Elizabeth Rhodes is a Faculty Affiliate with the Inclusive Economy Lab. She also serves as Research Director at OpenResearch, where she has been leading the nonprofit research organization's large-scale unconditional cash transfer study since its inception. She is a principal investigator on several guaranteed income RCTs and two evaluations of one-time cash transfer payments during the pandemic. She completed a joint PhD in social work and political science at the University of Michigan in 2016, where her research focused on health and education provision in informal settlements, workforce development, and social welfare policy. Elizabeth also holds an MSW from Michigan and a BA in government from Georgetown.