
Badi H. Baltagi
Distinguished Professor, Economics Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Econometrics, health econometrics, wage curve, gravity models

Robert Bifulco
Associate Dean, Chair and Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Education finance and policy, program evaluation

Carmen Carrión-Flores
Research Assistant Professor, Economics Department
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Economics Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Ph.D., The University of Arizona, 2007
Areas of Expertise
Environmental economics, regional and urban economics, labor economics, applied econometrics

Sean J. Drake
Assistant Professor, Sociology Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 2017
Areas of Expertise
Ethnographic methods

Alfonso Flores-Lagunes
Professor and Director of Doctoral Studies, Economics Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Faculty Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion
Melvin A. Eggers Economics Faculty Scholar
Areas of Expertise
Labor economics, applied and theoretical econometrics

Sarah Hamersma
Associate Professor and Ph.D. Director, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Faculty Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion
Areas of Expertise
Public economics, labor economics, applied econometrics

Colleen Heflin
Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Faculty Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion
Areas of Expertise
Social policy, poverty policy, child and family policy

William C. Horrace
Distinguished Professor, Economics Department
Director of Master’s Studies, Economics Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Econometrics, firm-level production and efficiency analysis, peer effects and strategic interactions, crime and policing

Yilin Hou
Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Tenth Decade Faculty Scholar
Senior Research Associate, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
Areas of Expertise
Fiscal policy, public budgeting, intergovernmental fiscal relations

Hugo Jales
Assistant Professor, Economics Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Labor economics, econometrics

Jeffrey D. Kubik
Professor, Economics Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Public finance, labor economics

Yoonseok Lee
Associate Professor, Economics Department
Melvin A. Eggers Economics Faculty Scholar
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Econometric theory, applied econometrics

Amy Lutz
Associate Professor, Sociology Department
Director of Graduate Studies, Sociology Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Race and ethnicity, immigration, bilingualism, educational inequality

Yingyi Ma
Associate Professor, Sociology Department
Director, Asian/Asian American Studies
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Advisory Board Member, East Asia Program
Areas of Expertise
Education, migration, Asian/Asian American studies

Madonna Harrington Meyer
University Professor, Sociology Department
Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence
Faculty Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion
Faculty Affiliate, Aging Studies Institute
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Social policy, aging and the life course, family policies

Jerry Miner
Professor Emeritus, Economics Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Public economics, human resources economics, school finance

Shannon Monnat
Associate Professor, Sociology Department
Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion and Director, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion
Co-Director, Policy, Place, and Population Health Lab
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Research Affiliate, Aging Studies Institute
Areas of Expertise
Rural demography, social and structural determinants of health and health disparities, spatial differences in morbidity and mortality

Jan Ondrich
Professor, Economics Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Econometrics, labor economics, urban economics

David Popp
Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Caroline Rapking Faculty Scholar in Public Administration and Policy
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Environmental economics, economics of technological change

Stuart Rosenthal
Professor, Economics Department
Maxwell Advisory Board Professor of Economics
Faculty Affiliate, Aging Studies Institute
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Urban economics, state and local public economies, real estate finance and housing

Michah Rothbart
Assistant Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Nonprofit and public financial management, public budgeting, education policy

Alexander Rothenberg
Assistant Professor, Economics Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2012
Areas of Expertise
Urban economics, development economics, applied econometrics

Rebecca Schewe
Associate Professor, Sociology Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Environmental and natural resource sociology

Amy Ellen Schwartz
Professor and Chair, Economics Department
Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Daniel Patrick Moynihan Chair in Public Affairs
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Faculty Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion
Areas of Expertise
Public economics, economics of education, urban economics, health economics

Ying Shi
Assistant Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Ph.D., Duke University, 2017
Areas of Expertise
Economics of education, labor economics, political economy

Saba Siddiki
Associate Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Chapple Family Professor of Citizenship and Democracy
Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
Senior Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Policy design, implementation and compliance; collaborative policymaking; institutional analysis; sustainability technology and behavior; environmental policy; food policy

Perry Singleton
Associate Professor, Economics Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Public finance, health economics

Yulong Wang
Assistant Professor, Economics Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Ph.D., Princeton University, 2017
Areas of Expertise
Econometrics, applied econometrics

Peter Wilcoxen
Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Ajello Professor in Energy and Environmental Policy
Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence
Director, Center for Environmental Policy and Administration
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Natural resource, environmental economics

John M. Yinger
Trustee Professor, Economics Department
Trustee Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Director, Education Finance and Accountability Program
Associate Director, Center for Policy Research
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
State and local government finance, education, urban policy, discrimination in housing

Maria Zhu
Assistant Professor, Economics Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Ph.D., Duke University, 2019
Areas of Expertise
Labor economics, economics of education