ASHLEY N. MUCHOW
1776 Main Street, PO Box 2138 Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138
amuchow@prgs.edu
+1.301.393.0411 x7812
EDUCATION
Pardee RAND Graduate School
Santa Monica, CA
Ph.D. Candidate in Policy Analysis
2013-present
Dissertation: “Delegating immigration enforcement: Have local efforts made us safer or
driven us apart?”
M. Phil. in Policy Analysis
2015
Loyola University Chicago
B.B.A., Economics and Finance
Chicago, IL
2009
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Economic and Social Inequality, Migration, Immigration Policy, Police-Community
Relations, State and Local Policy Diffusion, Social Services and Welfare
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teaching Assistant, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Policy Analysis (on general framework, methods, ethics, and professional standards of
policy analysis), Fall 2015. Enrollment: 20 Ph.D. students.
Social and Behavioral Sciences (on key theoretical and analytic frameworks used in
social science research), Winter 2014. Enrollment: 20 Ph.D. students.
ACADEMIC AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
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JL Foundation Dissertation Grant
($25,000)
Departmental Honors in Economics
(2009)
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Donald G. Meyer Scholarship (200708)
Murphy Scholarship (2007-2009)
Dean’s List (2006-2009)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Assistant Policy Analyst
Santa Monica, CA
RAND Corporation
September 2013-present
Research focuses on low-income and vulnerable populations and the empirical
assessment of social and educational initiatives using statistical and mix-method
approaches. Work has included a synthetic control group analysis of social and economic
outcomes of California’s SB 1041 welfare reforms; analysis of primary survey data from
California welfare recipients to determine economic, social, and health impacts of SB
1041 reforms; synthesis of shadow prices found in social policy research for inclusion in
a web-based repository for researcher use; analysis of the scale and cost of academic
achievement gaps in Pennsylvania public schools; survey development, fielding, and
analysis of early learning centers to assess the impact of a quality improvement grant.
Senior Research Analyst
Falls Church, VA
The Lewin Group
February 2011 – August 2013
Assisted in the completion of several policy research projects that included a workforce
supply and demand assessment of ophthalmic services; modeling of changes in the
demand for medical oncologists and hematologists; collection of primary interview and
focus group data examining state mental health system resilience after natural disasters;
cleaning of Medicaid claims data (>30 million lines) and payment error rate analysis;
analysis of secondary utilization and provider data to determine the fiscal impact of
reforms to PA and NP scope of practice legislation.
Public Policy Analyst
Illinois Policy Institute
Chicago, IL
June 2010 – February 2011
Contract Specialist II
The CIT Group, Inc.
Chicago, IL
June 2009 – June 2010
PUBLICATIONS
Peer Reviewed
Hooker, R. and Muchow, A.N. (2015). Modifying state laws for nurse practitioners and
physician assistants can reduce cost of medical services. Nursing Economic$, 33(2): 8894.
Martsolf, G.R., Auerbach, D.A., Spetz, J., Pearson, M.L., and Muchow, A.N. (2015).
DNP by 2015: an examination of nursing schools’ decisions to offer a Doctor of Nursing
Practice degree. Nursing Outlook, 63(2): 219-26.
Yang, W., Williams, J.H., Hogan, P.F., Bruinooge, S.S., Rodriguez, G.I., Kosty, M.P.,
Bajorin, D.F., Muchow, A.N., et al. (2014). Projected supply of and demand for
oncologists and radiation oncologists through 2025: an aging, better-insured population
will result in shortage. Journal of Oncology Practice, 10(1): 39-45.
Hooker, R.S. and Muchow, A.N. (2014). The 2013 census of licensed physician
assistants. Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, 27(7): 35-39.
Hooker, R.S. and Muchow, A.N. (2014). Supply of physician assistants: 2013-2026.
Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, 27(3): 39-45.
Reports
Lynn, K.A., Cannon, J.S., and Muchow, A.N. (2015). Valuing outcomes of social
programs: rand database of shadow prices for benefit-cost analysis of social programs,
TL-132-MCF, Santa Monica, California: RAND Corporation.
Auerbach, D.I., Martsolf, G.R., Pearson, M.L., Taylor, E.A., Zaydman, M., Muchow,
A.N., Spetz, J., and Dower, C. (2015). The DNP by 2015. Santa Monica, California:
RAND Corporation.
Conference Presentations
Hooker R. and Muchow A.N. (2013). Modifying state laws for physician assistants and
nurse practitioners can reduce cost of medical services. Academy Health Annual
Research Meeting, Baltimore MD, June 23-25, 2013.
Muchow A.N., Sen, N., and Hooker, R. Kentucky healthcare strategies for cost
containment could include physician assistants and nurse practitioners. Academy Health
Annual Research Meeting, Orlando FL, June 24-26, 2012.