Our Team

• Grace Brang

  Grace Brang is a doctoral student at NYU Wagner. Her research interests are centered around state and local government challenges, with particular interest in public pensions. Grace has five years of prior professional experience, and has held research analyst and policy advisory positions with the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and the Department of the Treasury. She holds a B.S. in Economics from the University of Minnesota.

• Kate Harwood

  Kate Harwood (née Hausdorff) is a doctoral student at NYU Wagner and a doctoral fellow at the Furman Center. She is interested in urban economics and, in particular, developing research around low-income housing policy and homelessness. Prior to her doctoral work, Kate worked as a Senior Analyst at Abt Associates conducting policy-relevant research. She holds an M.S. in Economics from Tufts University.

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• Ellie Lochhead

  Ellie Lochhead is a doctoral student at NYU Wagner and a doctoral fellow at the Furman Center. Her research interests are in urban economics and housing policy with a particular focus on understanding policy responses that can alleviate housing challenges faced by the lowest-income renters. She holds an M.S. in Economics and Urban Planning from Tufts University and a B.A. in Economics and Public Policy from the University of Denver. Prior to the doctoral program, she worked as a Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Furman Center.

• Sarah Strochak

  Sarah Strochak is a doctoral student at NYU Wagner and a doctoral fellow at the Furman Center. She previously worked as a researcher at the Urban Institute in the Housing Finance Policy Center. Her research interests are centered around housing finance, including access to credit, housing markets, and affordability. She holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.  

• Kristen Tauber

  Kristen Tauber is a doctoral student at NYU Wagner and a doctoral fellow at the Furman Center. She previously worked as a research analyst in the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland’s research department. Her research interests are urban economics and housing policy, with particular interest in housing affordability programs and neighborhood effects. She holds a B.S. in Mathematics and Economics from the University of Delaware.