PhD, Cornell University Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
I received my PhD from Cornell University's Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy in May 2025. My degree is in public policy with concentrations in economics and data science. I am an empirical microeconomist focused broadly in the fields of policy analysis, economics of education, early childhood education, and labor/public economics. I employ a variety of methodological tools including econometrics, natural language processing, and machine learning. I have mutiple strains of research with the majority of my time currently examining the effects of minimum wage policies and universal pre-kindergarten programs on childcare businesses. I am currently an Assistant Professor at Stanford University in the Graduate School of Education.
If you are interested in Katharine’s work and would like to know more, feel free to get in touch by email ksadow@stanford.edu.