Erika B. Lewy
MDRC
Lewy, who came to MDRC in 2020, works primarily on projects related to higher education and the criminal justice system. In higher education, she evaluates green jobs training programs and programs meant to improve labor market outcomes for students with developmental education needs. Her criminal justice research focuses on pretrial justice reform. Lewy works across policy areas at MDRC and leads an organization-wide effort to engage people with lived experience to advise MDRC research. Prior to joining MDRC, she worked as an editorial assistant and freelance editor. She graduated from the University of Vermont with a bachelor’s degree in community development and applied economics.
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Incorporating participatory methods can make research more meaningful to the people it seeks to serve. It can also enrich research by generating new questions, suggesting further analyses, uncovering important lessons and considerations, and clearly and accessibly disseminating the findings to researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and the individuals and communities most directly affected by the research.
August 7, 2023
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Community Justice and Public SafetyNew Jersey Criminal Justice Reform Advancing Racial Equity (NJ CARE) Study
The research team will work with individuals with lived experience in the justice system to contribute to a participatory action research-informed approach, with the goal of understanding how the impacts and policy changes uncovered translate into the human experience—including implications for well-being, health, and mental health.
December 15, 2021
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