Mehdi Shadmehr is an Associate Professor of Public Policy. Prior to joining UNC, he was an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Calgary (2016-2020), and an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Miami Herbert School of … Read more

Michael A. Stegman is a Bipartisan Policy Center fellow who focuses on housing finance reform and affordable housing. He formerly served for more than four years in senior housing policy roles in the Obama administration. He served as a senior … Read more

Dr. Jessica Houston Su is a sociologist who studies American family life and inequality. As a family demographer, she uses a sociological lens and quantitative analytic techniques to examine social patterns of family formation and how they are related to … Read more

Elizabeth Sasser has a B.A. and an M.P.P. from Duke University, and studied at Peking University in Beijing, China, where she developed a fluency in Mandarin. Sasser served as a policy advisor at the U.S. Department of Energy through the … Read more

Joaquín Alfredo-Angel Rubalcaba is an assistant professor in the Department of Public Policy at UNC Chapel Hill. He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of New Mexico, and is an alumnus of the RWJF doctoral fellows program. His … Read more

Anna’s research interests include the processes and ethics of how public benefits and cash transfers in the U.S. are justified, administered, changed, and studied. Prior to joining UNC Public Policy as a Ph.D. student, Anna worked on health and human … Read more

Brennan Mange is a Ph.D. candidate interested in the factors that shape college student success, and the ways that policy affects student outcomes. Brennan is a skilled quantitative researcher, experienced with experimental and quasi-experimental methods. Brennan enjoys all types of … Read more

Douglas MacKay holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Toronto. Prior to joining the Department of Public Policy on July 1, 2013, he completed a post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health. … Read more

Professor Lauen’s research examines the effectiveness of educational policies, school types, and interventions on students and how these effects vary for traditionally underserved populations. He has examined the effects of educational accountability and performance incentive policies, school choice options such … Read more

Jessica is has returned to UNC Public Policy after graduating in 2016. She served as the Prevention Education and Outreach Coordinator with Our Voice, a local nonprofit in Asheville, where she facilitated programs promoting healthy relationships for local youth and … Read more