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Dr. Michal Grinstein-Weiss is an
associate 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. Dr. Michal Grinstein-Weiss
is the founder and leader of the UNC
Assets Research Group, UNC.
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Research Interests:
Social Policy
Policy Analysis
Poverty
Inequality
Asset Building
Program Evaluation
Social and Economic Development
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Current University Posts
Founder and leader of the UNC
Assets Research Group, UNC.
Faculty fellow, Center
for Urban & Regional Studies, UNC.
Faculty fellow, Center
for Social Development. Washington University.
Faculty fellow, Center
for Community Capitalism, UNC.
Advisory Board,: UNC, 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.
Dr. Grinstein-Weiss on National
Public Radio (NPR) "The State of Things"
with Frank Stasio "What's So Great About
Being Middle Class?"
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