Samantha Steimle

Samantha Steimle is a National Poverty Fellow for 2024-2026 in residence at the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE). She completed her PhD in Psychology  at Georgetown University, where she also obtained her Masters in Public Policy. Broadly, her research interests involve investigating ways programs and policies can best support the economic and psychological well-being of low-income parents and children. Steimle’s dissertation work focused on how different cash supports delivered to families during the pandemic related to their food insecurity and psychological distress, which was supported by a grant from the Horowitz Foundation. Prior to graduate school, she worked as a social policy researcher at MDRC and earned her B.S. in Psychology from Fordham University. Steimle is mentored by IRP affiliate Lawrence Berger and Marla McDaniel, Senior Fellow Center on Law, Human Services and Population at the Urban Institute.