Howard Bloom

Howard Bloom is a chief social scientist at MDRC. Dr. Bloom leads the development of experimental and quasi-experimental methods for estimating program impacts initiative, working closely with MDRC staff to build these methods into their research. He came to MDRC in 1999, following 21 years of teaching research methods, program evaluation, and applied statistics at Harvard University and at New York University, where he received the Great Teacher Award in 1993. The author of numerous articles and several books, Dr. Bloom has been a principal investigator of four major randomized experiments: the National Job Training Partnership Act study, a 20,000-person evaluation conducted in 16 U.S. cities; the Earnings Supplement Project, an 8,000-person study conducted in five Canadian cities; the Texas Displaced Worker Study; and the Delaware Displaced Worker Study. Having earned his bachelor's degree in engineering from Case Western Reserve University, Dr. Bloom holds a Master of City Planning, a Master of Public Administration, and a Ph.D. in political economy and government from Harvard University.