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Jo Michelle Beld
Professor of Political Science Administration 100B 507-786-3910 beld@stolaf.edu Education:
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Professor Beld has been a member of the St. Olaf Department of Political Science since 1984. Her principal research expertise is in U.S. public policies affecting family well-being, with a specialization in federal and state child support policy. Her child support research has been disseminated to academic, practitioner, and policy-making audiences at both the state and national levels, and has helped to shape recent changes in Minnesota’s child support statutes. Currently, she is on released time from teaching to serve as the Director of Evaluation and Assessment in the St. Olaf Office of Institutional Research and Evaluation. She is also chair of the college’s Institutional Review Board for the protection of human subjects. Professor Beld is married to Tim Delmont and lives in south Minneapolis. They have four children and two grandchildren. |
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