Scott Cody
Vice President; Director, Cambridge Human Services Research, Human Services Research Division

Cody directs all of the WWC research synthesis activities and oversees the development of all WWC reports and products, including Intervention Reports, Practice Guides, Research Briefs, and other products. He also developed procedures to ensure the quality of all WWC products, including an adjudication process. The WWC is an initiative of the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences.

Cody is also a national expert in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). He led the first major in-depth study of state efforts to modernize enrollment procedures for SNAP as well as for programs such as Temporary Assistance to Needy Families and Medicaid. He continues to examine these modernization efforts through projects funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service as well as the California HealthCare Foundation.  

Cody’s previous work examining the SNAP program examined the determinants of Food Stamp Program (FSP) participation. He led an impact evaluation of efforts to increase program participation among the elderly, and multiple studies to identify the circumstances that lead individuals to enter and exit the FSP. Cody played a central role in adapting Mathematica’s FSP policy simulation model to reflect major changes in program policy. He holds an M.P.P. in public policy from the Johns Hopkins University.