Catria Gadwah-Meaden is a Ph.D. student in the Research, Analysis, and Design stream at the Pardee RAND Graduate School and an assistant policy researcher at the RAND Corporation. Her primary research interests exist at the intersection of public, labor, and health economics and center on the social safety net and the population(s) it is intended to serve. Her research also extends to veteran policy, disability policy, the social determinants of health, and family policy, as well as broader topics in labor economics and social policy.
Prior to joining Pardee RAND, she was a student and teaching assistant in applied econometrics in Colgate University's economics department. She has also worked with the Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice as a research assistant, where she supported research on racial disparities in basic needs insecurity among college students. Catria has a B.A. in mathematical economics from Colgate University.
B.A. in mathematical economics, Colgate University
