Liwei Zhang

Liwei Zhang is a research assistant professor at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. She conducts policy-relevant, community-engaged research to advance social welfare programs that prevent child maltreatment, particularly for immigrants and racial/ethnic minorities. Her work focuses on two interconnected areas: 1) the impact of economic inequality and instability on disparities in child maltreatment risk and child welfare services; and 2) how financial assistance policies and programs can alter this impact.