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Ashweeta Patnaik is a Research Associate at the Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources (RMC).  Ms. Patnaik serves as a principal investigator, conducts quantitative research, leads outcome and impact evaluations, and manages research projects in the education, workforce development, public health, and international development policy sectors.  Her recent work includes the Evaluation of Austin Community College’s Rainy Day Savings Program funded by the Trellis Foundation, the Evaluation of the California Community College Chancellor’s Office’s Financial Literacy Pilot Initiative funded by the California Community College Chancellor’s Office (CCCCO), the Evaluation of Austin Community College’s Strengthening Institutions Program funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the Evaluation of Project QUEST funded by Economic Mobility Corporation Inc., the Community Workforce Plan Evaluation funded by Workforce Solutions Capital Area, and the Monitoring and evaluation of Nuru International’s programs in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Nigeria funded by Nuru International.

Ms. Patnaik has extensive experience in business development, project management, monitoring and evaluation technical assistance, developing research and evaluation designs, quantitative research methods, quantitative data collection, qualitative data collection, data management, and data visualization.  Ms. Patnaik’s expertise is the quantitative analysis of survey data and state and local administrative data, including Unemployment Insurance (UI) data, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) data, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) data, community college institutional research data, and school district institutional research data.

Prior to joining the Center in May 2013, Ms. Patnaik worked at the Public Policy Research Institute at Texas A&M University.  Ms. Patnaik has fifteen years of experience conducting program evaluations and policy research. She has a Master’s degree in Public Health from The University of Texas Health Science Center and she is a certified SAS Base Programmer.

Dr. Prince is a Research Scientist at the Ray Marshall Center.  He has over fifteen years’ experience in the education and workforce development fields as a researcher, project manager, policy analyst, and evaluator.  Currently, Dr. Prince serves as principal investigator on multiple research and evaluation projects involving statistical analyses of confidential administrative records data on education and the labor market.  He is also principal investigator for a United Nations Research Institute for Social Development study examining post-Arab Spring policies and programs addressing youth unemployment in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia, and Oman.  He has written, published, and presented extensively on domestic and international employment and training programs and policies, postsecondary education, and poverty reduction.

Dr. Prince also consults for various international development NGOs, including the One Acre Fund and Nuru International, and has participated with a team of hydrologists, geologists, and volunteers addressing the need for potable water in and around Cevicos, The Dominican Republic.  His research into multidimensional poverty and youth unemployment policy has led to invited conference presentations in Peru, Cameroon, and, most recently, Lebanon.

Prior to joining the RMC, Dr. Prince was a senior policy analyst at the Center for Law and Social Policy in Washington, D.C.  He holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Affairs from the University of Colorado, Boulder, a Master’s degree in Public Affairs from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, Austin, where he focused on labor policy, and a Master’s degree and PhD in Social Policy from Brandeis University’s Heller School of Social Policy and Management.  His dissertation research focused on measuring the drivers of change in multidimensional poverty in developing countries.