Kelsey Shoub Explores Origins of Welfare Stereotypes in New Paper

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Racial stereotypes prompted by the Reconstruction-era Freedmen’s Bureau following the Civil War endure in America’s present-day social safety net, according to new research co-authored by a University of Massachusetts Amherst public policy researcher.

Kelsey Shoub, assistant professor of public policy, is part of a team that has established a link between the prevalence of Freedmen’s Bureau field offices — created to assist freed slaves in the South in the aftermath of the Civil War — and more coercive policies imposed by some states today under the federal government’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.

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Kelsey Shoub

Kelsey Shoub

Assistant Professor of Public Policy

Kelsey Shoub research interests include criminal justice policy, policing, elite communication, race and public policy, and gender and public policy.

Kelsey Shoub