Laura Peck is a Principal Scientist at Abt Associates and has over 18 years of experience evaluating social welfare and employment policies and programs, both in research and academic settings. Prior to joining Abt in 2011, Dr. Peck was a tenured Associate Professor at the Arizona State University School of Public Affairs, where she taught public policy analysis, program evaluation, and research methods; and served as Associate Dean for Barrett, The Honors College. At Abt Associates, Dr. Peck is the Principal Investigator, Co-PI, and Director of Analysis for several major national evaluations for the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, Agriculture, and Housing and Urban Development. She is well-published (and cited) on program evaluation topics in respected journals such as Evaluation Review, the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, the Policy Studies Journal, and the Journal of Poverty. Dr. Peck was elected to the Policy Council (2012–2015 term) for the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM); and recently completed her term as Associate Editor (2009–2013) for the American Journal of Evaluation.
