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EDUCATION

2018-Present | Ph.D., Public Policy and Management, University of Washington

• Certificate in Demographic Methods

2020 | M.S., Public Policy and Management, University of Washington

2015-16 | Fulbright Study/Research Grantee, University of Toronto

2014 | B.A., Public Policy and Film & Media Studies, College of William & Mary

RESEARCH & TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• 2021: Research Assistant to Dr. Hilary Wething, Pennsylvania State University School of Public Policy
• 2020-2021: Research Assistant, Washington Paid Family and Medical Leave Evaluation (PI: Dr. Heather Hill)
• 2019-Present: Research Assistant, Washington Merged Longitudinal Administrative Data (PIs: Drs. Jennifer Romich, Mark Long, Heather Hill, & Scott Allard)
• 2018-Present: Research Assistant to Dr. Scott Allard, Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington
• 2016-2018: Research Analyst, Urban Institute, Justice Policy Center
• 2015-2016: Fulbright Study/Research Grantee, University of Toronto
• 2014: Research Intern, Brookings Institution, Brown Center on Education Policy
• 2013: Teaching Assistant, Quantitative Methods (Dept. of Government), College of William & Mary
• 2012-2015: Research Assistant to Dr. Paul Manna, College of William & Mary Department of Government

HONORS & GRANTS

• Washington State Labor Research Grant, Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, University of Washington (2021)
• Hubert M. Blalock Fellowship, Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences, University of Washington (2018)
• Urban Institute President’s Award for Communications (for “A Matter of Time” web feature) (2017)
• Shortlist, Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards (for “A Matter of Time” web feature) (2017)
• Fulbright Canada Professional Development Travel Grant (2016)
• Fulbright Study/Research Grant to Canada (2015)
• Urban Institute President’s Award for Communications (for “Reducing Mass Incarceration Requires Far-Reaching Reforms” web feature) (2015)
• Best Undergraduate Poster Award, Midwest Political Science Association (2014)
• Weingartner Policy Fellow, College of William & Mary (2013-2014)
• Phi Beta Kappa (2013)
• Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society (2013)
• William & Mary Honors Fellowship (2013)
• Summer Monroe Research Grant, College of William & Mary (2011)
• James Monroe Scholar, College of William & Mary (2010)

PUBLICATIONS

Peer-Reviewed

Taryn Morrissey, Scott W. Allard, and Elizabeth Pelletier. Forthcoming. “Access to Early Care and Education in Rural Communities: Implications for Children’s School Readiness.” RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences.

Scott W. Allard and Elizabeth Pelletier. 2021. Spatial Patterns of Poverty, Hardship, & Nonprofit Safety Net Provision in the U.S. Research on Social Security 6(2).

Elizabeth Pelletier and Paul Manna. 2017. Learning in Harm’s Way: Neighborhood Violence, Inequality, and American Schools. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 674(1): 217-239.

Policy Reports

Heather D. Hill, Elizabeth Pelletier, and Jennifer Romich. 2021. Parental Employment Around a Birth: Evidence from Washington State. Report produced for the Washington State Employment Security Department.

Mark Long, Elizabeth Pelletier, and Jennifer Romich. 2019. How did the Seattle Minimum Wage Affect Poor and Near-Poor Workers? Longitudinal Evidence from New Merged Administrative Data. Economic Self-Sufficiency Policy Research Institute Paper #20194.

Elizabeth Pelletier, Leigh Courtney, and Brian Elderbroom. 2018. Assessing the Impact of Idaho’s Parole Reforms. Washington, D.C.: Urban Institute.

Elizabeth Pelletier, Bryce Peterson, Ryan King, and Leah Sakala. 2018. Prison Population Forecaster. Web feature. Washington, D.C.: Urban Institute.

Samantha Harvell, Hanna Love, Elizabeth Pelletier, and Chloe Warnberg. 2018. Bridging Research and Practice in Juvenile Probation: Rethinking Strategies to Promote Long-term Change. Washington, D.C.: Urban Institute.

Leigh Courtney, Elizabeth Pelletier, Sarah Eppler-Epstein, Ryan King, and Leah Sakala. 2017. A Matter of Time: The Causes and Consequences of Rising Time Served in America’s Prisons. Web feature. Washington, D.C.: Urban Institute.

Elizabeth Pelletier, Bryce Peterson, and Ryan King. 2017. Assessing the Impact of Georgia’s Sentencing Reforms. Washington, D.C.: Urban Institute.

Elizabeth Pelletier, Bryce Peterson, and Ryan King. 2017. Assessing the Impact of South Carolina’s Parole and Probation Reforms. Washington, D.C.: Urban Institute.

Elizabeth Pelletier and Samantha Harvell. 2017. Data Snapshot of Youth Incarceration in New Jersey. Washington, D.C.: Urban Institute.

Elizabeth Pelletier, Julia Durnan, and Samantha Harvell. 2017. Data Snapshot of Youth Incarceration in Wisconsin. Washington, D.C.: Urban Institute.

Hanna Love, Elizabeth Pelletier, and Samantha Harvell. 2017. Data Snapshot of Youth Incarceration in Connecticut. Washington, D.C.: Urban Institute.

Samantha Harvell, Jeremy Welsh-Loveman, and Hanna Love, with Julia Durnan, Josh Eisenstat, Laura Golian, Eddie Mohr, Elizabeth Pelletier, Julie Samuels, Chelsea Thomson, Margaret Ulle, and Nancy La Vigne. 2016. Reforming Sentencing and Corrections Policy: The Experience of Justice Reinvestment Initiative States. Washington, D.C.: Urban Institute.

Ryan King, Bryce Peterson, Brian Elderbroom, and Elizabeth Pelletier. 2015. Reducing Mass Incarceration Requires Far-Reaching Reforms. Article and interactive data tool. Washington, D.C.: Urban Institute.

Samuel Bieler, Elizabeth Pelletier, and Serena Lei. 2015. Washington, D.C.: Our Changing City: Public Safety. Web feature. Washington, D.C.: Urban Institute.

Meredith Dank, Lilly Yu, Jennifer Yahner, Elizabeth Pelletier, Mitchyll Mora, and Brendan Conner. 2015. Locked In: Interactions with the Criminal Justice and Child Welfare Systems for LGBTQ Youth, YMSM, and YWSW Who Engage in Survival Sex. Washington, D.C.: Urban Institute.

Book Chapter

Paul Manna and Elizabeth Pelletier. 2016. “Urban Education.” In Christine Kelleher Palus and Richardson Dilworth (eds.), Guide to Urban Politics and Policy in the United States. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press.

Blog Posts & Journalistic Publications

Leigh Courtney and Elizabeth Pelletier. 2016. What do victims want from criminal justice reform? Washington, D.C.: Urban Institute, Urban Wire blog.

Elizabeth Pelletier and Janine M. Zweig. 2015. Why do rates of sexual assault prevalence vary from report to report? Washington, D.C.: Urban Institute, Urban Wire blog.

Elizabeth Pelletier. 2014. Testing in Harm’s Way. Washington, D.C.: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.

Paul Manna, Jack Cooper, and Elizabeth Pelletier. 2014. Financing K-12 Education in Virginia. Blacksburg, VA: Virginia Issues & Answers.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

• Faculty Search Committee (PhD Student Representative), Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington (2019)
• Recruitment Committee Member, Urban Institute, Justice Policy Center (2017-18)