Erica Williams
Erica Williams joined the Center in August 2009 as a Research Analyst with the State Fiscal Project. Her work includes tracking state tax and budget policy and analyzing government data on state trends in poverty, employment, health insurance coverage, food stamp participation, EITC claims, and other areas.
Prior to joining the Center, Williams spent 6 years as a study director at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, where she managed projects and conducted research on the Status of Women in the States and in the Middle East and North Africa and on a variety of issues of concern to women such as welfare, job training and education, early care and education, Social Security, and civic engagement.
Williams holds a B.A. from Santa Clara University where she studied Sociology and Spanish Studies and an M.A. in International Policy from the Monterey Institute of International Studies with a certificate in Gender and Development.
