Laura McCann

Ph.D. Student Public Policy, University of Arizona
McCann Portrait

Laura was a Graduate Teaching Assistant from 2020 to 2021. She is interested in mixed methods research that drives decision making, specifically with respect to the impacts of race, class, and gender on public policy. Before her graduate studies at UA, she studied Environmental Science and Russian at the University of Florida and later worked as a program evaluation manager in Chicago.

Laura is currently earning a Ph.D. in Public Policy & Governance at the University of Arizona. She continues to work on her research as part of the AIDE Lab.

Research Project

  • Assessing causality of learning plots cooking demonstrations and nutrition clubs on diet changes

M.S. Thesis

  • Food Without Fire: Nutrition Impacts from a Solar Stove Field Experiment

Working Paper

  • McCann, L.E., Michler, J.D., Mwangala, M., Olurotimi, O., and Estrada Carmona, N. “Food Without Fire: Nutritional and Environmental Impacts from a Solar Stove Field Experiment.”

Degree(s)

  • M.S., Applied Economics & Policy Analysis, University of Arizona
  • M.DP., School of Geography, Development, & Environment, University of Arizona
  • B.A., Russian, B.S., Environmental Science, University of Florida