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Judith M. Gueron
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Independent Scholar in Residence
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Judith Gueron is an Independent Scholar in Residence and President Emerita at MDRC. Gueron joined MDRC as Research Director at its founding in 1974 and served as its President from 1986 through August 2004. At MDRC, Gueron directed many of the largest federal and state evaluations ever undertaken of interventions for low-income adults, youth, and families and was a pioneer in developing research methods that have made it possible to base social programs on rigorous evidence of effectiveness. As President, she also guided the organization’s expansion into such areas as supports for the working poor, education reforms, child development, and community-based initiatives.
A widely published, nationally recognized expert on employment and training, poverty, and family assistance, Gueron is the author of From Welfare to Work. She is past President of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, has served on several National Academy of Sciences committees and federal advisory panels, and has frequently testified before Congress. In 1988, Gueron was awarded the American Evaluation Association’s Myrdal Prize for Evaluation Practice in recognition of high-quality studies of employment issues. That same year, she became a member of the Board of Directors of Alcoa and is currently also on the Board of Directors of the National Bureau of Economic Research. In 2004-2005, Gueron was a Visiting Scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation. In 2005, she received the inaugural Richard E. Neustadt Award from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
Gueron received her B.A. Summa Cum Laude from Radcliffe College in 1963 and her Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University in 1971.
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MDRC Publications
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Selected Non-MDRC Publications
Gueron, Judith M. January 2007. “Building Evidence: What It Takes and What It Yields,” Research on Social Work Practice. Keynote address at Sixth Annual Campbell Collaboration Colloquium, February 2006.
Gueron, Judith M. Fall 2005. "Throwing Good Money After Bad: A Common Error Misleads Foundations and Policymakers." Stanford Social Innovation Review.
Gueron, Judith M. 2003. “Presidential Address – Fostering Research Excellence and Impacting Policy and Practice: The Welfare Reform Story.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 22, 2.
Gueron, Judith M. 2002. “The Role of Education and Training in Welfare Reform.” The Brookings Institution, Policy Brief No. 20 (April).
Gueron, Judith M. 2002. “The Politics of Random Assignment: Implementing Studies and Impacting Policy.” In F. Mosteller and R. Boruch (eds.), Evidence Matters: Randomized Trials in Education Research. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.
Gueron, Judith M. 1996. “A Research Context for Welfare Reform.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 15, 4 (Fall).
Gueron, Judith M., and Edward Pauly. 1991. From Welfare to Work. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
Gueron, Judith M. 1990. “Work and Welfare: Lessons on Employment Programs.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 4, 1 (Winter).
Gueron, Judith M. 1987. Reforming Welfare with Work. New York: Ford Foundation.
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