Tom Swiderski

Public Policy
tswid@live.unc.edu
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Tom is a public policy Ph.D. candidate studying education policy and the transition out of high school. His dissertation aims to evaluate the impacts of three policies and programs affecting this transition that have been widely implemented across the US. Raised in upstate New York, Tom also holds a Masters in Social Work from UNC and a BA in Psychology from Boston College. He previously worked at UNC Charlotte’s Urban Institute conducting applied social research with local nonprofit and government agencies and as a residential care worker at a children’s group home.