Dylan Bellisle, M.S.W., Ph.D. is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Project for Middle Class Renewal at the School of Labor and Employment Relations at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research focuses on how public policy shapes family economic well-being and the financial coping and social mobility strategies of low-income families. His current research examines individual and family-level experiences with the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax Credit, the possible misalignments between EITC eligibility and family life, and the ways in which families establish and maintain forms of social support expressed through mutual care. He completed his Ph.D. in Social Work, Policy, and Practice at the University of Chicago.
