Laura R. Peck, Internationally Recognized Policy Evaluator, Elected APPAM Secretary
Rockville, Md. – Abt Associates announced that Laura R. Peck, principal scientist, has been elected secretary of the Association for Public Policy, Analysis & Management, known as APPAM. Peck is an internationally known policy evaluation methodologist. At Abt, she applies her expertise to the evaluation of policies and programs areas that include welfare, housing, education, income security, and employment.
A former tenured associate professor at Arizona State University, Peck is an innovative thinker, focused on fresh ways to more precisely estimate program impacts in both experimental and quasi-experimental evaluations. She was the lead developer of Abt’s Social Impact Policy Pathfinder (SPI-Path), a suite of analytic tools that use data from experimentally designed evaluations to determine what drives program impacts.
Beyond her project and thought leadership, she also serves as the Global Lead of Abt’s Research, Monitoring & Evaluation Capability Center, where she brings a cross-cutting perspective to ensuring Abt’s work in that portfolio is high-quality and efficient. Peck also works with colleagues to support their success in publishing in peer-reviewed journals to contribute to scholarly discourse.
She has served on APPAM’s policy council, and is currently Editor for the American Journal of Evaluation’s Experimental Methodology Section. She is the author of numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and is the author of Experimental Evaluation Design for Program Improvement (SAGE Publications). Peck holds a Ph.D. in Public Administration from New York University.
Dedicated to improving public policy and management by fostering excellence in research, analysis, and education, APPAM has 2,500 individual members and 100 institutional members.
About Abt Associates
Abt Associates uses data and bold thinking to improve the quality of people’s lives worldwide. From increasing crop yields and combatting infectious disease, to ensuring safe drinking water and promoting access to affordable housing—and more—we partner with clients and communities to tackle their most complex challenges. https://www.abtassociates.com
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