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Matthew Stagner Joins Mathematica as Senior Fellow and Director of Human Services Research
Based in Company’s Chicago Office
Contact: Jennifer de Vallance, (202) 484-4692
CHICAGO, IL—March 12, 2013—Matthew Stagner recently joined Mathematica Policy Research as a senior fellow and director of Human Services Research in Mathematica’s Chicago office. Stagner is a nationally known expert on youth development and risk behaviors, child welfare, evaluation design and methods and the role of research in policymaking.
Stagner served as executive director of Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago and as a senior lecturer at the Irving B. Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago. He was also director of the Center on Labor, Human Services, and Population at the Urban Institute and director of the Division of Children and Youth Policy in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
“We’re delighted to welcome Matt,” said Debbie Reed, senior vice president and director of Human Services Research at Mathematica. “His work on policies and programs for vulnerable youth, such as those transitioning out of foster care or into employment and postsecondary education, will help us inform policy in a way that can make a real difference in the lives of some of our most at-risk young people.”
Stagner holds a Ph.D. from the Irving B. Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago, and a master’s in public policy from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Among his many professional activities, Stagner serves on the steering committee of the Consortium on Chicago School Research and is a member of the Welfare and Family Self-Sufficiency Research Technical Working Group in the Office of Policy Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, DHHS. Stagner has also served as a reviewer for the Children and Youth Services Review, the Journal of Adolescent Health and the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences Early Childhood Panel.
Among his many professional awards and honors, Stagner has received the National Partnership for Reinventing Government “Hammer Award” for helping to develop the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics. He is also a recipient of the Commendable Service Award from DHHS.
About Mathematica: Mathematica Policy Research seeks to improve public well-being by conducting studies and assisting clients with program evaluation and policy research, survey design and data collection, research assessment and interpretation and program performance/data management. Its clients include foundations, federal and state governments and private-sector and international organizations. The employee-owned company, with offices in Princeton, NJ; Ann Arbor, MI; Cambridge, MA; Chicago, IL; Oakland, CA; and Washington, DC; has conducted some of the most important studies of health care, nutrition, education, international, disability, family support, employment, and early childhood policies and programs.