Lisa Reyes Mason is a CSD faculty director from the University of Denver and network co-lead of the Create Social Responses to a Changing Environment grand challenge for social work. Her CSD research focuses on social vulnerability and adaptation to problems at the intersection of society and the environment.
CSD Projects
Environment and Social Development
We examine social vulnerability to environmental change, and strategies for social action and adaptation.
Inclusion in 529 Savings Plans: Evidence from Maine
Asset Building
The first statewide Child Development Account (CDA) in the U.S., Maine’s Harold Alfond College Challenge, stands as a shining example of universal and progressive accounts at birth. We study the College Challenge and document this CDA’s evolution.
SEED for Oklahoma Kids (SEED OK)
Asset Building
The SEED OK experiment, which began in 2007, is a large-scale policy test of universal, automatic, and progressive Child Development Accounts. The CDA uses the Oklahoma 529 College Savings Plan platform.