Claire (she/her) is a Doctoral Candidate in Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts Boston, where she contributes to research on the social safety net, workforce development, nonprofit advocacy, and the public policy process. She works with the Center for Social Policy at UMass Boston, where she leads mixed methods projects on the benefits cliff and the use of best practices for promoting equitable access to job training in the emerging offshore wind industry. Claire’s own research focuses on employment and labor policy, the process of policy formation and the role of union advocacy in U.S. politics. Prior to her work at UMass Boston, Claire did graduate work at Brandeis University, where she contributed to research on federal workforce development programs targeting low wage healthcare workers. Claire earned her Master’s of Public Policy from the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University, and her B.A. in Political Science and History from Fordham University.