Stacie Tao

Research Interests: Family Economic (In)security; Income Poverty; Material Hardships; Racial/Ethnic Inequalities; Child Welfare System Involvement; Family and Child Well-Being

Bio: Stacie is a doctoral student studying Social Policy and Policy Analysis with a concentration in Economics at the Columbia School of Social Work. Stacie's research aims to identify the effects of social policies on family economic (in)security and family and child well-being. She also investigates the relationship between economic deprivations and child welfare involvement, focusing on the effects of social policies to mitigate family involvement with child welfare systems. As a doctoral research assistant, she is currently working on projects related to poverty, material hardships, government assistance programs, and economic insecurity among Asian Americans. Stacie formerly worked with child welfare non-profit, policy, and government agencies, where she served as a therapeutic care teacher and worked on policy and research to support American Indian youth in the child welfare system. Stacie holds a MSW from Columbia University and a BA in Social Welfare and Education from the University of Washington.