Julia Brown

Julia Brown is a doctoral student in the Department of Economics at the University of Maryland - College Park, and an Associate Fellow at the Office of Evaluation Sciences. Her research focuses on public policy and behavioral economics, particularly as they relate to consumer finance and financial protection. Prior to her doctoral work, she managed the US Household Finance Initiative at Innovations for Poverty Action, where she led a portfolio of research projects looking at incorporating behavioral design into financial products and services to help low-income Americans save more and pay down debt more quickly. She also conducted research related to Medicaid quality control for the State of Ohio, on behalf of the Ohio Colleges of Medicine Government Resource Center, and was part of a research team focused on mortgage policy at the John Glenn College of Public Affairs, both at The Ohio State University. She holds a Master of International Affairs from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Women’s and Gender Studies from Williams College.