Richard N. Brandon
Senior Research Fellow of Public Affairs
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1975
Contact Information:
Box 354804, University of Washington
brandon@u.washington.edu
206.543.8483
Areas of Specialization:
Finance and Workforce Issues of Child and Family Policy, Social Indicators
Richard N. Brandon joined the Evans School in 1989 as a senior research fellow where he serves as the director of the Human Services Policy Center. Brandon is a nationally recognized leader in applied policy research about early care and education.
His current research involves studies on educating and caring for children, building public understanding and support for better policies, conducting program evaluations, and profiling child and family well-being. In his work with the Human Services Policy Center, he directs the Washington Kids Count project that has tracked, analyzed, and communicated comprehensive information about the well-being of children and families in Washington for the last 18 years. He has also conducted studies of financing a wide range of education and social services for state agencies and legislatures, and studies demonstrating the impact of teen substance use, violence, and delinquency on school test scores.
Prior to joining the Evan School, Brandon served as the professional staff director of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee. He also directed systems analysis and budgeting for the New York City Department of Mental Health and served as a consultant on a variety of human service and financing issues for federal, state and local government agencies, plus such international and private agencies as UNICEF, the American Association of Retired Persons, Fannie Mae, and the Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology, and Government. Brandon has also consulted on policy communications with the National Governors' Association and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.
Brandon holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania and an AB in government from Cornell University.
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