Laura R. Peck, Ph.D., is a Principal Scientist and Director of the Income Security and Economic Mobility Domain at MEF Associates. A policy analyst by training, Dr. Peck specializes in innovative ways to estimate program impacts in experimental and quasi-experimental evaluations. Dr. Peck engages in the design and analysis of experiments across an array of subject areas, including housing, education, income security and employment.
After ten years on the faculty at Arizona State University’s School of Public Affairs and then another 12+ as Principal Scientist at Abt Associates, Dr. Peck joined MEF Associates in January 2024, where she is now poised to bring leadership in leading high-impact projects as well as in transforming industry practices to embed equity principles into federal contracts and evaluation practice. She is well-known for translating technical material to diverse and broad audiences through clear, plain-language reports and creative dissemination products.
Dr. Peck is well-published on program evaluation topics in respected journals along with being the author of Experimental Evaluation Design for Program Improvement (2020; SAGE). She serves as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Evaluation.