Staff: Jordan Lawson, PhD

Dr. Lawson has been working with PDM&E for the last 12 years. He has roughly 8 years' experience as an social science researcher and applied statistician with extensive experience in experimental and quasi-experimental research design, program evaluation research, and statistical analysis. He received his doctoral degree in Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistics from Boston College where his research focused on the quantitative program evaluation of school interventions for disadvantaged and minoritized youth and families. His larger, driving mission is to promote a more equitable society through the use of statistics and evaluation research for social good. Some key projects that he has been involved with at WJC include the Juvenile Court Clinic (JCC) evaluation; programs serving military and veteran communities; training programs for clinical PsyD students serving underserved populations who are impacted by the substance use and opioid epidemic; INTERFACE resource referral services program, other HRSA grants STAR, LDR, Integrated Behavioral Health.