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Erika Kates, Ph.D.

Work published elsewhere


Parenting from Prison: Family Relationships of Incarcerated Women in Massachusetts. With Sylvia Mignon and Paige Ransford.  Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Boston (June 2008).

Declining Resources: Analysis of Access to Postsecondary Education for Welfare Recipients in Ten States (Sixteen Colleges) 1993-2003. (American Public Policy and Management Conference, Madison, WI. (November 2006).

Disparities among Women of Color in the Health Professions in New England (with Helen Levine). Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy, UMass Boston (2006).

Women in Prison in Massachusetts: Maintaining Family Connections. With Paige Ransford and Carol Cardozo.  Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Boston (September 2005). 

Debunking the Myth of Failure of Education and Training for Welfare Recipients: A Critique of the Research. In Luisa Duprez, et al., eds. Shut Out: Low-income Mothers and Higher Education in Post-Welfare America. Albany: SUNY Press (2004).

HIV/AIDS among Women of Color in Massachusetts. Fact Sheet. Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy, McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies. Boston: University of Massachusetts. (December 2004).

Growing Inequities among Women in Massachusetts: Income, Employment, Education and Skills. Fact Sheet. Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy, McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies. Boston: University of Massachusetts. (August 2003).

The Effects of Welfare Reform in Massachusetts: Immigrant Mothers and Access to Education and Training. Heller Graduate School of Social Policy, Brandeis University. (June 2002).

Declining Enrollments of Low-income Mothers in Sixteen Massachusetts Colleges: The Effects of Massachusetts 1995 Welfare Policy. Heller Graduate School of Social Policy, Brandeis University. (June 2002).

Welfare Reform and Access to Education: Penalizing Mothers and Children. Journal of Community Youth Development. 2 3, (Summer 2001).

Boarding Up the Windows: The Effects of Welfare Reform in Twenty Low-income Families in Boston. A Participatory Study. Heller Graduate School of Social Policy, Brandeis University. (1999).

Defining a Supportive Educational Environment for Low-income Mothers. In J. Sebrechts et al. Eds. Coming into Her Own: Educational Success for Women and Girls. New York: Jossey Bass. (1999).

Public Assistance and Workforce Development: The Growing Divide. Connection: New England’s Journal of Higher Education and Economic Development, Vol. XIV, No. 1. (Spring 1999).

Closing Doors: Declining Opportunities in Education for Low-income Women. Heller Graduate School of Social Policy, Brandeis University. (1998).

Educational Pathways out of Poverty: Responding to the Realities of Women’s Lives. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 66, 4 (October, 1996).

Colleges Can Help Women in Poverty. In Diane Dujon & Ann Whithorn. Eds. For Crying out Loud: Women’s Poverty in the United States. Boston: South End Press (1996).

Escaping Poverty: The Promise of Higher Education. Social Policy Report. Society for Research in Child Development. 9, 1 (1995).

Access to Higher Education Project: Final Report. Smith College, MA. (October 1993).

Welfare Reform: The Impact of JOBS on Access to Post-Secondary Education for AFDC recipients. Proceedings of a Congressional Conference on Women and Welfare Reform. Institute of Women’s Policy Research, Washington D.C). Reprinted in Social Justice. (1994).

Women, Welfare and Higher Education: Annotated Bibliography: Washington D.C.: Center for Women Policy Studies. (1992).

More than Survival: Access to Higher Education for Low-Income Women. Washington D.C.: Center for Women Policy Studies. (1991).

Transforming Rhetoric into Choice: Access to Higher Education for Low-Income Women. In Leslie Wolfe, ed. Women, Work and School. Boulder: Westview Press. (1991).

After College: More than Survival? Proceedings, Second Annual Women’s Policy Research Conference.) Washington D.C. Institute for Women’s Policy Research. (1991).

Homelessness in Springfield: A Needs Assessment for the Massachusetts Department of Human Services and City of Springfield, MA. (1986).