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Dr. H. Luke Shaefer

Professor of Social Work

Dr. H. Luke Shaefer is a professor of social work at the University of Michigan, and the inaugural director of Poverty Solutions, an interdisciplinary initiative that partners with communities and policymakers to find new ways to prevent and alleviate poverty. He’s the co-author, with Kathryn Edin, of $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America. Follow him at @profshaefer.

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