David J. Pate Jr.

Equity and Justice Scholar in Residence, School of Human Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison (on leave from UWM), Associate Professor, Affiliated Associate Professor, Affiliate, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, Institute for Research on Poverty, Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, University Honor College

Dr. David J. Pate Jr. is an expert on low income, welfare-reliant Black men, fatherhood, and child support. Dr. Pate studies how black men are affected by the legal and social welfare system and the challenges that impede their ability to attain economic security and well-being. His research projects involve the use of qualitative research methods to examine life course events of Black men.