Cohort Year 2025-2026

Ben Zipperer

Ben Zipperer joined the Economic Policy Institute in 2016. His areas of expertise include the minimum wage, inequality, and low-wage labor markets. He has published research in The Quarterly Journal of Economics and the Industrial and Labor Relations Review and…

Alexandra Mateescu

Alexandra Mateescu is a researcher with Data & Society’s Labor Futures program, where she has worked for the last decade on producing in-depth qualitative research, curating accessible public resources and convening workshops, and contributing to efforts to strengthen worker rights…

Júlia Martins Rodrigues

Júlia Martins Rodrigues, PhD, is a research associate at the University of Colorado Boulder and serves as a governor-appointed commissioner on Employee Ownership at the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade. Her areas of expertise include cooperative law,…