CV

Christine Leibbrand

Researcher, Analyst

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D., Sociology; University of Washington; Seattle, WA; August 2019; Summa Cum Laude
    • Dissertation: Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and the Pursuit of Economic Opportunity in the Age of the Migration Decline
    • Committee: Stewart Tolnay, Kyle Crowder, Jerald Herting, and Scott Allard
    • General Exam: Migrating for Opportunity? Internal Migration and Economic Advancement among Black, Hispanic, and white Women and Men; passed June 2017
    • Comprehensive Exam: Migration, Mobility, and Stratification; passed with distinction October 2016
  • M.A., Sociology; University of Washington; Seattle, WA; May 2015; Summa Cum Laude
    • Thesis: Parental Nonstandard Work Schedules and Child Behavioral Outcomes.
    • Committee: Stewart Tolnay, Julie Brines
  • B.A., Environmental Studies-Economics and Sociology; Whitman College; Walla Walla, WA; May 2013; Magna Cum Laude

RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS INTERESTS

  • Educational Outcomes, Demography, Racial/Ethnic Stratification, Internal U.S. Migration, Residential Mobility, Firearm Violence, Gender, Socioeconomic Outcomes, Health Disparities

SKILLS

  • Microsoft SQL, Stata, REDCap, R, Tableau, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Excel, data cleaning, data and statistical analysis, data visualization, public presentation, writing

EXPERIENCE

  • Policy Development Analyst; University of Washington Office of Planning and Budgeting; September 2021 – present
    • Conduct analyses on post-secondary student outcomes at University of Washington and nationally to inform policy and development decisions.
    • Respond to ad hoc requests for data and analyses on student and university outcomes for university affiliates, press, and others.
    • Help provide required data and analyses for national databases including the Common Data Set and the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
  • Research Scientist and Training Director; University of Washington Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology (CSDE); June 2020 –September 2021.
    • Led the development, fielding, and data analysis of an online REDCap survey on families’ experiences with COVID-19 and fielded the survey to over 9,000 participants across the U.S.
    • Led multiple research projects from end-to-end, including obtaining, cleaning, and quantitatively analyzing large-scale survey data sources and writing multiple research papers and reports disseminating the findings.
    • Provided regular consultation on faculty members’ and students’ quantitative and qualitative research projects, including providing guidance on survey design, sampling methods, quantitative methods, and data visualization.
    • Taught courses and workshops on professional development and research mentorship, data visualization, survey data sources, regression analyses, and ethics in research to university students, staff, and faculty.
    • Partnered with local government officials and stakeholders to develop a quantitative research project tailored to community needs. Helped design, implement, and present research.
  • Acting Assistant Professor; University of Washington Department of Sociology and Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology (CSDE); September 2019 –June 2020
    • Designed and taught four college-level courses with 100+ undergraduate students.
    • Led multiple, collaborative research projects on firearm violence, neighborhood crime, and children’s and adolescents’ mental health and behavioral outcomes.
    • Independently cleaned large-scale data sources and conducted numerous quantitative analyses and data visualizations using advanced statistical methods such as propensity score matching, fixed effects models, mixed effects models, and more.
    • Wrote multiple peer-reviewed research papers and articles for the popular press.
  • Senior Research Fellow; University of Washington; Summer 2019
    • Designed and conducted an end-to-end independent, quantitative research project focusing on internal migration within the U.S. and racial, ethnic, and gender disparities in economic outcomes including wages and work hours.
    • Independently developed research questions and research methods, conducted analyses, and disseminated results in published articles.
    • Presented research in multiple national conferences.
    • Quantitative analyses included regression analysis, hierarchical modeling, and longitudinal panel data analysis of two longitudinal cohort surveys each with over 8,500 respondents and 12 waves of data.
  • Quantitative Researcher; University of Washington; Professor Stew Tolnay; Summer 2015, January 2016 – September 2017, Summer 2018
    • Led multiple teams of researchers in conducting quantitative, collaborative research projects using complex statistical analyses, including regression analysis, hierarchical modeling, time series analysis, visualization techniques, and more using datasets with thousands to millions of observations.
    • Cleaned and merged multiple datasets.
    • Presented research in multiple national conferences.
    • Published research in peer-reviewed journals and news articles for non-academic audiences.
  • Qualitative Research Assistant; University of Washington—Tacoma; Professor Julia Aguirre; Fall 2017 – Spring 2018
    • Engaged in qualitative, observational research on the ways in which elementary school teachers instruct students in mathematical modeling and the ways that elementary school students respond to and learn about mathematical modeling.
    • Qualitative analyses included observing and creating detailed observational notes of multiple third and fourth grade classrooms, transcribing interviews, and coding transcripts.
  • Research Assistant; Whitman College; Professor Michelle Janning; September 2011- May 2012
    • Engaged in qualitative research including surveys and interviews on students’ use of the Whitman College library, corresponding to the release of the study: “Whitman College Library Use: An Observational and Survey Assessment of Student Use and Preferences;”
  • Research Intern; Whitman College Student Engagement Center; September 2009 – May 2013
    • Conducted research on job availability and undergraduate Career Center practices across comparable colleges and universities

PUBLISHED RESEARCH

  • Moe, Caitlin, Nicole Kovski, Kimberly Dalve, Christine Leibbrand, Stephen Mooney, Heather Hill, and Ali Rowhani-Rahbar. 2022. “Cumulative Payments Through the Earned Income Tax Credit Program in Childhood and Criminal Conviction During Adolescence in the US.” JAMA Network Open 5(11): e2242864.
  • Leibbrand, Christine, Ryan Gabriel, Christian Hess, and Kyle Crowder. 2021. “When Push Comes to Shove: Local Violence and Residential Mobility among Families.” Journal of Marriage and Family.
  • Gabriel, Ryan, Christine Leibbrand, Christian Hess, and Kyle Crowder. 2021. “Race, Adolescent Exposure to Segregation, and Adulthood Residential Mobility into and out of Lower-Poverty Neighborhoods.” Spatial Demography 9: 309-339.
  • Prusynski, Rachel, Natalie Leland, Bianca Frogner, Christine Leibbrand, and Tracy Mroz. 2021. “Therapy Staffing in Skilled Nursing Facilities Declined after Implementation of the Patient-Driven Payment Model.” Journal of the American Medical Directors Association.
  • Leibbrand, Christine, Ali Rowhani-Rahbar, and Frederick Rivara. 2021. “Gun Violence Exposure and Experiences of Depression among Mothers.” Prevention Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-020-01202-7.
  • Leibbrand, Christine, Ali Rowhani-Rahbar, Frederick Rivara, and Heather Hill. 2020. “Gun Homicides and Adolescents’ Mental Health and Behavioral Outcomes.” Social Science and Medicine-Population Health. 10.1016/j.ssmph.2020.100689.
  • Leibbrand, Christine, Ryan Gabriel, Chris Hess, and Kyle Crowder. 2020. “Is Geography Destiny: Disrupting the Relationship between Adolescent Segregation and Neighborhood Outcomes.” Social Science Research 86: 1-17.
  • Leibbrand, Christine, J. Trent Alexander, Catherine Massey, and Stewart Tolnay. 2020. “The Great Migration and Residential Segregation in American Cities during the Twentieth Century.” Social Science History 44(1): 19-55.
  • Leibbrand, Christine. 2019. “Unequal Opportunity? Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities in the Returns to Internal U.S. Migration.” Social Currents 7(1): 46-70.
  • Leibbrand, Christine, Catherine Massey, J. Trent Alexander, and Stewart Tolnay. 2019. “Great Migration’s Great Return? An Examination of Second-Generation Return Migration to the South.” Social Science Research 81: 117-131.
  • Leibbrand, Christine, J. Trent Alexander, Catherine Massey, and Stewart Tolnay. 2019. “Neighborhood Attainment Outcomes for Children of the Great Migration.” American Journal of Sociology 125(1): 141-183.
  • Leibbrand, Christine, Erin Carll, Angela Bruns, and Hedy Lee. 2019. “Barring Progress: The Influence of Paternal Incarceration on Families’ Neighborhood Attainment.” Social Science Research 84: 1-17.
  • Hess, Chris, Ryan Gabriel, Christine Leibbrand, and Kyle Crowder. 2019. “Does Hypersegregation Matter for Black-White Socioeconomic Disparities?” Demography 56(6): 2169-2191.
  • Leibbrand, Christine and Kyle Crowder. 2018. “The Legacy of the PSID in Understanding Patterns of Migration and Residential Mobility.” The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 680(1): 172-192.
  • Leibbrand, Christine. 2017. “Flexibility or Constraint: The Implications of Mothers’ and Fathers’ Nonstandard Schedules for Children Behavioral Outcomes.” Journal of Family Issues 39(8): 2336-2365. Alexander, J. Trent, Christine Leibbrand, Catherine Massey, and Stewart Tolnay. 2017. “Second Generation Outcomes of the Great Migration.” Demography 54(6): 2249-2271.

RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

  • Leibbrand, Christine (presenter), Ali Rowhani-Rahbar, Frederick Rivara, and Heather Hill. October 2020. “Gun Homicides and Adolescents’ Mental Health and Behavioral Outcomes.” American Public Health Association Conference: San Francisco, CA.
  • Leibbrand, Christine (presenter). April 2020. “The Migration Decline in Context: Understanding the Role of Place in the Migration Decline.” Population Association of America Conference: Washington, D.C.
  • Leibbrand, Christine (presenter). April 2019. “The Role of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Internal Migration Decline.” Population Association of America Conference: Austin, TX.
  • Leibbrand, Christine (presenter), Catherine Massey, J. Trent Alexander, and Stew Tolnay. August 2018. “The Great Migration and Residential Segregation in American Cities during the Twentieth Century.” American Sociological Association: Philadelphia, PA.
  • Leibbrand, Christine (presenter), Catherine Massey, J. Trent Alexander, and Stew Tolnay. April 2018. “Neighborhood Attainment Outcomes for Children of the Great Migration.” Population Association of America Conference: Denver, CO.
  • Leibbrand, Christine (presenter), Ryan Gabriel, Chris Hess, and Kyle Crowder. April 2018 “Is Geography Destiny? Disrupting the Relationship between Adolescent Segregation and Neighborhood Outcomes.” Population Association of America Conference: Denver, CO.
  • Leibbrand, Christine (presenter) and Kyle Crowder. September 2017. “The Legacy of the PSID in Understanding Patterns of Migration and Residential Mobility.” PSID User Conference.
  • Leibbrand, Christine (presenter). August 2017. “Migrating for Opportunity? Internal Migration and Economic Advancement among Black, Hispanic, and white Women and Men.” American Sociological Association: Montreal, Canada.
  • Leibbrand, Christine (presenter), Erin Carll, Angela Bruns, and Hedy Lee. August 2017. “Barring Progress: The Influence of Paternal Incarceration on Families’ Neighborhood Outcomes.” American Sociological Association: Montreal, Canada.
  • Leibbrand, Christine (presenter), Catherine Massey, Stew Tolnay, and J. Trent Alexander. April 2017. “Return Migration to the U.S. South.” Population Association of America Conference: Chicago, IL.
  • Leibbrand, Christine (presenter). August 2016. “Nonstandard Work Schedules, Gender, and Parental Involvement: The Influence of the 24/7 Economy on Child Academic Outcomes.” American Sociological Association: Seattle, WA.
  • Alexander, J. Trent, Christine Leibbrand (presenter), Catherine Massey, and Stew Tolnay. August 2016. “Second Generation Outcomes of the Great Migration.” American Sociological Association: Seattle, WA.
  • Leibbrand, Christine (presenter). March 2016. “Nonstandard Work Schedules, Gender, and Parental Involvement: The Influence of the 24/7 Economy on Child Academic Outcomes.” University of Washington Graduate Student Research Symposium: Seattle, WA.
  • Leibbrand, Christine (presenter). May 2015. “Parental Nonstandard Work Schedules and Child Behavioral Outcomes: The Salience of Mother and Father Involvement and Closeness.” Population Association of America Conference: San Diego, CA.
  • Leibbrand, Christine (presenter). May 2013. “The Persistence of Community: The Impact of Jewish Philanthropy.” Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting: Reno, NV.

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • Dean’s Medal for Most Outstanding Graduate Student in the Social Sciences, University of Washington, 2019
  • Training Fellowship, Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, University of Washington, 2019
  • Certificate of Completion, Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology’s Demographic Methods Graduate Certificate Program, University of Washington, 2018
  • “Best Graduate Paper in Labor Studies Prize”, Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, University of Washington, 2016
  • Concentration in Social Statistics, Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences, University of Washington, 2016
  • Certificate of Recognition, Sociology Honor Society Alpha Kappa Delta, Pacific Sociological Association, 2013
  • Order of Waiilatpu, award for academic excellence and community involvement, Whitman College, 2013

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

  • Training Director; June 2020 – September 2021
    • CSDE 502 Proseminar Series; Fall 2020, Spring 2021
  • Acting Assistant Professor; Department of Sociology; September 2019 – June 2020
    • SOC 230 Health Disparities; Fall 2019, Spring 2020
    • SOC 316 Sociological Theory; Winter 2020, Spring 2020
  • Instructor; Department of Sociology; Summer 2018
    • SOC 316 Sociological Theory; Summer 2018
  • Teaching Assistant; Department of Sociology; 2013-2015
    • SOC 287 Sociology of Sexuality; Fall 2014; Autumn 2015
    • SOC 270 Social Problems; Winter 2014 and Spring 2015
    • SOC 110 Survey of Sociology; Fall 2013 and Winter 2015
    • SOC 316 Sociological Theory; Spring 2014