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        <a  href="/news/bill-piper">Bill  Piper</a>
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        <div  class="newsletter-txt">Dissertation:  "Determinants  of  state  individual  income  tax  changes"



Bio:  Bill  Piper&nbsp;is  a  member  of  the  2015  cohort.  He  has  worked  for  the  Illinois  Department  of  Revenue  since  2006  and  is  an  income  tax  auditor.  His  research  interests  include  federal  and  state  taxation,  auditing,  and  budgeting.  The  working  title  of  his  dissertation  thesis  is&nbsp;Determinants  of  State  Individual  Income  Tax  Changes.</div>
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        <div  class="newsletter-txt">Dissertation:  "Disenrollment  reasons  in  the  Illinois’  all  kids  program:  A  descriptive  case  study  research"</div>
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        <a  href="/news/sophia-m-gehlhausen-anderson">Sophia  M.  Gehlhausen  Anderson</a>
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        <div  class="newsletter-txt">Dissertation:  "Postsecondary  educational  attainment:  The  importance  of  living-learning  communities,  validation,  and  non-cognitive  factors  in  affecting  student  outcomes"



Hometown:  Chatham,  IL



Undergraduate  Institution  and  Major:  University  of  Illinois  Urbana-Champaign,  BS  Plant  Biology



Graduate  Institution  and  Major:  University  of  Illinois  Urbana-Champaign,  MS  Plant  Biology</div>
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        <a  href="/news/nelson-agbodo">Nelson  Agbodo</a>
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        <div  class="newsletter-txt">Dissertation:  "Maternal  and  child  health:  An  assessment  of  the  effects  of  prenatal  care  on  birth  outcomes  in  Illinois  using  the  method  of  difference-in-differences"



Current  hometown:  Jerome,  IL



Original  hometown:&nbsp;Lomé,  Togo  (West  Africa)



Undergraduate  Institution  and  Major:  University  of  Lomé,  Togo,  bachelor’s  in  economics



Graduate  Institution  and  Major:  University  of  Lomé,  Togo,  master’s  in  economics</div>
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