Kyle Anglin

• Employment Interests: Academic, Non-Academic Research
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: Education, Methodology/Analysis
• Email: kal3nh@virginia.edu
• Phone: (512) 924-0678
• Bio:I am a Ph.D. student in Education Policy at the University of Virginia. My research focuses on developing and using data science approaches to examine variations in policy and intervention implementation, as well as the impact of intervention heterogeneity on student outcomes.
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Lucky Anguelov

• Employment Interests: Academic
• Career Level: Mid-Level
• Policy Interests: Public/Nonprofit Management and Finance
• Email: anguelol@evergreen.edu
• Phone: (360) 867-6636
• Bio: I am an assistant professor with the MPA Prorgram at The Evergreen State College. My research interests are in public management, collaborative governance, public procurement and contracting. I teach classes in research methods, budgeting and finance.
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Catherine Asher

• Employment Interests: Academic, Non-Profit/NGO, Non-Academic Research, Government
• Career Level: Postdoc, Entry Level, Mid-Level
• Policy Interests: Education, Family/Child Policy, Methodology/Analysis
• Email: catherineasher@g.harvard.edu
• Phone: (678) 662-6364
• Bio: I am a PhD Candidate in Education at Harvard University and an IES pre-doctoral fellow at Harvard's Center for Education Policy Research. My research at the intersection of quantitative methods and education investigates treatment effect heterogeneity to build knowledge of what works and when. My current projects apply rigorous, creative designs to understand variation in the effects of literacy interventions for elementary students, as well as theory-and simulation-based methodological work.
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Kellan Baker

• Employment Interests: Academic, Government, Non-Academic Research
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: Health Policy, Methodology/Analysis, Social Equality/Race
• Email: kbaker39@jhu.edu
• Phone: 
• Bio: Kellan Baker is the Centennial Scholar and a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Research Scholar in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where his research focuses on evaluation of insurance reforms affecting the transgender population. Previously Kellan was a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress in Washington, DC, where he worked on health equity and data collection policy at the federal and state levels.
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Silvana Bastante

• Employment Interests: Government, Non-Profit/NGO, Non-Academic Research,
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: Education, Housing/Community Development, Social Equality/Race, Population/Migration Issues
• Email: sbastante@knights.ucf.edu
• Phone:(561) 860-4113
• Bio: As a 1st generation Peruvian immigrant, I had a passion for service and justice from a very young age. After earning a bachelor’s degree in 2015, I worked at the Guatemalan Maya Center as the Asst. Director for an early literacy program for at-risk children of immigrants. Now, my focus is on the future of community resilience and development through a policy lens. Currently, I am a Research Assistant and I serve as V.P. for Nonprofit Outreach of my local ASPA chapter.
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Elizabeth Bell

• Employment Interests: Academic, Government, Non-Academic Research, Non-Profit/NGO
• Career Level: Entry Level, Mid-Level
• Policy Interests: Education, "Politics, Media, and the Policy Process", Public/Nonprofit Management and Finance, Social Equality/Race
• Email: Elizabethbell012@gmail.com
• Phone: (512) 492-5594
• Bio: Elizabeth Bell is an Associate Fellow at the Office of Evaluation Sciences and an Assistant Professor of Public Administration and Policy in the Department of Political Science at Miami University. The goal of her research is to improve government effectiveness and alleviate inequality in college access and success.
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Chris Bennett

• Employment Interests: Non-Profit/NGO, Government, Non-Academic Research
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: Education, Methodology/Analysis
• Email: chris.bennett@vanderbilt.edu
• Phone: (919) 949-5343
• Bio: I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations at Vanderbilt University and a 2020 NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellow. My research examines the ways that higher education policies can influence the trajectories of individuals and institutions, with a particular emphasis on students who have been historically underrepresented in higher education. In my work, I primarily use quasi-experimental and other quantitative methods to study issues related to college access
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RaJade Berry-James

• Employment Interests: Academic
• Career Level: Mid-Level
• Policy Interests: Social Equality/Race
• Email: rmberryj@ncsu.edu
• Phone: (330) 519-7519
• Bio: Dr. RaJade M. Berry-James is an associate professor of public administration in the School of Public and International Affairs and resident faculty in the Center for Genetic Engineering & Society at NC State University. She is a Fellow in the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA). Dr. Berry-James' research and teaching focus on social equity, program evaluation, and research methods. She is also a higher consultant, specializing in assessment and accreditation.
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Francisca Bogolasky

• Employment Interests: Non-Academic Research, Academic
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: Education, Family/Child Policy, Housing/Community Development, Methodology/Analysis, Population/Migration Issues, Poverty/Income Policy
• Email: fbogolasky@utexas.edu
• Phone: (512) 645-6102
• Bio: I am a PhD candidate at the LBJ School of Public Policy at UT Austin. My research interests include housing and education policy, with a particular interest in residential mobility. In my dissertation, I use mixed methods to explore the consequences of residential mobility for students, households, and neighborhoods in Chile.
  In 2020, I was awarded the Alma H. Young Emerging Scholar Award, from the Urban Affairs Association. I hold an MPA from Columbia and a BA from Universidad Católica de Chile
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Spencer Brien

• Employment Interests: Government, Non-Academic Research, Academic
• Career Level: Mid-Level 
• Policy Interests: Methodology/Analysis, National Security/Homeland Security, "Politics, Media, and the Policy Process", Public/Nonprofit Management and Finance
• Email: stbrien@nps.edu
• Phone: (404) 935-1492
• Bio: I am currently an Assistant Professor of Public Budgeting and Finance at the Naval Postgraduate School. I conduct research on the financial management of federal, state and local governments. I also have eight years of experience conducting operations research for the IRS.
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Stacey Brockman

• Employment Interests: Academic, Non-Academic Research
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: Education, Family/Child Policy, Social Equality/Race
• Email: slbrock@umich.edu
• Phone: (206) 818-1512
• Bio: I am a doctoral candidate in ed studies at the Univ. of Michigan. I study high school interventions that reduce inequities in college and career readiness and I conduct partner-engaged research alongside school leaders and policy-makers to informs the implementation of educational programs and policies. I earned my BS and MS in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University, and a MA in education from Stanford University. I am a former high school teacher and intervention specialist.
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Rebecca Bucci

• Employment Interests: Academic, Government, Non-Academic Research
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: "Criminal, Justice, and Drugs", Methodology/Analysis
• Email: rpb5358@psu.edu
• Phone: (401) 497-9479
• Bio:I am a PhD Candidate in Criminology at Penn State, currently working on my dissertation, which explores the deterrent effects of police on individual outcomes. I also study adolescent development and delinquency, and recently published in Criminology. I have expertise in quantitative analyses, with a focus on econometric methods including longitudinal data analysis and causal methods. I have also taught undergraduate courses and worked as a Graduate Research Associate for Arnold Ventures.
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Anne Burton

• Employment Interests: Academic, Government, Non-Academic Research
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: "Criminal, Justice, and Drugs", Health Policy
• Email: amb622@cornell.edu
• Phone: (206) 818-1679
• Bio: 

  Anne M. Burton is a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at Cornell University. She is a health, public, and crime economist. Her research agenda focuses on the social welfare implications of risky health behaviors and crime.

  Anne is also passionate about improving diversity, equity, and inclusion in economics. In addition to organizing several events about barriers and ways to improve diversity in economics, in 2019 she cofounded Diversity in Cornell Economics with several other graduate students.

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Eunsik Chang

• Employment Interests: Academic, Government, Non-Academic Research, Non-Profit/NGO
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: "Criminal, Justice, and Drugs", Education, Health Policy, Family/Child Policy, Population/Migration Issues, Poverty/Income Policy
• Email: echang7@vols.utk.edu
• Phone: -
• Bio: I am broadly interested in policy-relevant topics in applied microeconomics. My primary research interests are at the intersection of economics of crime and health or education. In my job market paper, I investigate whether relaxing drug-crime sentencing mandates increases drug-related mortality.In my co-authored paper, we highlight crime-driven inefficiencies in developing and allocating human capital.I taught an introductory economics course and received an instructor rating of 4.71/5.
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Kathryn Chapman

• Employment Interests: Academic, Non-Profit/NGO
• Career Level: Postdoc
• Policy Interests: Education, Family/Child Policy, "Politics, Media, and the Policy Process", Public/Nonprofit Management and Finance
• Email: Kathryn.Chapman@uky.edu
• Phone: (715) 252-0441
• Bio: Dr. Kathryn P. Chapman is a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Educational Leadership Studies in the College of Education at the University of Kentucky. Her research interests focus on the intersection of policy, leadership, and financial investments to address inequities across early childhood systems. Dr. Chapman holds a Ph.D. in Educational Policy and Evaluation from the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University.
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Sarah Charnes

• Employment Interests: Academic, Government, Non-Academic Research, Non-Profit/NGO
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: Employment/Training Programs, Health Policy, Methodology/Analysis, Poverty/Income Policy
• Email: spaisner@uw.edu
• Phone: (785) 550-5798
• Bio: I am a Ph.D. candidate in public policy and management at the Evans School with seven years’ experience working as a macroeconomist and manager at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. My doctoral work examines issues pertaining to means-tested benefit programs, including SNAP, SSI, and food insecurity, through a primarily economic lens. In Fall 2020, I will serve as a consultant for the Evans School, assisting with the school's teaching mission as it pertains to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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Mark Chin

• Employment Interests: Academic, Government, Non-Academic Research
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: Education, Methodology/Analysis, "Politics, Media, and the Policy Process", Social Equality/Race
• Email: mark_chin@g.harvard.edu
• Phone:  - 
• Bio: I am a Ph.D. candidate in Education Policy and Program Evaluation at Harvard University. I decided to pursue this Ph.D. because I hold a strong belief that, to transform society and to achieve social equity, we need to change the experiences of students in K-12 and higher education. I hope that my work can one day contribute to that change. 
  In one strand of my work, I research how different educational experiences impact students' outgroup attitudes, prosocial and empathic behaviors, and social
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Seongkyung Cho

• Employment Interests: Academic, Non-Academic Research
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: Housing/Community Development, Methodology/Analysis, "Politics, Media, and the Policy Process", Social Equality/Race
• Email: scho71@asu.edu
• Phone: (602) 739-4971
• Bio: I am a PhD candidate in Public Administration and Policy at Arizona State University. My research interests lie in the areas of housing policy, inequity, text analysis, and mixed-methods. I have been researching on the Housing Choice Voucher program, Source of Income antidiscrimination laws, public housing, and landlords. My ongoing dissertation project examines landlords' perceptions and strategies toward housing vouchers, based on analyses of a large text dataset scraped from online forums.
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Brandyn Churchill

• Employment Interests: Academic, Non-profit/NGO
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: "Criminal, Justice, and Drugs", Family/Child Policy, Health Policy, Population/Migration Issues
• Email: brandyn.f.churchill@vanderbilt.edu
• Phone: (540) 817-9499
• Bio: I am a fifth year PhD candidate at Vanderbilt University specializing in health and labor economics. My research focuses on methods for improving HPV vaccination, as well as the implications of immigration policies for vulnerable populations. My work has been published at the American Journal of Health Economics, Contemporary Economic Policy, and Industrial Relations.
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Kabir Dasgupta

• Employment Interests: Academic, Government, Non-Academic Research, Non-Profit/NGO
• Career Level: Entry Level, Mid-Level
• Policy Interests: "Criminal, Justice, and Drugs", Education, Family/Child Policy, Health Policy, Methodology/Analysis, Employment/Training Programs
• Email: kabir.dasgupta@aut.ac.nz
• Phone: 
• Bio: I am a senior research fellow at New Zealand Work Research Institute, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. I completed my PhD in Economics from Temple University, Pennsylvania in 2016. My primary areas of interest are labor and health economics, applied econometrics, and policy analysis. I have extensive experience in using administrative data and large-scale surveys for socially-relevant studies conducted as a part of funded projects as well as independent research agenda.
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Elia De la Cruz Toledo He

• Employment Interests: Academic, Non-Academic Research, Non-Profit/NGO 
• Career Level: Mid-Level
• Policy Interests: Family/Child Policy, Health Policy
• Email: eliadelacruz@gmail.com
• Phone: (917) 239-8953
• Bio: My name is Elia and I am a researcher interested in public policy analysis that affects women and children living in developed and developing countries. I currently work at Loyola Marymount University on a state-wide evaluation of the California Reducing Disparities Project Phase II.  I have worked at international organizations that include the World Bank, UNICEF, the Inter-American Development Bank,  and the International Labour Organization.
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Nathaniel Decker

• Employment Interests: Academic, Government, Non-Academic Research
• Career Level: Postdoc
• Policy Interests: Housing/Community Development, Poverty/Income Policy, Social Equality/Race, Population/Migration Issues
• Email: ndecker@berkeley.edu
• Phone: (315) 525-2912
• Bio: Nat is a postdoctoral scholar at the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley. Nat received his PhD in Urban Planning from UC Berkeley in August 2020. Prior to this he was a senior associate at Forsyth Street Advisors, a New York advisory and asset management firm focused on affordable housing, real estate, and municipal and impact investment. His recent research has examined topics such as the behaviors of small rental property owners, the impact of technology on housing markets.
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Joshua Deutschmann

• Employment Interests: Academic, Government, Non-Academic Research, Non-Profit/NGO 
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: Health Policy, Methodology/Analysis, Natural Resource Security/Energy and Environmental Policy, Population/Migration Issues, Poverty/Income Policy, Economic Development, Science/Technology
• Email: Health Policy, Methodology/Analysis, Natural Resource Security/Energy and Environmental Policy, Population/Migration Issues, Poverty/Income Policy, Economic Development, Science/Technology
• Phone: (443) 472-1686
• Bio: I am an applied microeconomist with broad interests in development, using experimental methods and econometrics to answer research questions of academic and policy interest. I am experienced working with researchers and policymakers in Anglophone and Francophone contexts. I have additionally developed expertise in survey design and data management issues and advised multiple international organizations on their data collection strategies.
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Tasminda Dhaliwal

• Employment Interests: Academic, Non-Academic Research, Government
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: Education, Family/Child Policy, Methodology/Analysis, Housing/Community Development 
• Email: tdhaliwa@usc.edu
• Phone: (949) 278-1155
• Bio: Tasminda Dhaliwal is a doctoral candidate in urban education policy at the University of Southern California. Her research examines the ways social and economic conditions shape student outcomes and the effectiveness of policies designed to promote equity. She is currently completing her dissertation, with funding from AERA & NSF, on the school and neighborhood contexts of students experiencing homelessness, and the effects of affordable housing programs on student outcomes.
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Zita Dixon

• Employment Interests: Academic, Government, Non-Academic Research, Non-Profit/NGO
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: Education, Employment/Training Programs, Housing/Community Development, Methodology/Analysis, "Politics, Media, and the Policy Process", Poverty/Income Policy, Social Equality/Race, Public/Nonprofit Management and Finance
• Email: zdixon@brandeis.edu
• Phone: (619) 723-3264
• Bio: Zita focuses on access to the policymaking process by those most impacted by systemic inequities and individuals on the frontlines working alongside them. As a labor union organizer, she had the opportunity to work on an issue-based campaign on healthcare reform, for what later become the Affordable Care Act. This campaign taught her the importance and potential of a policymaking process that includes all stakeholders, not just those with higher levels of political access, power and education.
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Shaun Dougherty

• Employment Interests: Academic
• Career Level: Mid-Level
• Policy Interests: Education, Social Equality/Race, Methodology/Analysis
• Email: shaun_dougherty@mail.harvard.edu
• Phone: (215) 519-4717
• Bio: Shaun M. Dougherty is an Associate Professor of Public Policy & Education at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of Education & Human Development. His work focuses on education policy analysis, causal program evaluation and cost analysis, and the economics of education, with an emphasis on career and technical education, educational accountability policies, and the application of regression discontinuity research designs.
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Jennifer Duer

• Employment Interests: Academic, Government, Non-Academic Research, Non-Profit/NGO
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: Education, Family/Child Policy, Poverty/Income Policy
• Email: duerj@uci.edu
• Phone: 
• Bio: I am a doctoral candidate in the School of Education at the University of California, Irvine with a specialization in Education Policy and Social Context. My research focuses on federal and state policies designed to improve the health and development of young children and their families. I am passionate about combining the strengths of empirical research with public policy and community engagement to improve the wellbeing of children and families.
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Juan Echenique

• Employment Interests: Academic, Government, Non-Academic Research
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: Education, Employment/Training Programs, Family/Child Policy, Health Policy, Methodology/Analysis, Population/Migration Issues, Social Equality/Race
• Email: jae@umd.edu
• Phone: (202) 258-3053
• Bio: Juan is an economist and Ph.D. student at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland. His research focus on the study of how social and education policies shape human capital and health outcomes. His dissertation explores the impacts of stimulation need-based services in early childhood development. Previously he has worked as a consultant for The World Bank. Juan also holds a B.A. in Economics from the Universidad de Chile and an M.A in Economics from the University of Maryland.
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Carlos Alberto Echeverria-Estrada

• Employment Interests: Non-Academic Research
• Career Level: Mid-Level 
• Policy Interests: Employment/Training Programs, Population/Migration Issues, Methodology/Analysis, Health Policy, "Politics, Media, and the Policy Process", Poverty/Income Policy 
• Email: carlos.echeverria-estrada@cgu.edu
• Phone: (612) 876-6339
• Bio: Carlos is a policy analyst with experience on program and policy evaluation working with governments, inter-governmental agencies, and non-profits in 12 countries in 3 continents. As a doctoral candidate in public policy and evaluation, his interests focus on migration governance, outcomes measurement, and data analytics and visualization. His hands-on approach using methodological toolkits and stakeholder engagement aim to promote actual use of findings and strengthen policymaker trust in data.
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Erica Eliason

• Employment Interests: Academic, Non-Academic Research
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: Health Policy, Social Equality/Race, Maternal and Child Health
• Email: ele2115@columbia.edu
• Phone: (510) 384-4648
• Bio: Erica is a Social Policy Analysis and Economics PhD candidate at Columbia University School of Social Work. Erica’s research focuses on the differential financial protections due to public versus private health insurance coverage and the effects of health insurance access on maternal, child, and reproductive health outcomes. Erica is currently working on a variety of research projects around health insurance eligibility and maternal care access and childbirth outcomes.
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Amanda Eng

• Employment Interests: Academic, Government, Non-Academic Research
• Career Level: Student, Entry Level
• Policy Interests: Poverty/Income Policy
• Email: are54@cornell.edu
• Phone: 
• Bio: I am a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at Cornell University. My main research interests are in public economics and labor economics, with a focus on programs for low-income households in the United States.
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Rebecca Entress

• Employment Interests: Academic
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: Health Policy, Poverty/Income Policy, Social Equality/Race
• Email: rmentress@knights.ucf.edu
• Phone: (845) 489-4158
• Bio: Rebecca M. Entress is a PhD student in the Public Affairs Program at the University of Central Florida. Her research focuses on health care policy, community flood risk management, and evidence-informed decision-making. Rebecca has a background in health care policy and plans to enter academia after graduation.
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Okey Enyia

• Employment Interests: Government, Academic, Non-Academic Research, Non-Profit/NGO
• Career Level: Mid-Level
• Policy Interests: Health Policy, Social Equality/Race, "Politics, Media, and the Policy Process", Methodology/Analysis, Employment/Training Programs, Education, Science/Technology
• Email: okey.k.enyia@gmail.com
• Phone: (773) 819-0610
• Bio: Okey K. Enyia currently serves as a Health Reform Project Analyst in the DC Department of Health Care Finance. He served in the Division of Strategy, Policy, Planning, and Requirements at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2016-2020) – where he most recently helped to support the Crimson Contagion 2019 Functional Exercise led by the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response.
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Elc Estrera

• Employment Interests: Academic, Non-Profit/NGO, Government
• Career Level: Student, Mid-Level
• Policy Interests: Education, Employment/Training Programs, Family/Child Policy, Social Equality/Race, "Criminal, Justice, and Drugs", Natural Resource Security/Energy and Environmental Policy
• Email: estrera@live.unc.edu
• Phone: (708) 397-6586
• Bio: I came to the 15th largest school district in the country through the Strategic Data Project. As the director of research, I identify opportunities to leverage extant administrative data on students and employees to inform policies in the human capital pipeline. I also have experience using nationally representative surveys (e.g., PSID, NLSY). My expected graduation date from my PhD program is December 2020.  My areas of interest are education policy and the economics of education.
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Syeda Sana Fatima

• Employment Interests: Academic, Government, Non-Academic Research, Non-Profit/NGO
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Policy Interests: Education, Methodology/Analysis, Social Equality/Race, Public/Nonprofit Management and Finance, Family/Child Policy
• Email: ssf282@nyu.edu
• Phone: (609) 775-5217
• Bio: My name is Sana and I am on the market this Fall. I am a quantitative researcher proficient in experimental and quasi-experimental methods interested in pursuing policy research opportunities and passionate about promoting equity in resource allocation for at-risk populations (racial minorities, individuals with disabilities, low income families, English language learners etc.)
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Li Feng

• Employment Interests: Academic, Non-Academic Research, Government
• Career Level: Mid Level, Senior
• Policy Interests: Education, Family/Child Policy, Health Policy
• Email: lf20@txstate.edu
• Phone: (512) 501-1119
• Bio: Li Feng is an Associate Professor of Economics in the Department of Finance and Economics at Texas State University. She is also currently a faculty research fellow with the LBJ Institute for STEM Education and Research. During 2016-2017, she served as a Visiting Scholar in the Center for Education Policy Analysis at Stanford University and a Visiting Fellow in the Brown Center on Education Policy Program at the Brookings Institution. She also worked on several different research projects as an
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Philip Gigliotti

• Employment Interests: Academic, Government, Non-Academic Research, Non-Profit/NGO
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: Health Policy, Education, Methodology/Analysis, Public/Nonprofit Management and Finance
• Email: pgigliotti@albany.edu
• Phone: (585) 469-4878
• Bio: I am a PhD candidate at Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at SUNY Albany. I have expertise in health and education policy, and public management, including performance management and quality improvement. I have training in program evaluation, causal inference, and data science, using Stata, R, SQL, and SAS. I have worked on team-centered projects for governmental clients, as a research and teaching assistant in academic and governmental settings, and as a statistics instructor.
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Leanne Giordono

• Employment Interests: Academic
• Career Level: Entry Level, Mid-level
• Policy Interests: Natural Resource Security/Energy and Environmental Policy, "Politics, Media, and the Policy Process", Poverty/Income Policy, Methodology/Analysis, Employment/Training Programs
• Email: giordonl@oregonstate.edu
• Phone: (541) 753-7378
• Bio: I hold a PhD (Oregon State), an MPA (Princeton), and I currently serve as a Postdoctoral Scholar (Oregon State). I bring a strong publication and teaching record, plus 15 years of pre-PhD experience in applied research. My scholarly research is focused on state and local policy variation and change -- how disadvantaged individuals and communities (attempt to) influence policy and governance decisions to achieve inclusion and prosperity -- especially in the face of economic and climatic shifts.
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Leigh Goetschius

• Employment Interests: Non-Academic Research, Government, Non-Profit/NGO
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: Family/Child Policy, Health Policy, Methodology/Analysis, Poverty/Income Policy, Science/Technology, Social Equality/Race
• Email: lcgayle@umich.edu
• Phone: (540) 840-9491
• Bio: Experienced Graduate Research Fellow at the University of Michigan with a demonstrated history of using quantitatively advanced methods to equitably study health and development in underserved populations. Passionate about data, creative problem solving, collaboration, and communication. Skilled in R, Python, SQL, structural equation modeling (Mplus), and longitudinal data analysis.
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Sarah Gold

• Employment Interests: Academic, Government, Non-Profit/NGO, Non-Academic Research
• Career Level: Postdoc
• Policy Interests: Family/Child Policy, Housing/Community Development, Poverty/Income Policy, Social Equality/Race
• Email: sarahgold@princeton.edu
• Phone: (973) 943-1978
• Bio: Sarah Gold is a postdoctoral research associate at The Bendheim-Thoman Center for Research on Child Wellbeing. She earned her Phd in Social Work from Rutgers University in 2018. Her research broadly focuses on understanding how policies impact poverty and inequality among children and families in the United States. In particular, she examines how childhood contexts impact outcomes in adolescence and adulthood and how these contexts are informed by policy.
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Michele Graff

• Employment Interests: Academic 
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: Social Equality/Race, Poverty/Income Policy, Natural Resource Security/Energy and Environmental Policy
• Email: graffm@indiana.edu
• Phone: (914) 588-0195
• Bio: I am a PhD candidate at the Paul H. O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. I received my MA in environmental resource policy from George Washington University and BA in economics from Colby College. My research agenda focuses on theoretical and empirical questions at the nexus of energy policy, social justice, and public administration. My dissertation analyzes the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps U.S. households pay their energy bills.
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Joanna Green

• Employment Interests: Government, Non-Profit/NGO, Non-Academic Research
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: "Criminal, Justice, and Drugs", Health Policy, Methodology/Analysis, National Security/Homeland Security, Natural Resource Security/Energy and Environmental Policy, Population/Migration Issues, Poverty/Income Policy, Science/Technology
• Email: joannaggreen@gmail.com
• Phone: (347) 344-8619
• Bio: I am a Master of Public Administration candidate with 3 years of combined experience in GIS, project coordination, event planning, and research. I am an experienced geographer skilled in GIS with a passion for policy, planning, and women’s rights. I am particularly interested in reproductive rights and health care with respect to the spatial distribution of socioeconomic and demographic factors.
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Jeehee Han

• Employment Interests: Academic, Government
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: Natural Resource Security/Energy and Environmental Policy, Science/Technology, Criminal, Justice, and Drugs, Methodology/Analysis
• Email: jhan09@syr.edu
• Phone: 
• Bio:I am a PhD candidate in Public Administration at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University. I use quantitative methods to study the intersection of housing and education policy. My research focuses on how housing policies and school policies outside the classroom affect students from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds. My most recent project examines whether and to what extent the source of income anti-discrimination laws affect the household composition in public housing.
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Xu Han

• Employment Interests: Government, Academic, Non-Profit/NGO, Non-Academic Research
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: Public/Nonprofit Management and Finance, Education
• Email: erichan@umd.edu
• Phone: (240) 758-5892
• Bio: Xu Han is a Ph.D. candidate specializing in policy analysis and public management. He is passionate about examining the impact of administrative reforms on organizational performance. His study on performance management in the U.S public education has won the best paper at Marc Holzer Public Performance Symposium at American Society for Public Administration Annual Conference in 2019. He has applied his knowledge and skills in various positions at the World Bank and Graduate Student Government.
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Yanbing Han

• Employment Interests: Academic
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: Public/Nonprofit Management and Finance
• Email: yhan010@fiu.edu
• Phone: (312) 536-9170
• Bio: I'm a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).  I'm an applied microeconomist with research interests in public economics, development, and health. I evaluate the impact of government policies with the aim of finding solutions to poverty and health inequality.  My current research focuses on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program (SNAP), corruption, and covid-19.  Prior to UIC, I worked as an economic and financial analyst at a consulting firm.
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Anthony Harding

• Employment Interests: Academic, Government, Non-Profit/NGO, Non-Academic Research
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: Natural Resource Security/Energy and Environmental Policy, Science/Technology, Criminal, Justice, and Drugs, Methodology/Analysis
• Email: tony.harding@gatech.edu
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• Bio: I am an Economics Ph.D. candidate at Georgia Tech, where I use econometrics and economic theory to ask questions central to managing the global climate – such as how to precisely measure the economic impacts of climate change and implications for global climate governance. My most recent work provides a novel framework for measuring the macroeconomic impacts of climate change that demonstrates the importance of accounting for the industrial and spatial distribution of economic activity.
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Reem Hashad

• Employment Interests: Academic, Non-Profit/NGO, Non-Academic Research, Government
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: Health Policy, Methodology/Analysis, Poverty/Income Policy, Public/Nonprofit Management and Finance 
• Email: rhasha2@uic.edu
• Phone: (312) 536-9170
• Bio: I'm a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).  I'm an applied microeconomist with research interests in public economics, development, and health. I evaluate the impact of government policies with the aim of finding solutions to poverty and health inequality.  My current research focuses on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program (SNAP), corruption, and covid-19.  Prior to UIC, I worked as an economic and financial analyst at a consulting firm.
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Andra Hiriscau

• Employment Interests: Academic, Non-Academic Research
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: Family/Child Policy, Education, Health Policy, "Criminal, Justice, and Drugs", Poverty/Income Policy
• Email: ahiri001@fiu.edu
• Phone: (864) 643-9110
• Bio: I am an applied microeconomics researcher interested in topics related to public policy, development, and labor economics. My first line of research focuses on the impact of paid maternity leave, and the second line of research on birth order effects, which refers to the fact that siblings have different family achievements based on their birth order.
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Kelsi Hobbs

• Employment Interests: Academic, Government, Non-Academic Research, Non-Profit/NGO
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: Housing/Community Development, Poverty/Income Policy
• Email: kghobbs@uncg.edu
• Phone: (603) 498-2485
• Bio: I am a PhD candidate in economics at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. I am an applied microeconomist with interests in public, urban, and innovation economics. My dissertation focuses on the prevalence and prevention of rental housing evictions in the United States. My current research studies the effect of unemployment insurance on evictions. My goal is to pursue research topics that inform Federal, state, and local public policies created to support our communities. 
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Erin Hoffer

• Employment Interests: Academic, Government, Non-Academic Research, Non-Profit/NGO
• Career Level: Senior Level
• Policy Interests: Health Policy, Natural Resource Security/Energy and Environmental Policy, Methodology/Analysis, Social Equality/Race, Climate Policy
• Email: erin@erhoffer.com
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• Bio:I am an Associate Professor in the School of Business at Northcentral University where I lead the MPA and DPA programs in Public Administration. My research focuses on policy dynamics, drivers of compliance, and the impacts of My current study on COVID-19 delves into factors that impact individual responses to state and local actions to combat the pandemic. Previous experience includes higher education administration and management with startups and software companies.
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Alex Hollingsworth

• Employment Interests: Academic 
• Career Level: Mid-Level
• Policy Interests: Health Policy, Natural Resource Security/Energy and Environmental Policy, "Criminal, Justice, and Drugs", Methodology/Analysis 
• Email: hollinal@indiana.edu 
• Phone: (614) 325-2866
• Bio: I am an economist and policy researcher who examines how regulations affect public health with a focus on health economics, environmental economics, substance use disorders, and access to health care. I joined the O'Neill school as an assistant professor in the fall of 2015 after completing my PhD in Economics at the University of Arizona. In 2018, I was recognized by the APPAM with the 40 for 40 fellowship, honoring outstanding early career researchers.
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Ene Ikpebe

• Employment Interests: Academic, Non-Academic Research
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: Family/Child Policy, "Politics, Media, and the Policy Process", Population/Migration Issues, Poverty/Income Policy
• Email: ei3567a@student.american.edu
• Phone: (309) 706-6104
• Bio: Ene Ikpebe is a PhD candidate in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. Her research interests are mainly in women’s human capital development policy in sub-Saharan Africa, with an emphasis on barriers to female human capital development such as child marriage and poor access to education.
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Jessalynn James

• Employment Interests: Academic, Non-Academic Research
• Career Level: Postdoc
• Policy Interests: Education
• Email: jessalynn.james@gmail.com
• Phone: (860) 334-0702
• Bio: I am currently a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Annenberg Institute at Brown University. My research uses a mix of causal and descriptive techniques to evaluate policies that enhance teaching quality (e.g., through recruitment, training, and retention), and the implications of these policies for ameliorating academic disparities. Recent papers have explored topics such as the dynamics of teacher supply, performance incentives, and the stability of teacher quality measures.
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Misti Jeffers

• Employment Interests: Academic, Non-Academic Research, Government
• Career Level: Student, Postdoc
• Policy Interests: Education, Employment/Training Programs, Social Equality/Race, Poverty/Income Policy
• Email: jeffersm@brandeis.edu
• Phone: (423) 215-6116
• Bio: Misti is a completing her Ph.D. in Social Policy at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University and is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Educational and Leadership Policy Studies at the University of Tennessee, funded by the ECMC Foundation CTE Research Program at NC State University. Misti’s research is grounded in social justice as she explores equity in opportunity and career pathways.
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Sara John

• Employment Interests: Government, Academic, Non-Academic Research
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: Health Policy, Poverty/Income Policy
• Email: Sara.John@tufts.edu
• Phone: (904) 553-1527
• Bio: Sara John is a Food and Nutrition Policy and Programs PhD candidate at Tufts Friedman School. Her research centers on improving the healthfulness of nutrition assistance programs, and her dissertation stems from her work as evaluation director of two Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program fruit and vegetable incentive programs. Sara previously worked at Partnership for a Healthier America, working with First Lady Michelle Obama and the private sector to create a healthier U.S. food system.
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Nick Kelly

• Employment Interests: Academic, Government, Non-Academic Research, Non-Profit/NGO
• Career Level: Mid-Level
• Policy Interests: Natural Resource Security/Energy and Environmental Policy, Politics, Media, and the Policy Process
• Email: nick.kelly@maryland.gov
• Phone: (410) 916-4133
• Bio:I am passionate about developing sound environmental policy as well as educating students in the field of policy. I am open to continuing my role in environmental planning but am also open to transition to a full-time teaching position.

  I have over 13 years of experience in the government sector. My educational background includes a Ph.D. in Public Policy (Environmental Economics) and a Master's In Economic Policy Analysis. I have been teaching Economics and Policy for 6 years at UMBC.

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Alan Kennedy

• Employment Interests: Academic
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: "Criminal, Justice, and Drugs", Public/Nonprofit Management and Finance, "Politics, Media, and the Policy Process", Social Equality/Race
• Email: alan.kennedy@ucdenver.edu
• Phone: (303) 345-3397
• Bio: Alan Hamilton Kennedy, J.D., is a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Public Affairs at University of Colorado Denver. His research focuses on gun policy, administrative law, and equity. Kennedy has taught administrative law, negotiation and conflict resolution, and criminal justice. He is a 2020 Founders Fellow of the American Society for Public Administration, a veteran, attorney, and graduate of Yale University and William & Mary Law School.
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Dandan Karina Kowarsch

• Employment Interests: Academic, Non-Academic Research, Non-Profit/NGO, Government
• Career Level: Entry Level, Student
• Policy Interests: Education, Housing/Community Development, Methodology/Analysis, National Security/Homeland Security, Poverty/Income Policy, Science/Technology
• Email: karinakowarsch@gmail.com
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• Bio: My name is Dandan Kowarsch (Karina). I am a PhD student in Computational Analytics in international relationships department at Claremont Graduate University, California. I obtained MBA in marketing at La Sierra University, California, and the bachelar degree in system information management in Jiangsu University of Science and Technology in Jiangsu, China.
  I am interested in the study of inequality, homelessness, international relationship and modeling.
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Dennis Kramer

• Employment Interests: Academic, Government, Non-Academic Research, Non-Profit/NGO
• Career Level: Senior
• Policy Interests: Education, Housing/Community Development, "Politics, Media, and the Policy Process"
• Email: dkramer@jhu.edu
• Phone: (714) 514-6442
• Bio: 

  Dennis Kramer is a Visiting Associate Professor of Education Policy within the Johns Hopkins University's School of Education. He is also a Senior Advisor, Federal Student Aid - US Dept. of Education.

  His research focuses on the use of behavioral insights to understand education-based decision-making, the antecedents and outcomes of federal, state, and local policies, and broadly the economics of education.

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Melissa Lyon

• Employment Interests: Academic
• Career Level: Postdoc
• Policy Interests: Education, "Politics, Media, and the Policy Process"
• Email: melissa_lyon@brown.edu
• Phone: (901) 413-5134
• Bio: 

  I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Annenberg Institute at Brown University and a Senior Research Scientist at the Consortium for Policy Research in Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, where I received my PhD in May, 2020.  

  I study how institutions and organized interests shape the political economy of education with a particular focus on inequality, federalism, and teacher policy, politics, and labor markets.

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Brett McCully

• Employment Interests: Academic, Government, Non-Academic Research, Non-Profit/NGO
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: "Criminal, Justice, and Drugs", Population/Migration Issues, National Security/Homeland Security
• Email: bmccully@ucla.edu
• Phone: (571) 331-9660
• Bio: I am an applied microeconomist studying topics related to immigration, crime, and trade. I will earn my Ph.D. in economics from UCLA in June 2021 and am interested in research, teaching, and policy jobs in economics, public policy, and criminology. My job market paper answers the question of how immigrants and immigration policy shapes the trafficking of illegal drugs. I use rigorous econometric methods and novel data on drug seizures to answer this question.
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Katharine Meyer

• Employment Interests: Academic, Government, Non-Academic Research, Non-Profit/NGO
• Career Level: Postdoc
• Policy Interests: Education, Family/Child Policy, Employment/Training Programs, "Politics, Media, and the Policy Process", Poverty/Income Policy, Public/Nonprofit Management and Finance
• Email: katharine_meyer@brown.edu
• Phone: (434) 981-6596
• Bio: I am a postdoctoral research associate at the Annenberg Institute at Brown University with a joint appointment at the Nudge4Solutions Lab at the University of Virginia. My research focuses on the application of behavioral science insights to develop and evaluate via RCTs interventions helping students and families navigate complex education investment decisions. My current non-experimental work includes research on the labor market returns to community college and pathways to "promise" programs.
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Stephanie Owen

• Employment Interests: Academic, Government, Non-Academic Research, Non-Profit/NGO
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: Education
• Email: srowen@umich.edu
• Phone: (301) 385-2493
• Bio:Stephanie Owen is a PhD candidate in Economics and Public Policy at the University of Michigan. She studies the economics of education and is interested in understanding and addressing inequities along various dimensions. Her job market paper focuses on understanding gender gaps in college major choice. Her other work relates to socioeconomic differences in college access. Her research uses large-scale administrative datasets and causal inference methods, including field experiments.
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Alexa Prettyman

• Employment Interests: Academic, Government, Non-Academic Research
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: Education, Employment/Training Programs, Family/Child Policy, "Criminal, Justice, and Drugs", Poverty/Income Policy, Methodology/Analysis, Housing/Community Development
• Email: cprettyman2@gsu.edu
• Phone: cprettyman2@gsu.edu
• Bio: I am an economics PhD student on the job market this year, and I expect to graduate summer 2021. My research, broadly related to labor and public economics, uses causal inference methods and administrative and survey data to evaluate and influence policies related to child welfare and education. I also enjoy teaching because it gives me the opportunity to interact with and inspire future community members and policymakers.
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Anna Marie Ramos

• Employment Interests: Non-Profit/NGO, Government, Non-Academic Research
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: Non-Profit/NGO, Government, Non-Academic Research
• Email: Amiramos@ucdavis.edu
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• Bio: I am a PhD Candidate at the University of California, Davis and a Graduate Research Associate at the American Council on Education. I possess over five years of experience conducting research that improves college access and supports for low-income, students of color. Through use of descriptive statistics, context-driven qualitative research, and policy analysis, my work has informed the equitable practices of institutional research staff, college leaders, policymakers, and advocates.
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Alyssa Ratledge

• Employment Interests: Non-Academic Research, Government, Non-Profit/NGO
• Career Level: Mid-Level
• Policy Interests: Education
• Email: alyssa.j.ratledge@gmail.com
• Phone: (480) 208-5929
• Bio: Alyssa Ratledge is an education researcher focusing on program evaluations in colleges that serve historically underrepresented students. She has extensive qualitative research experience and has worked as the project manager for three MDRC randomized controlled trials. Ratledge regularly presents at academic, practitioner, and policy conferences. She has also published peer-reviewed articles in JREE and AEJ: Applied Economics. Ratledge holds a bachelor’s degree in public policy from Brown.
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Venchele Saint Dic

• Employment Interests: Academic, Government, Non-Academic Research, Non-Profit/NGO, For Profit
• Career Level: Mid-Level
• Policy Interests: Health Policy, Methodology/Analysis, Poverty/Income Policy, Public/Nonprofit Management and Finance, Social Equality/Race, Program Management
• Email: saintdicvenchele@gmail.com
• Phone: (240) 406-2407
• Bio: Venchele Saint Dic is the author of Journey to Redemption and Faith in the Amazon Best-selling book Passport to Self-Discovery Volume 2. She is the Founder of MESFAMI Care Inc. She has demonstrated leadership and innovation in public health, health equity, communications, public outreach, social inclusion and diversity, among many others. Venchele is an experienced writer, editor and native French speaker with cognate education in Health Policy and Management.
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Elise Swanson

• Employment Interests: Academic, Government, Non-Profit/NGO, Non-Academic Research
• Career Level: Postdoc
• Policy Interests: Education
• Email: eswanson@usc.edu
• Phone: (724) 914-0884
• Bio:Elise Swanson is a postdoctoral research associate in the Pullias Center for Higher Education at the USC Rossier School of Education. Her research broadly examines issues of college access and student success with a focus on equity. She strives to make her work accessible to researchers, practitioners, and policymakers alike.
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Briana Taylor

• Employment Interests: Government, Academic, Non-Academic Research, Non-Profit/NGO
• Career Level: Entry Level, Mid-Level
• Policy Interests: "Criminal, Justice, and Drugs", Health Policy, Family/Child Policy, Social Equality/Race
• Email: btaylor5@gwu.edu
• Phone: (609) 384-5361
• Bio: I work in the gender-based violence and health policy arenas both domestically and abroad. I have strong quantitative and qualitative data analysis, research skills.I enjoy statistical and content analysis. My undergraduate background is in communications, marketing, media and rhetoric.
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Katherine Wen

• Employment Interests: Academic, Government, Non-Academic Research
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: Health Policy, Methodology/Analysis, "Criminal, Justice, and Drugs", Poverty/Income Policy
• Email: kjw229@cornell.edu
• Phone: (781) 365-9812
• Bio: I am a Ph.D candidate in the department of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University. I expect to complete my degree in the spring of 2021. My main research area is health economics, and my research agenda focuses on the role of public policy on health outcomes and utilization. The goal of my research is to understand how government interventions can reduce the burden of infectious diseases and substance use to improve public health.
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Justin Wiltshire

• Employment Interests: Academic, Non-Academic Research, Non-Profit/NGO
• Career Level: Student
• Policy Interests: Employment/Training Programs, Methodology/Analysis, Population/Migration Issues, Poverty/Income Policy, Public/Nonprofit Management and Finance
• Email: jcwiltshire@ucdavis.edu
• Phone: (530) 786-4256
• Bio: I'm a labor economist, interested in why workers in some regions, cities, and neighborhoods thrive while others don't.My research explores how regional economies evolve, with a particular eye on the retail and hospitality sectors, which tend to pay lower wages and employ many workers. The sorts of questions I explore involve the dynamic interplay of local industrial composition, labor market conditions, housing prices, migration and other demographic changes, and government intervention.
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