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WILLIAM ELLIOTT III

Curriculum VitaeMarch 1, 2016

Biography

Dr. William Elliott III is an associate professor at the University of Kansas (KU) and founder of the

Assets and Education Initiative (AEDI) a Center in KU’s School of Social Welfare. He also serves as

a Faculty Director of Asset Building for the Center for Social Development and Senior Research

Fellow for New America Foundation’s Asset Building Program. He is a member of the advisory

board for the initiative to develop a Human Needs Index at the Center on Philanthropy, Indiana

University and a Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Board of Boston.

Dr. Elliott is a leading researcher in the field of children's savings and college matriculation and

success. He has written extensively on the relationship between assets and children's educational

outcomes. Numerous news and media outlets such as the National Journal, NPR, US News, the

Washington Monthly, the Washington Post, and others have featured his work. Recently the Federal

Reserve in St. Louis highlighted his work on college matriculation and student debt in their Annual

Report. Further, his research has served as the impetus for Children’s Savings Account (CSA)

programs and policies across the U.S., such as Kindergarten to College (K2C) in San Francisco,

College Savings Accounts in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and the American Dream Accounts Act

recently introduced into Congress. He has received research funding from such sources as Ford

Foundation, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Lumina Foundation, and Citi foundation.

Personal Information

Director of the Center on Assets, Education, and Inclusion (AEDI)

Associate Professor

Social Welfare

University of Kansas

1545 Lilac Lane

309 Twente Hall

Lawrence, KS 66045-3129

Email Address: [email protected]

Office Phone: (785) 864-2283

Education

Ph.D., August 2008

Washington University in St. Louis, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, St. Louis,

MO

M.S.W., July 2005

Washington University in St. Louis, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, St. Louis,

MO

B.A., January 1995

Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA

Employment History

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Academic

University of Kansas School of Social Welfare, Lawrence, KS

Associate Professor, 2013 - Present

Assistant Professor, 2011 - 2013

Tenure track

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Assistant Professor, (tenure track) School of Social Welfare, 2008 - 2011

Faculty Associate, Center for Race and Social Problems, 2008 - 2011

Faculty Associate, Center of Social Development, 2008 - 2011

Professional

Child and Youth Finance Internation, International

Member of the Research Working Group

Attend meetings, write papers, answer questions for Child and Youth Finance International.

New America, Washington, DC

Senior Research Fellow

Senior research fellow in the Asset Building arm of New America. Participate in symposium,

seminars, write articles for their blog and magazine.

University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

Senior Administrative Fellows Program

Trains faculty for future administration work.

National Congress for American Indian (NCAI), Washington, DC

Consultant, Spring 2005 - Summer 2008

Policy Research Center Spring

United States Army, Fort Leavenworth, KS

Military Police Investigator, Spring 2001 - Fall 2002

United States Army, Fort Sill, OK

Prison Counselor, Fall 1998 - Fall 2000

Research

Center of Social Development, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Research Associate 'I Can Save', Spring 2004 - Summer 2007

Administrative Assignments

School of Social Welfare

Director of the Toni Johnson Office of Race and Social Justice, Spring 2016 - Present

Fall 2012 - Present

School of Social Weflare

Director of the Center on Assets, Education, and Inclusion, Fall 2012 - Present

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Research Key Words

Economic, educational, and racial disparities; social policy; mental health; child

development

Research Funding/Fellowships


Commission

Funded

1. Elliott, W. (Principal). Adolescents' savings and college progress. Center for Social

Development at the Washington University in St. Louis, MO $15,000 (Fall 2011).

Commissioned to write three papers, Summer/Fall, 2011

Externally-Funded Grant/Contract

Funded

1. Elliott, W. (Principal). Rethinking how we finance college: The potential of college savings

accounts. Charles Stewart Mott Foundation $200,000 (December 1, 2014 - December 31,

2016).

2. Elliott, W. (Principal). Assets and Education Initiative: Children's Savings Project. Charles

Stewart Mott Foundation $450,000, Submitted February 2, 2015 (December 1, 2014 -

November 30, 2016).

3. Elliot, W. (Principal). AEDI Capacity Building. Friedman Family Foundation $10,000,

Submitted August 3, 2015 (October 1, 2015 - September 30, 2016).

4. Elliott, W. AEDI Capacity Building. Friedman Family Foundation $10,000 (September

2015 - August 2016).

5. Elliott, W. (Principal). Center on Assets, Education, and Inclusion: Regional Approach to

Validating CSAs Project. W.K. Kellogg Foundation $500,000, Submitted March 27, 2015

(May 1, 2015 - April 30, 2016).

6. Elliott, W. (Principal). Children's Savings Accounts: Building Communities, Expanding

Opportunities. Ford Foundation $231,944, Submitted April 14, 2015 (May 1, 2015 - April

30, 2016).

7. Elliott, W. (Principal). Children’s Savings Accounts, Moving from Research Innovation to

Policy Innovations. Should be assigned shortly, Ford Foundation $100,000 (January 2014 -

December 2014).

8. Elliott, W. (Principal). College Debt. Kaufmann Foundation $25,000 (2014).

9. Elliott, W. (Principal). CSA Research Funding. $200,000 (2012 - 2014).

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10. Elliott, W. (Principal). Biannual Report on the assets and education field. Citi Foundation

$75,000 (2013).

11. Elliott, W. (Principal). AEDI college enrollment and graduation project. Lumina

Foundation $160,000 (2012 - 2013).

12. Elliott, W. (Principal). Evaluate GEAR UP Programs. Ford Foundation $62,000 (2012 -

2013).

Evaluation and to write research papers on college savings.

13. Elliott, W. (Principal). Prosperity Works CSA Program. Kellogg Foundation $20,700 (2012

- 2013).

To write up evaluation of planning grant and to develop a research design.

14. Elliott, W. (Principal). Main grant through the Mott Foundation $20,000, Submitted

Summer 2012 (Summer 2012 - Fall 2012).

$20,000. Subcontract with Center for Social Development, Washington University in St.

Louis, MO: Funding is for post-symposium work and commission to write two papers on

the relationship between assets and college graduation. Washington University in St.

Louis, MO.

15. Elliott, W. (Principal). Assets and education research symposium. Center for Social

Development, Washington University in St. Louis, MO $20,000 (Spring 2012).

16. Elliott, W. (Principal). Assets and education research symposium. Corporation for

Enterprise Development (CFED) $5,000 (Spring 2012).

17. Elliott, W. (Principal). Assets and education research symposium. Ford Foundation $6,200

(Spring 2012).

Institute of International Education's Global Travel and Learning Fund (GTLF)

18. Elliott, W. (Principal). Assets and education research symposium. New America Foundation

$5,000 (Spring 2012).

Not Funded

Elliott, W. Kindergarten to college: Validation of college savings accounts and assets as a

pathway to college., Department of Education, i3 Grant $12,934,746, Submitted 2014.

Elliot, W. (Co-Principal). Young People, Entrepreneurship, and the Future of Work. Russell

Sage Foundation $28,633, Submitted August 21, 2015 (January 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017).

Internal Award

Funded

1. Elliott, W. (Principal). Assets and education research symposium. University of Kansas

School of Social Welfare $20,000 (Spring 2012).

2. Elliott, W. (Co-Principal), & Adams, D. (Principal). Assets and disability project. Office of

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Mental Health Research and Training, University of Kansas School of Social Welfare

$3,449 (Summer 2011).

New Faculty General Research Fund

Funded

1. Elliott, W. (Principal). Financial education and savings program (FESP) for GEAR UP

children in Kansas City, Kansas public schools. University of Kansas $8,000 (Spring 2012).

University of Pittsburgh

Commission

Funded



Commissioned to write two papers, Summer/Fall, 2010.



Commissioned to write three papers, Summer/Fall, 2009

Externally-Funded Grant/Contract

Funded

1. Elliott, W. (Co-Principal), & Bangs, R. (Principal). Potential effects of the Pittsburgh

promise on student's expectations and academic achievement. Pittsburgh Foundation

$30,000 (Fall 2008).

Summer/Fall, 2008

2. Elliott, W. (Co-Principal), & Bangs, R. (Principal). Study on eligibility requirements for the

Pittsburgh promise. Faulk Foundation $25,000 (Fall 2008).

Summer/Fall, 2008

Internal Award

Funded

1. Elliott, W. (Principal). Case study of Homewood children: A longitudinal analysis based on

the Pittsburgh Youth Study (PYS). Homewood Children's Village, Small Grant Award,

University of Pittsburgh $7,000 (Fall 2010).

Summer/Fall, 2010

2. Elliott, W. (Principal). School dropout rates: A longitudinal analysis based on the

Pittsburgh Youth Study (PYS). Pittsburgh Youth Study, Small Grant Award $7,000

(Summer 2010).

3. Elliott, W. (Principal). The direct and indirect effects of homeownership on boys' antisocial

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behavior and academic achievement by race and family income: A longitudinal analysis

based on the Pittsburgh Youth Study (PYS). Central Research Development Fund,

University of Pittsburgh, Office of Research $10,481 (Summer 2009 - Summer 2010).

4. Elliott, W. (Principal). The direct and indirect effects of homeownership on boys' antisocial

behavior and academic achievement by race and family income: A longitudinal analysis

based on the Pittsburgh Youth Study (PYS). Pittsburgh Youth Study, Small Grant Award,

University of Pittsburgh $7,000 (Summer 2009).

Research/Scholarly Work

Publications

Reviewed/Refereed

Editorials, Journal

1. Elliott, W. (2014). The American dream and moving up.

http://www.spotlightonpoverty.org/ExclusiveCommentary.aspx?id=34644e15-8b3b-4f7b-

952a-5f958049c056

Journal Articles

1. Palmer, A., Elliott, W., & Cheatham, G. (in press). Effects of extracurricular activities on

postsecondary completion for students with disabilities. The Journal of Educational

Research.

2. Rauscher, E., & Elliott, W. (in press). The Relationship between Income and Net Worth in

the U.S.A: Virtuous Cycle for High but not Low Income Households. Journal of Poverty.

3. Friedline, T., Scanlon, E., Johnson, T., & Elliott, W. (in press). Educational and Financial

Institutions Partnering to Implement CSAs: Evaluation of Financial Partners' Perspectives

from the 2011 GEAR UP Invitational Priority. Journal of Community Practice.

4. Rauscher, E., & Elliott, W. (in press). Wealth as security: Growth curve analyses of

household income and net worth during a recession.

5. Elliott, W., & Melinda, L. K. (2015). Student debt effects on financial wellbeing: Research

and policy implications. Journal of Economic Surveys, 29(4), 614-636.

6. Rauscher, E., & Elliott, W. (2014). The Effect of Wealth Inequality on Higher Education

Outcomes: A Critical Review. Sociology Mind, 2014(4), 282-297.

7. Cheatham, G., & Elliott, W. (2013). The effects of family college savings on postsecondary

school enrollment rates of students with disabilities. Economics of Education Review, 33(1),

31-51. (Invited)

8. Cheatham, G., Smith, S. J., Elliott, W., & Friedline, T. (2013). Family assets, postsecondary

education, and students with disabilities: Building on progress and overcoming challenges.

Children and Youth Services Review, 35(7), 1078-1086.

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9. Elliott, W., & Kim, J. (2013). The role of identity-based motivation and solution-focus brief

therapy in unifying accounts and financial education in school-related CDA programs.


10. Elliott, W., & Sherraden, M. (2013). Assets and Educational Achievement: Theory and

evidence. Economics and Education Review, 33(3), 1-7.

11. Elliott, W., Choi, E. H., & Friedline, T. (2013). Online statistics labs in MSW research

methods courses: Reducing reluctance toward statistics. Journal of Social Work Education,

49(1), 81-95.

12. Elliott, W., Constance-Huggins, M., & Song, H. (2013). Improving college progress among

low- to moderate-income (LMI) young adults: The role of assets. Journal of Family and

Economic Issues, 34, 382-399. http://csd.wustl.edu/Publications/Documents/WP11-15.pdf

13. Elliott, W., III, Song, H.-a., & Nam, I. (2013). Small-Dollar children's savings accounts and

children's college outcomes by income level. Children and Youth Services Review, 35(3),

560-571.

14. Elliott, W., III. (2013). Small-Dollar children's savings accounts and children's college

outcomes. Children Youth and Services, 35(3), 572-585.

15. Elliott, W., Nam, I., & Friedline, T. (2013). Probability of living through a period of

economic instability. Children and Youth Services Review, 35(3), 453-460.

16. Elliott, W., Song, H.-a., & Nam, I. (2013). Small dollar accounts, children's college

outcomes, and wilt. Children and Youth Services Review, 35(3), 535-547.

17. Elliott, W. (2013). The effects of economic instability on children's educational outcomes.


18. Friedline, T., & Elliott, W. (2013). Connections with banking institutions and diverse asset

portfolios in young adulthood: Children as potential future investors. Children and Youth

Services Review, 35(6), 994-1006.

19. Friedline, T., Elliott, W., & Chowa, G. A.N. (2013). Testing an asset-building approach for

young people: Early access to savings predicts later savings. Economics of Education

Review, 33(1), 31-51.

20. Friedline, T., Elliott, W., III, & Nam, I. (2013). Small-dollar children’s savings accounts and

children's college outcomes by race. Children and Youth Services Review, 35(3), 548-559.

21. Lewis, M., Cramer, R., Elliott, W., III, & Sprague, A. (2013). Policies to promote economic

stability, asset building, and child development. Children in Youth Services Review.

22. Lewis, M., Cramer, R., Spraque, A., & Elliott, W. (2013). Policies to promote economic

stability, asset building, and child development. Children and Youth Services Review, 36,

15-21.

23. Eliott, W., Constance-Huggins, M., & Song, H.-a. (2012). Improving college progress

among low-to moderate-income (LMI) young adults: The role of assets. Journal of Family

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and Economic Issue. doi:10.1007/s10834-012-9341-0

24. Elliott, W., & Nam, I. (2012). Direct effects of assets and savings on the college progress of

black young adults. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 34(1), 89-108.

25. Friedline, T., Elliott, W., & Nam, I. (2012). Predicting savings and mental accounting

among adolescents: The case of college. Children & Youth Services Review.

26. Chowa, G., & Elliott, W. (2011). An asset approach to increasing financial and efficacy

expectations among families in Uganda. Journal of Socio-Economics, 40(1), 81-87.

27. Elliott, W., & Beverly, S. (2011). Staying on course: The effects of savings and assets on

the college progress of young adults. American Journal of Education, 117(3), 343-374.

28. Elliott, W., & Beverly, S. (2011). The role of savings and wealth in reducing "wilt" between

expectations and college attendance. Journal of Children and Poverty, 17(2), 165-185.

29. Elliott, W., Choi, E. H., Destin, M., & Kim, K. (2011). The age old question, which comes

first? A simultaneous test of children's savings and children's college-bound identity.


30. Elliott, W., Chowa, G., & Loke, V. (2011). Toward a children's savings and college-bound

identity intervention for raising college attendance rates: A multilevel propensity score

analysis. Sociology Mind, 1(4), 192-205.

31. Elliott, W., Destin, M., & Friedline, T. (2011). Taking stock of ten years of research on the

relationship between assets and children's educational outcomes: Implications for theory,

policy and intervention. Children and Youth Services Review, 33(11), 2312-2328.

32. Elliott, W., Jung, H., & Friedline, T. (2011). Raising math scores among children in low-

wealth households: Potential benefit of children's school savings. Journal of Income

Distribution, 20(2), 72-91.

33. Friedline, T., & Elliott, W. (2011). Predicting savings for white and black young adults: An

early look at racial disparities in savings and the potential role of children's development

accounts (CDAs). Journal of Race and Social Problems, 3(2), 99-118.

34. Friedline, T., Elliott, W., & Nam, I. (2011). Predicting savings in young adulthood: The role

of adolescent savings. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 2(1), 1-22.

35. Song, H., & Elliott, W. (2011). The role of assets in improving college attainment among

Hispanic immigrant youth in the U.S. Children and Youth Services Review, 33(11), 2160-

2167.

36. Elliott, W., Jung, H., & Friedline, T. (2010). Math achievement and children's savings:

Implications for child development accounts. Journal of Family and Economic Issues,

31(2), 171-184.

37. Elliott, W., Jung, H., Kim, K., & Chowa, G. (2010). A multi-group structural equation

model (SEM) examining asset holding effects on educational attainment by race and

gender. Journal of Children and Poverty, 16(2), 91-121.

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38. Elliott, W., Kim, K. H., Jung, H., & Zhan, M. (2010). Asset holding and educational

attainment among African American youth. Children and Youth Services Review, 32(11),

1497-1507.

39. Elliott, W., Sherraden, M., Johnson, L., & Guo, B. (2010). Young children's perceptions of

college and saving: Potential role of child development accounts. Children and Youth

Services Review, 32(11), 1577-1584.

40. Shanta, P., & Elliott, W. (2010). Suppressor variables in social work research: Ways to

detect them in multiple regressions. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research,

1(1), 28-40.

41. Sherraden, M. S., Johnson, L., Guo, B., & Elliott, W. (2010). Financial capability in

children: Effects of participation in a school-based financial education and savings program.

Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 32(3), 385-399. doi:10.1007/s10834-010-9220-5

42. Elliott, W. (2009). Children's college aspirations and expectations: The potential role of

college development accounts (CDAs). Children and Youth Services Review, 31(2), 274-

283.

43. Sherraden, M. S., Johnson, L., Elliott, W., Porterfield, S., & Rainford, W. (2007). School-

based children's saving accounts for college: The I Can Save Program. Children and Youth

Services Review, 29, 294-312.

Non-Reviewed/Refereed

Book Reviews

1. Elliott, W. (2010). [Review of the book Steady gains and stalled progress: Inequality and

the black-white test score gap, Katherine Magnuson and Jane Waldfogel, eds.]. Social

Service Review, 84(2), 312-315.

Books

1. Elliott, W., & Lewis, M. (2015). The real college debt crisis: How student borrowing

threatens financial well-being and erodes the American dream. In Paeger Press.

Dictionary/Encyclopedia Articles

1. Elliott, W., & Lewis, M. (2014). Child development accounts (CSAs). In The Encyclopedia

of Social Work.

Issue Briefs

1. Elliott, W., Lewis, M. K., Poore, A., & Clarke, B. (2015). Moving toward a policy agenda

for improving children’s savings account delivery systems. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

http://www.bostonfed.org/commdev/issue-briefs/2015/cdbrief12015.htm (Invited)

Journal Articles

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1. Elliott, W., Chan, M., & Poore, A. (2015). Counterbalancing student debt with “asset

empowerment” and economic mobility. The New England Journal of Higher Education.

http://www.nebhe.org/thejournal/counterbalancing-student-debt-with-asset-empowerment-

and-economic-mobility/ (Invited)

2. Elliott, W. (2014). Student loans: Are we getting our money’s worth? Change: The

Magazine of Higher Education, 46(4), 26-33. (Invited)

3. Elliott, W., & Friedline, T. (2013). You pay your share, we'll pay our share”: The college

cost burden and the role of race, income, and college assets. Economics of Education

Review, 33(1), 134-153.

4. Elliott, W., III, & Nam, I. (2013). Is student deb jeopardizing the short-term financial health

of U.S. households? Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, 95(5).

5. Song, H.-a., & Elliott, W. (2012). The effects of parents' school savings on college

expectations and Hispanic youth’s four-year college attendance. Children & Youth Services

Review, 34(9), 1845-1852.

Journal Issues

1. Elliott, W., & Sherraden, M. (Eds.). (2012). Special Editor of special issue on Assets and

Education Research Symposium. Economics and Education Review. (Invited)

Magazine Articles

1. Black, R., Elliott, W., & Lewis, M. (2015). The soup to nuts approach to financing college.

The Weekly Wonk. https://www.newamerica.org/the-weekly-wonk/the-soup-to-nuts-

approach-to-financing-college/ (Invited)

2. Elliott, W. (2015). How student debt stunts financial growth. The Atlantic Monthly.

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/03/how-student-debt-stunts-financial-

growth/386300/ (Invited)

Monographs

1. Elliott, W. (Ed.). (2013). Building Expectations and Delivering Results: Asset-based

financial aid and the future of higher education. In Biannual report on assets and education

field. Report released by Assets and Education Initiative (AEDI).

2. Elliott, W. (2012). Does structural inequality begin with a bank account? (Creating a

Financial Stake in College, Report II). Washington, DC: New America Foundation.

http://assets.newamerica.net/sites/newamerica.net/files/policydocs/Elliott_II_final1.4.12.pdf

3. Elliott, W. (2012). Ideas for refining children's savings account proposals. (Creating a

Financial Stake in College, Report IV). Washington, DC: New America Foundation.

http://assets.newamerica.net/sites/newamerica.net/files/policydocs/Elliott_IV_final1.4.12.pdf

4. Elliott, W. (2012). We save, we go to college. (Creating a Financial Stake in College,

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Report III). Washington, DC: New America Foundation.

http://assets.newamerica.net/sites/newamerica.net/files/policydocs/Elliott_III_final1.4.12.pdf

5. Elliott, W. (2012). Why policy makers should care about children's savings. (Creating a

Financial Stake in College, Report I). Washington, DC: New America Foundation.

http://assets.newamerica.net/sites/newamerica.net/files/policydocs/Elliott_I_final1.4.12.pdf

Op-Ed

1. Ellott, W. (2013). Student loans are not the answer. In Politico.

2. Ellott, W., & Cramer, R. (2012). To limit student debt, let's try savings. In Insider Higher

Ed.

Policy Briefs

1. Elliott, W., & Nam, I. (2011). Direct effects of assets and savings on the college progress of

black young adults. http://csd.wustl.edu/Publications/Documents/RB11-18.pdf

2. Elliott, W., Choi, E. H., Destin, M., & Kim, K. H. (2011). The age old question, which

comes first? A simultaneous test of children's savings and children's college-bound identity.

http://csd.wustl.edu/Publications/Documents/RB11-17.pdf

3. Elliott, W., Constance-Huggins, M., & Song, H. (2011). Reducing the college progress gap

between low-to-moderate-income (LMI) and high-income (HI) young adults.


4. Elliott, W., & Beverly, S. (2010). Staying on course: The effects of savings and assets and

savings on the college progress of young adults.


5. Elliott, W., & Beverly, S. (2010). The role of savings and wealth in reducing “wilt” between

expectations and college attendance. http://csd.wustl.edu/Publications/Documents/RB10-

04.pdf

Research Reports

1. Elliott, W., & Lewis, M. (2015). Transforming 529s into children’s savings accounts

(CSAs): The Promise Indiana model. https://aedi.ku.edu/publication/report/transforming-

529s-childrens-savings-accounts-csas-promise-indiana-model

2. Lewis, M., & Elliott, W. (2015). A regional approach to children’s savings account

development: The case of New England. http://aedi.ku.edu/publication/report/regional-

approach-childrens-savings-account-development-case-new-england

3. Elliott, W., & Lewis, M. (2014). The student debt problem in America: It is not enough to

say, “students will eventually recover”.

4. Elliott, W., & Lewis, M. (2014). Unequal outcomes: Student loan effects on young adults’

net worth accumulation.

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5. Elliott, W. (2014). Redeeming the American dream: Children’s savings accounts (CSAs)

build children’s capacity for economic mobility.

6. Lewis, M., & Elliott, W. (2014). Lessons to learn: Canadian insights for U.S. children’s

savings account (CSA) policy.

7. Bangs, R., Davis, L., Ness, E., Elliott, W., & Henry, C. (2009, December). Eligibility for the

Pittsburgh promise. Pittsburgh, Pa: Center for Race and Social Problems, University of

Pittsburgh.

8. Elliott, W. (2009, April). Banking, payday lending, and the unbanked: A report for the

United Way of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, Pa: University of Pittsburgh.

9. Elliott, W. (2008, March). Using PSAT results for enrollment in advanced placement

courses: Reducing the equity gap in advanced placement courses in Pittsburgh public

schools. Pittsburgh, PA: Falk Foundation.

10. Elliott, W. (2007, October). Preliminary examination of implications of the NCLB act on

American Indian (AI)/American Native (AN) youth. Washington, DC: National Congress of

American Indians Policy Research Center and National Indian Education Association.

11. Elliott, W. (2007, May). Building institutional capacity: What it is and how it is measured.

Washington, DC: National Congress of American Indians Policy Research Center.

12. Elliott, W., & Finsel, C. (2006, December). Communities of practice. Washington, DC:

National Congress of American Indians Policy Research Center.

13. Elliott, W., Hicks, S., & Finsel, C. (2005, October). Think tank typologies: Which typology

best fits with mission and core values of NCAI policy research center? Washington, DC:

National Congress of American Indians Policy Research Center.

Works Submitted or Ready for Submission

Reviewed/Refereed

Books

1. Elliott, W., & Lewis, M. (in progress). Making education work for the poor, the potential of

children's savings accounts. In Oxford Press.

Journal Articles

1. Zhan, M., Xiaoling, X., & Elliott, W. (in review). Educational loans and wealth building

among young adults.

2. Zhan, M., Xiaoling, X., & Elliott, W. (in review). How much is too much: Educational

loans and college graduation.

3. Friedline, T., Scanlon, E., Johnson, T., & Elliott, W., III. (in review). Children's savings

accounts from the perspective of GEAR UP financial partners: A qualitative evaluation

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from the 2011 invitational priority. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.

4. Nam, I., Landry, S., & Elliott, W., III. (in review). Financial hardship effects on depressive

symptoms among dementia caregivers. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences.


Book Chapters

1. Elliott, W. Solving the paradox of high college expectations: The role of children’s savings

accounts. In The assets perspective: The rise of asset building and its impacts on social

policy.

Books

1. Elliott, W. (in progress). Student Debt: A Reference Handbook. Praeger. (Invited)

Journal Articles

1. Elliott, W., Lewis, M., & Nam, I. Student loan debt: Can parent's college savings help?

Review. (Invited)

Invited Presentations/Lectures

National

1. Elliott, W. Panel on Student Loans and Socioeconomic Mobility. Federal Reserve Bank of

Philadelphia, Philadelphia.

2. Elliott, W. (2015, June). Presentation on Student Debt to Legislation Staff from across the

Country. Denver, CO.

3. Elliott, W. (2015, March 2). Postsecondary Education as an Asset: An Investment for

Financial Well-Being and Autonomy. President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability

for Young Americans (PACFCYA) Postsecondary Education Working Group, Washington,

DC.

4. Elliott, W. (2014). Building Assets, Changing Lives. Children’s Savings Account Roundtable,

Federal Reserve of Boston, MA.

5. Elliott, W. (2014). Two Tales: The Tragedy of Wilt and the Hope of Children’s Savings

Accounts. Rhode Island Children’s Savings Account Announcement with Governor Elect

Raimonda, Providence, RI.

6. Elliott, W. (2013, November). The future of student loans and financing higher education.

Generation debt: The promise, perils, and future of student loans, Federal Reserve in St.

Louis, MO.

7. Elliott, W. (2013, November). The student debt crisis. American Studies Association K-16

Collaboration Committee, Washington, DC.

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8. Elliott, W. (2013, October). From a debt-dependent to an asset based financial aid model.

Woodstock 40th

Anniversary, Chicago, IL.

9. Elliott, W. (2013, February). Household balances sheets and college graduation. Household

balances sheets, St. Louis Federal Reserve, St. Louis, MO.

10. Elliott, W. (2012, May). Taking Stock. Assets @21: Lessons from the past, directions for the

future. National Conference, New American Foundation, Washington, DC.

11. Elliott, W., & Friedline, T. (2012, March). You pay your share, we’ll pay our share: The

college cost burden and the role of race, income, and college assets. Assets and Research

Symposium, University of Kansas National Conference, Lawrence, KS.

12. Elliott, W., & Martin, P. (2012, February 12). Financial access & literacy. 2012

NCCEP/GEAR UP: Capacity-Building Workshop, U.S. Department of Education Annual

Conference, New York, NY.

Regional

1. Elliott, W. The Role of Social Work and Social Welfare in Addressing Community Poverty

Issues and Human Well-Being. Inaugural Year of the Dr. Brad Sheafor Lecture, Colorado

State University.

2. Elliott, W. The College Debt Crisis Book Discussion. Population, Education, and Health

Seminar Series, University of Missouri.

3. Elliott, W., & Lewis, M. The College Debt Crisis Book Discussion. The Kansas City Public

Library, Kansas City Public Library.

4. Elliott, W. (2014). A few good ideas. New England Community Development Advisory

Council Meeting, Federal Reserve of Boston, MA.

State

1. Elliott, W. (2014). A few good ideas. New Hampshire Children’s Savings Account

Legislative Study Committee, Concord, NH.

Local

1. Elliott, W. (2015, May). Evidence for CSA’s Education Effects (conference call): City of

Indianapolis Planning to Start CSA Program. CSA Planning Committee for City of

Indianapolis, Webcast.

2. Elliott, W. (2015, April). Children's Savings Accounts. Wabash County YMCA, Wabash

County, IN.

Presentations/Lectures

Reviewed/Refereed

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National

1. Elliott, W. Panel on Social Work Grand Challenges: Reversing Extreme Economic

Inequality. SSWR Annual Conference, Washington, DC.

Presentations – Other Levels

1. Elliott, W. (2014). Do college expectations mediate the effects of parental college savings on

four-year college attendance among Hispanic youth. SSWR, San Antonio, TX.


National

1. Elliott, W., Constance-Huggins, M., & Song, H. (2011, January). Reducing the college

progress gap between low-to-moderate-income (LMI) and high-income (HI) young adults:

Assets as an understudied form of economic capital. Annual National Conference, Society of

Social Work and Research (SSWR).

2. Elliott, W. (2010, September). Assets, an alternative to debt accumulation: When children

own savings. CFED's 2010 Assets Learning Conference, Semi-Annual National Conference,

Washington, DC.

3. Elliott, W. (2010, May). Linking children's savings to college success: The role of children's

college expectations. CFED Semi-Annual National Conference on Statehouses and Savings:

The Future of State Policies to Build Assets for Children and Youth, Washington, DC.

4. Elliott, W., Kim, K., Jung, H., & Zahn, M. (2009, November). Asset holding and educational

attainment among African American and Caucasian children. Association for Public Policy

Analysis and Management (APPAM), Washington, DC.

5. Elliott, W., Jung, H., & Friedline, T. (2009, July). Examining whether children's savings or

parental school savings is a stronger predictor of children's educational expectations,

academic achievement, and college attendance. 2nd National Research Conference on Child

and Family Programs and Policy, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA.

6. Elliott, W., & Southwell, P. (2006, January). The effects of institutional responses on self-

efficacy: A qualitative study. Annual National Conference, Society of Social Work and

Research (SSWR).

7. Elliott, W. (2005, March). Results from first wave of second grade students in I Can Save.

Semi-Annual Meeting, Saving for Education Entrepreneurship and Down Payment (SEED),

Detroit, MI.

Regional

1. Elliott, W. (2011, June). Taking stock of ten years of research on the relationship between

assets and children's educational outcomes. Policy Summit on /Housing, Human Capital,

and Inequalities. Section title is Assets and educational outcomes: New research from the

field, Federal Reserve Bank Annual Regional Conference, Cleveland, OH.

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Local

1. Elliott, W. (2011, April). Giving children a financial stake in college. George Warren Brown

School of Social Work at the University of Washington, St. Louis, MO.

http://csd.wustl.edu/AboutUs/News/Pages/Elliott-lecture0406-9817.aspx.

2. Elliott, W., Kim, K., Jung, H., & Zahn, M. (2008, November). The human capital agenda:

Asset holding and educational attainment among African American and Caucasian children.

Child Savings Symposium, Washington University, Center for Social Development, St.

Louis, MO.

3. Elliott, W., Sherraden, M., & Johnson, L. (2008, November). I can save: School-based

children's saving accounts for college: Follow-up paper. Child Savings Symposium,

Washington University Center for Social Development, St. Louis, MO.

4. Elliott, W. (2005, February). I Can Save, a universal model for children savings accounts.

Ford Foundation, Center for Social Development, Washington University, St. Louis, MO.

5. Elliott, W. (2004, February). I Can Save! An intervention research project for early primary

students. 10th Anniversary Local Conference, Washington University Center for Social

Development, St. Louis, MO.

Honors/Awards/Honor Societies

Individual Honor/Award

Distinguished Recent Contributions in Social Work Education, Council on Social Work

Education. (2014 - Present)

Award recognizes a social work educator's achievements within the last 10 years

Faculty Director of Asset Building, Center for Social Development at Washington University in

St. Louis. (2014 - Present)

Fellowship, Member of the Research Working Group, Child and Youth Finance International.

(2011 - Present)

Senior Research Fellow in the Asset Building Program, New America Foundation. (2011 -

Present)

Faculty Associate, Center for Race and Social Problems, University of Pittsburgh, School of

Social Work. (2009 - Present)

Docking Faculty Scholar Award, University of Kansas. (2013 - 2018)

Honors faculty who distinguish themselves early in their career - $10,000 per year up to give

years.

Suzanne and Harry Statland Award for Excellence in Research and Scholarship, School of Social

Welfare. (2015)

Excellence in research

Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. (2014 - 2015)

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Senior Administration Fellows Program, University of Kansas. (2013 - 2014)

Faculty Associate, Center for Social Development, Washington University in St. Louis, George

Warren Brown School of Social Work. (2009 - 2014)

Fellowship, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University. (Fall 2005 -

May 2008)

Fellowship, Center for New Institutional Social Sciences, Washington University. (Summer 2006

- Summer 2007)

The Alvin Schorr Scholarship, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington

University in St. Louis. (Spring 2004 - Summer 2005)

Merit Scholarship, Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA. (Spring 1991 - Spring 1995)

Teaching Key Words

Policy, statistics, and research methods

Licensures, Certifications, and Professional Training

Certificate, Center for New Institutional Social Sciences (CNISS), Washington University in St.

Louis, May 2008

Dissertation/Thesis Supervision


Dissertation Committee Chair

Hey Jin Kim, PhD, "The Long Term Costs of Providing Care for Grandchildren: How

Providing Care for Grandchildren Impacts Income and Assets of Korean Grandparents,"

October 2015 - May 17, 2016

Completed dissertation proposal and is working toward completing dissertation

Dissertation Committee Methodologist

Susan Fruaenholtz Spring 2015 - Present

Ph.D. Qualifying Committee Member

Alicia Sellon Fall 2015 - Present

Ph.D. Qualifying Committee Methodologist

Sai Pavan Kumar Bypaneni Spring 2015 - Present

Hye Jin Kim, "Grandparents Providing Care for Grandchildren: Impacts on Grandparents’

Lives," May 2015 - Fall 2015


Dissertation Committee Outside Member

Hyun-a Song December 2015

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I was on her qualifying proposal committee, dissertation proposal committee, and

dissertation defense committee as an outside member

KU Courses Taught

Spring 2015

SW 981-54753, Advncd Quantitatv Rsrch Methds

Spring 2014


Fall 2013

SW 841-15683, Advanced Policy and Programs

Spring 2013


Summary List of Courses Taught


Advanced Quantitative Research Methods I (SW981), Spring 2012, 8 students

Social Work Research (SW740), Spring 2012, 9 students

Advanced Policy and Programs (SW841), Fall 2011, 19 students

University of Pittsburgh (Fall 2008 - Spring 2012)

Social Welfare (SWWEL), MSW, Fall 2008, 2009, 60 students

Human Behavior and Social Environment (SWBEH), MSW, Fall 2009, 25 students

Theory II (SWGEN-3053), PhD, Spring 2009, 2010, 2011 8 students

Foundations of Social Work Research (SWRES), MSW, Spring 2010, 2011 35 students

Economics, Poverty and Social Work (SWWEL), BSW/MSW Spring 2010, 2011 20

students

Professional Service

International

Other Professional Service

Reviewer, Journal Article

Children and Youth Services (Fall 2011 - Present)

National

Editorial Responsibilities

Editorial Board Member

Journal of Children and Poverty (Fall 2013 - Present)

Other Professional Service

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Reviewer, Journal Article

Economics of Education Review Review Articles. (Fall 2014 - Present)

Other

Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research Review article. (Fall 2015 - Present)

Regional

Advisory Boards and Committees

Board Member

LEAD UP Attend meetings, provide advice, provide short video teachings.. (Winter 2015 -

Present)

Consulting

Regional

Government

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Spring 2015 - Present)

Help write two academic papers on Children's Savings Accounts. Spoke at events. Testified

in front of Vermont Legislature.

Other Scope

Senior Technical Advisor

PI: CFED $15000 (Spring 2012 - Fall 2012)

Accessing financial capability outcomes research pilot. Help with development of youth

savings research pilot with credit unions in schools

Statistical Consultant

PI: Purnell, Jason; Washington University, Brown School, $2000, St. Louis, MO (Fall 2011)

Help with Panel Study of Income Dynamics: Asset building and Health Outcomes

University Service


Attendee, Meeting

KU Trustee Meeting. Give oral presentation. (October 2014)

Committee Member

School of Social Welfare Dean Search (2014 - 2015)

Search committee for Center for Research on Learning and Department of Special

Education. Read candidate materials, attend meetings, discuss qualifications of

candidates.. (2012)

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Program Organizer

Assets and Education Research Symposium (Spring 2012 - Present)

Speaker Series "Is there an American Dream for you? How

institutional failure perpetuates poverty" (Spring 2013 - Fall 2014)

Representative

Annual meeting of the KU Endowment Board of Trustees. Provide oral presentation.

(October 2015)

KU Expert for Media when President Obama visited. Respond to media questions on higher

education issues. (January 2015)


University Senate Service

Faculty Senate. Attending meetings, vote, assist with activities. (2010 - 2011)

School Service


Advisor

Advise on PhD candidate Aislinn Conrad-Hiebner’s mock job talk (November 2014)

Committee Member

Promotion, Retention, and Tenure Committee (Fall 2013 - Present)

Social Work Administrative and Advocacy Practice Curriculum Committee (2012 - Present)

School of Social Welfare PhD Minority Recruitment Committee. Attending meetings,

contact potential students, help construct recruitment plan. (2014 - 2015)

Search committee for Center for Research on Learning and Department of Special Education

(2012 - 2013)

PhD Committee, University of Kansas (Fall 2012 - Spring 2013)

Director

Founding Director of the Center on Assets, Education, and Inclusion (AEDI). • Seek grant

funding

• Assist in research (particularly distilling policy implications of findings), writing, editing,

and promotion of AEDI’s body of work, to advance the organization’s strategic aim of

securing wealth transfers to catalyze the economic mobility of disadvantaged children

and families, through the vehicle of Children’s Savings Accounts

•Communicate AEDI’s research and its policy implications in media outlets, social media,

presentations (webinars, monographs, conference presentations, public addresses, and

peer-reviewed publications), and direct communication with policymakers

•Work alongside AEDI’s Director/Founder to pursue strategic opportunities to build

relationships and explore research with a potential to make significant contributions to

the field of children’s asset-building/wealth creation

•Supervise students and staff

•Manage AEDI activities to advance the Center’s vision, including grants, projects, research,

publications, and communications

•Represent AEDI in University, community, field, and policy venues. (2012 - 2015)

Faculty Advisor

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Faculty Advisor for PhD Program Brown Bag Series (Fall 2012 - Spring 2013)

Host

Co-host SSW faculty candidate with Dr. Terry Koening. Visit with candidate, escort, eat

dinner, drive to Edwards Campus, take to Aiport. (December 2014)

Participant

Panel Member for Alternative Winter Breaks (Winter 2012)

Other

Social Work Administrative and Advocacy Practice Representative to the MSW Program

(Fall 2012 - Spring 2013)


Committee Member

Distinguished Alumni Awards Committee. Attend meetings, review applications, be

involved in discussions to come to a decision on the recipient. (2009 - 2011)

Community Organization and Social Administration (COSA) Committee. Advise students,

attend meetings. (2008 - 2011)

Excellence Committee. Attending meetings, help create strategic plan for school, help do

research to determine direction of school. (2009 - 2010)

External or International Connections and Collaborations

Ongoing partnership

New America, Washington, DC, US. Have hosted symposium/conferences with them, have done

press releases and held launch events with them. We have collaborated on reports and much

more. (May 2012 - Present)

Research Collaboration

Learning Branch of ESDC, Canada. Went to Canada and wrote report on the Canadian Children's

Savings Account Program. Also, hosted a webinar following up the report for the Canadian

audience. Also, I am shooting a video they have asked me to take part in to promote their

National savings program. (March 2013 - Present)

Child and Youth Finance International, Amsterdam. Serve on a committee for them and have

written reports and reviewed reports for people in their network when asked. (August 2010 -

Present)

Public Service

International

SmartSaver, Discussant, Recorded video as expert guest on Children's Savings Account Effect. ,

Canada. (Fall 2014)

Global Money Week, Discussant, Gathered information on Children's Savings for Global Money

Week. (March 2014)

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Local

Marthon Club, Volunteer, Help supervise kids in after school club. , KS, US. (2013 - 2015)

FDIC, Guest Speaker, Attend meeting and make oral presentation. , KS, US. (Fall 2014)

Langston Hughes Elementary School, Guest Speaker, Present on going to college and how to pay for

it with all third graders. , KS, US. (Fall 2014)

Professional Memberships

Council on Social Work Education, (2007 - Present)

Society for Social Work and Research, (2006 - Present)

National Association of Social Workers, (2004)

Service Presentations

Local

Civic

Elliott, W. (2015, December 7). Working with Minority Students. Shawnee Heights Middle

School. (Invited)

Other Activity

Research

Throughout publications and presentations, several co-authors were graduate students at the time

of the writing of the manuscripts: Choi, E.H; Constance-Huggins M; Drotar, Scott; Friedline,

T; Jung, H; Nam, I; Song, H; Stephen D

Other

These co-authors were graduate students at the time of the writing of the manuscript:

E. H. Choi

M. Constance-Huggins

S. Drotar

T. Friedline

H. Jung

I. Nam

H. Song

D. Stephen

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