Elise Dizon-Ross

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I am a Post-Doctoral Scholar at the California Policy Lab at UC Berkeley. I earned a PhD in Economics of Education from the Stanford Graduate School of Education, where I was an Institute of Education Sciences Fellow and a Stanford Graduate Fellow in Science and Engineering. My research examines the impacts of economic inequality and access to basic needs on student outcomes and the education sector, from K-12 through higher education. I am particularly interested in the intersections of housing policy and housing instability with educational opportunity. Prior to beginning my doctoral studies, I worked with multiple nonprofit and public sector organizations to advance educational and job opportunities for disadvantaged groups, focusing on areas such as chronic absenteeism, out-of-school-time learning, and social entrepreneurship. I have an M.A. and a B.A. in Economics from Stanford University and an M.P.P. from UC Berkeley and am a recipient of the NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship.