Leah Brooks
- Title:
- Associate Professor of Public Policy and Public Administration and Director, Center for Washington Area Studies
- Office:
- 601F
- Address:
- School of Media and Public Affairs
805 21st St. NW
Washington, District Of Columbia 20052 - Phone:
- 202-994-4703
- Fax:
- 202-994-6792
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Website:
- Professor Brooks' Website
Areas of Expertise
Public Economics
Urban Economics
Political Economy
I am an economist, studying the political economy of cities.
Education
PhD, Economics, UCLA
BA, Economics and Public Policy, University of Chicago
Past Experience
Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Household and Real Estate Finance Section
Economist
University of Toronto
Department of Economics
School of Public Policy and Governance
Assistant Professor
Russell Sage Foundation
July Scholar
Visiting Scholar
McGill University
Department of Economics
Assistant Professor
Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies, UCLA
Non-Resident Visiting Scholar
Brookings Institution
Intern, Center for Urban and Metropolitan Studies
Research Assistant, Economic Studies Section
RAND
Summer Intern
U. S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
Research Assistant, Economic Analysis Group
Classes Taught
PPPA 6007 Microeconomics for Public Policy I
PPPA 6085 Data Visualization Using R
PPPA 8022 Econometrics for Policy Research II
