Dr. Rita Ludwig is a social scientist who utilizes a mixed-methods approach to studying complex psychological and sociological phenomena. Her expertise is in building predictive models of human behavior using individual-level characteristics, such as personality traits and neural activity. She is passionate about using rigorous empirical research to inform the development of policy to reduce inequities in health, education, and income, which she does as the data scientist for PEEP.
Dr. Ludwig earned her Ph.D. in psychology at the University of Oregon, where her dissertation focused on how socioeconomic inequities are psychologically reinforced. She also has earned a Master’s in Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences from Columbia University. Her previous work includes research on topics such as neuroeconomics, goal achievement, and social neuroscience conducted at Temple University and Harvard University.
