Dr. Stacia West is faculty at the University of Tennessee College of Social Work and the co-Founder and Director of the Center for Guaranteed Income Research, where she leads over 20 mixed methods RCTs of guaranteed income. She is the co-PI of the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration, the first modern city-led guaranteed income experiment in the US. Her research focuses on universal basic income, unconditional cash transfers, and wealth inequality.
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