Kenan Institute Distinguished Fellow Tara Watson is a professor of Economics at Williams College, where she has been on the faculty since 2004. She is also the director of the Center on Children and Families at the Brookings Institution. Watson’s work focuses on U.S. social policy, including immigration and the safety net.

Dr. Watson will join the Luther Hodges Scholars in a scholar exclusive fireside chat on August 29 during her Distinguished Fellow visit to the Kenan Institute and UNC.