Dylan Bellisle, MSW, PhD

Assistant Professor
Dominican University
Dylan Bellisle - postdoctoral research associate at University of Illinois School of Labor and Employment Relations

Dylan Bellisle is an Assistant Professor of Social Work at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois. His research focuses on how public policy shapes family economic well-being and the financial coping and social mobility strategies of low-income families. In his research, Dylan often challenges the normative definitions of family that is embedded within public policies particularly anti-poverty tax policies like the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit. His work highlights the misalignment between EITC and CTC eligibility and family life may be especially complicated for families of color due to socio-political and economic forces that shape family structure and formation, and the ways in which families establish and maintain forms of social support expressed through mutual care. Dylan received a B.A. in psychology from the University of South Florida and a Master’s in Social Work from the University of Illinois at Chicago and his Ph.D. in Social Work, Policy, and Practice from the University of Chicago. After completing his Ph.D., Dylan served as a Postdoctoral Research Associate with the Project for Middle Class Renewal at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dylan also has past professional experience as a social service caseworker, a union organizer, non-profit program manager and a Peace Corps volunteer.