{"id":7,"date":"2016-07-15T15:39:08","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T20:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~mlesperance\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2024-05-01T09:51:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T14:51:42","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~mlesperance\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~mlesperance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2209029_BH_114_Madelaine_LEsperance-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-310 size-medium alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~mlesperance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2209029_BH_114_Madelaine_LEsperance-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~mlesperance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2209029_BH_114_Madelaine_LEsperance-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~mlesperance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2209029_BH_114_Madelaine_LEsperance-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~mlesperance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2209029_BH_114_Madelaine_LEsperance-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~mlesperance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2209029_BH_114_Madelaine_LEsperance-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~mlesperance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2209029_BH_114_Madelaine_LEsperance-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~mlesperance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2209029_BH_114_Madelaine_LEsperance-1200x1799.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~mlesperance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2209029_BH_114_Madelaine_LEsperance-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 85vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Consumer Sciences at The University of Alabama. I am also a faculty affiliate of the Alabama Research Institute on Aging.<\/p>\n<p>\u200bMy research focuses on three key areas: how youth and young adults develop financial capability; the role of safety net programs in promoting financial health; and the financial behavior of people with disabilities. I have published in the\u00a0<em>Review of Economics of the Household, Social Service Review,<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Journal of Family Economic Issues.\u00a0<\/em>My research has received support from the Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs and Social Security Administration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Consumer Sciences at The University of Alabama. I am also a faculty affiliate of the Alabama Research Institute on Aging. \u200bMy research focuses on three key areas: how youth and young adults develop financial capability; the role of safety net programs in promoting financial health; and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~mlesperance\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~mlesperance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~mlesperance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~mlesperance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~mlesperance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~mlesperance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":60,"href":"https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~mlesperance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":316,"href":"https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~mlesperance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~mlesperance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}