Olivia Meeks

Olivia Meeks is a project manager for the Youth Policy Lab. Prior to joining the Lab, Olivia served as a research coordinator at District of Columbia Public Schools and as a research assistant in education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC. She is currently completing her PhD in Political Science at the University of California-Berkeley with a research focus on the policy advocacy of labor unions in state and federal politics, and she holds a BA in Economics and Political Science from the University of Arkansas. In her free time, Olivia enjoys cooking, crosswords, and spending time with her partner Paul and her dog Birdie.

Educational background

• BA in economics and political science, University of Arkansas