Dr. Ashley E. Orr

Welcome to my webpage.  I am an incoming Assistant Professor of Public Policy at The Ohio State University's John Glenn College of Public Affairs. 

My research and teaching apply economic models to social and economic problems, considering how public policy might intervene to address market failures, reduce poverty and inequality, and support workers, families, children, and communities in Ohio and across the country. In addition to my work The Ohio State University, I am an affiliated researcher with the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO) at the University of Notre Dame.

I received my doctorate in Public Policy and Management from the H. John Heinz III College of Information Systems and Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA USA),  where I was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) Fellow. Prior to my PhD, I completed my Masters of Philosophy in Economics (MPhil) at the University of Oxford (Oxford, England) as a Rhodes Scholar. My MPhil thesis examined the effects of unconditional cash transfers on labor supply.  A first-generation college graduate, I completed undergraduate degrees in Mathematics (BS) and Economics (BA) at Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio.  Before joining The Ohio State University, Ashley served as an adjunct instructor at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA, at St. Catherine’s University  (Saint Paul, Minnesota), and with Oxbridge Academic Programs in Pembroke College, Oxford U.K..

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Contact me at: ORR.321@OSU.EDU