Meredith Slopen, PhD, MSW
Assistant Professor
Email: Meredith.Slopen@stonybrook.edu
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
PhD, Columbia School of Social Work (Social Policy and Policy Analysis, Economics)
MSW, Columbia School of Social Work
BA, University of Toronto (Peace and Conflict Studies)
AREAS OF INTEREST
Meredith Slopen works at the intersection of labor policy and health, drawing on interdisciplinary methods from social work, public health, and economics to explore the workplace as a site of intervention to reduce inequality. Her current projects focus on policy responses to reduce inequality at critical junctures during a time of labor force transition. She previously worked as a research scientist at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, focusing on evaluation, maternal health, and health policy.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Spishak-Thomas A, Slopen M, Allen H, Daw J, Liu, C, Underhill K. (2025). Time to Recover and Bond: The Role of State Paid Family and Medical Leave Policies to Support Post-Partum Leave Taking. Social Service Review. https://doi.org/10.1086/736406
Wang B, Slopen M, Garfinkel I, Ananat E, Collyer S, Hartley R, Koutavas A, Wimer C. (2025). The Benefits and Costs of Paid Parental Leave. Social Service Review. [NBER Working Paper #33279] https://doi.org/10.1086/735565
Slopen M. (2024). The Impact of Paid Sick Leave Mandates on Women's Employment and Economic Security. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. http://doi.org/10.1002/pam.22582
Maury, M., Slopen, M., Lim, S., Seligson, A. L., Waldfogel, J., & Wimer, C. (2023). Early Effects of the New York City Paid Safe and Sick Leave Law. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 29(6), 791-801.
Slopen, M. (2023). The impact of paid sick leave mandates on women's health. Social Science & Medicine, 323, 115839.
Bartel, A., Rossin-Slater, M., Ruhm, C., Slopen, M., & Waldfogel, J. (2023). The impact of paid family leave on employers: Evidence from New York. Community, Work & Family, 1-19. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/13668803.2023.2168516 [NBER Working Paper #28672]^
Bartel, A., Rossin-Slater, M., Ruhm, C., Slopen, M., & Waldfogel, J. (2023). The Impacts of Paid Family and Medical Leave on Worker Health, Family Well-Being, and Employer Outcomes. Annual Review of Public Health, Vol. 44.^
Bartel A., Rossin-Slater M., Ruhm C., Slopen M., Waldfogel J. (2021). Support for Paid Family Leave among Small and Medium Employers Increases during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Socius. doi:10.1177/23780231211061959. [NBER working paper #29486]^
Slopen, M. (2020). Type and Lengths of Family Leave Among New York City Women: Exploring the Composition of Paid and Unpaid Leave. Maternal and Child Health Journal 24, no. 4: 514-523.
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2024-2025
Extramural Mentored Fellowship on Poverty, Retirement, and Disability Research, UW-Retirement and Disability Research Center and Institute for Research on Poverty $45,000
2024
Work and Family Researchers Network Early Career Fellowship Program 2023 Junior Scholar Intensive Training (JSIT) Research Grant, Retirement and Disability Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison $5,000
2022
CSSW Doctoral Research Grant $1,400
2021-2022
Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy $7,500
Doctoral Grant, Washington Center for Equitable Growth $15,000
2015-2016
Investigator "Research on Paid Family Leave in NYC" US Department of Labor Women's Bureau $211,385 (PI Deborah Kaplan, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene).
2013-2015
Co-Principal Investigator "Evaluation of NYC School-Based Health Centers". The Anonymous Donor in Sexual and Reproductive Health $250,000 (co-PI Deborah Kaplan, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene).
1997-2001
University College Howard Ferguson Scholarship $2,500 annually
