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Judith Scott-Clayton
Judith Scott-Clayton is Associate Professor of Economics and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, where she teaches courses on labor economics and causal inference. She is also a Faculty Research Fellow of the National Bureau of Economic Research and a Senior Research Associate at the Community College Research Center (CCRC). Scott-Clayton holds a B.A. from Wellesley College and a Ph.D. in Public Policy from Harvard University.