctoral Associate
Research Themes
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Brieanna Watters
Graduate Students Sociology
Hawking Yam
PhD Student
Graduate Research Assistant
Health Service Research, Policy & Administration
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Yaxuan Zhang
Graduate Student in Geography, Environment, & Society