Bellows (she/they) is an associate policy researcher at RAND. Most of her current research focuses on describing how U.S. social policies stabilize, or destabilize, children’s lives. She has published on the effects of immigration enforcement on children’s educational outcomes; the effects of SNAP receipt on food insecurity and test scores; and turnover in the early childhood education (ECE) workforce. Methodologically, she is interested in the strengths and limitations using administrative data collected by local, state, and federal government agencies to answer policy-relevant questions. She received her Ph.D. in public policy from Duke University.
2025