Our Team

Bruce D. Meyer is the founder of the CID Project and serves as the McCormick Foundation Professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. His research focuses on poverty and inequality, tax policy, government safety net programs such as unemployment insurance, workers’ compensation, food stamps, and Medicaid, and the accuracy of household surveys. Meyer received his BA and MA in economics from Northwestern University and his PhD in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

bdmeyer@uchicago.edu

Derek Wu is an Assistant Professor at the Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. His research focuses on poverty and inequality, the effects of government programs, and the economics of education. Wu received his AB from Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs.

derekwu@uchicago.edu

Angela Wyse is a Graduate Research Fellow at the CID Project and a PhD student at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. Her research focuses on poverty, homelessness, and immigration. Wyse received her BA from the University of Michigan and an MPP from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

awyse@uchicago.edu

Brian Curran is a Graduate Research Fellow at the CID Project. His research at the CID Project focuses on the poverty and the geography of disadvantage. Curran received his AB in Economics and Mathematics from Dartmouth College.

bcurran@uchicago.edu

Connor Murphy is a Graduate Research Fellow at the CID Project. His research at the CID Project focuses on household consumption surveys and homelessness. Murphy received his BA in Economics and Applied Mathematics from the University of Notre Dame.

connormurphy@uchicago.edu

Matthew Stadnicki is a Graduate Research Fellow at the CID Project. His research at the CID Project focuses on tax and earnings data and the effects of government programs. Stadnicki received his BA in economics and mathematics from Northwestern University.

mstadnicki@uchicago.edu

Mandana Vakil is a Menard Pre-Doctoral Fellow at the CID Project. In the past, her research has focused on modeling unemployment, student homelessness, and pandemic effects on labor market outcomes. Vakil received her BA in economics and public policy from Brown University and her MSc in economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

mvakil@uchicago.edu

Anthony Tatarka is a Menard Pre-Doctoral Fellow at the CID Project. His past research has focused on housing policy and the effect on housing production. Tatarka received his BS in Mathematics and Economics from the University of Notre Dame.

atatarka1@uchicago.edu