Geraldine Germain

Geraldine Germain  received her MSW from Washington University in St. Louis in 2017 and will receive a master’s in economics from the University of Missouri–St. Louis this spring. She has nearly 10 years of experience in practice and policy work in non-profit workforce development and social policy research settings. Her project work has included developing and evaluating workplace-based financial stability and asset-building interventions, qualitative/community-based research in socially and economically disinvested communities, and quantitative studies evaluating a range of topics including incarceration, mortgage lending policy, labor supply, and wealth accumulation. In a Ph.D. program, Geraldine is broadly interested in researching the influence of social welfare policies and practices on the economic well-being of marginalized populations and evaluating effective solutions to promote full social and economic inclusion.