Ben is a doctoral candidate at the University of Chicago's School of Social Service Administration. His research interests include urban and suburban poverty, race and ethnicity, immigration, and immigrant integration. Ben's work includes a survey of social service providers in LA, Chicago, and DC, a study of immigrant labor and ethnic niches, and a program evaluation of a comprehensive development initiative in Chicago. He is currently working on his dissertation, a qualitative study of immigrant integration in Chicago's suburbs.

Ben Roth, MSW
Ph.D. candidate
University of Chicago
School of Social Service Administration
969 East 60^th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
broth@uchicago.edu
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