Dr. Michal Grinstein-Weiss is an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work, which is among the top ranked schools of social work in the country. Her research interests focus on public policies related to issues of economic inequality and social development. Specifically, she is interested in policies and programs that promote the well-being of low-income families and their communities.

Research Interests: Social Policy Policy Analysis Poverty Inequality Asset Building Program Evaluation Social and Economic Development

Current University Posts
Faculty fellow, Center for Urban & Regional Studies, University of North Carolina
Faculty fellow, Center for Social Development. Washington University.
Faculty fellow, Center for Community Capitalism, University of North Carolina.
Advisory Board,: University of North Carolina, Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity.

Dr. Grinstein-Weiss received her Ph.D. in social work from the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. Michal earned her master's degree in economics from the University of Missouri, St. Louis, and received both her master's and bachelor's degrees in social work from the University of Haifa, Israel. Before coming to North Carolina, Michal was a postdoctoral fellow at the Center of Social Development at Washington University in St. Louis, MO.

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