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Expert:
Dr. Janice Madden
Professor of Regional Science, Sociology, Urban Studies, and Real Estate
University of Pennsylvania

Credentials:
• Research areas include urban and regional economics and labor- market analysis.
• Using census data, she studied how the concentration of income and poverty among suburbs of large U.S. metropolitan areas changed over time.

Media contact:
Jacquie Posey at 215-898-6460 or jposey@upenn.edu

Expert:
Dr. Dennis Culhane
Professor of Social Policy, Psychology and Policy Research and Evaluation
University of Pennsylvania

Credentials:
• Expert in homelessness and housing policy.
• Has researched the problems encountered in counting the homeless and what efforts are currently underway to end chronic homelessness.

Media contact:
Jill DiSanto-Haines at 215-898- 4820 or jdisanto@upenn.edu

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