Tammy Leonard, Ph.D.

Dr. Tammy Leonard specializes in interdisciplinary applications of public, urban and behavioral economics along with advanced spatial and econometric analysis methods. Dr. Leonard has over 30 academic peer-reviewed publications related to her expertise in housing economics and a variety of outcomes relevant to low-income populations including food security, program participation, health, and financial well-being measures. Dr. Leonard is assistant director of the Economics Research Group at the University of North Texas and co-director of the Community Assistant Research (CARE) initiative, both of which seek to leverage interdisciplinary relationships between academic researchers and community stakeholders with a focus on economic and community development.