Stephen Nuñez

Director, Stratification Economics

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As director of stratification economics, Stephen Nuñez leads research on systemic inequalities in the economy and the ways public policy has perpetuated them.

Stephen is an economic sociologist with almost 15 years of experience working in both the think tank and policy evaluation worlds. He previously led research on cash assistance policy for the Jain Family Institute and served as principal investigator and impact lead on various workforce, housing, and financial empowerment evaluations at MDRC. He has a PhD in sociology and an MA in economics from Stanford University and an AB from Princeton University.