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Senior Behavioral Scientist
Ph.D. in clinical psychology, Wayne State University
Associate Analyst
M.Ed. in politics, democratic education and development, University of Cambridge; PGCE in Secondary English, University of Cambridge; B.A. Hons. in English, University of Cambridge
Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. candidate, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.P.H. in public health, New York University; B.S. in psychology, UC San Diego; B.S. in biology, UC San Diego
Senior Behavioral Scientist
Ph.D. in clinical psychology, M.A. in psychology, University of Pennsylvania; B.A. in biology/psychobiology, Brown University
Policy Researcher
Ph.D. in education, University of California, Riverside; M.A. in sociology, California State University, Fullerton; B.A. in sociology, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Senior Economist
Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, Yale University; B.A. in economics, Claremont McKenna College
Research Assistant
M.P.H. in public health, University of Pittsburgh
Assistant Policy Analyst
M.E.M., Dartmouth College; B.E. in electrical engineering, Dartmouth College; B.A. in physics and economics, Vassar College
Director, Promising Practices Network on Children, Families and Communities; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School; Senior Economist
Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, University of Chicago; B.A. in economics, Kenyon College
Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. candidate in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.P.P. in public policy, KDI School of Public Policy & Management; B.A. in international studies, Korea University
Director, RAND Labor and Population; Senior Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in economics, University of Chicago
Affiliated Adjunct Staff
Ph.D. in economics, University of Chicago
Communications Analyst
Ph.D. and M.A. in linguistics, UC Los Angeles; B.A. in linguistics, Cornell University
Senior Statistician
Ph.D. and M.S. in statistics, Carnegie Mellon University; B.A. in environmental science and policy, Duke University
Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in economics, University of California, Berkeley; B.A. in economics, Wellesley College
Research Programmer
B.A. in economics, University of Colorado
Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. candidate in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.Phil. in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.Sc. in economics and social sciences, Bocconi University; B.A. in public administration, Bocconi University
Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. candidate in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.P.P., University of California, Los Angeles; B.S. in biopsychology, University of California, Santa Barbara
Statistician; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. and M.S. in statistics, Carnegie Mellon University; B.S. in math and statistics, American University
Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in economics, UC Berkeley; B.A. in economics and mathematics, Carleton College
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