Summary
Miles Williams is a PhD candidate in Political Science and an Associate Fellow on the Methods Team at the Office of Evaluation Sciences, bringing nine years of research and teaching experience at major U.S. universities. He specializes in international relations, political economy, and the politics of foreign aid, with a strong emphasis on applying and developing machine learning methods for causal inference. At OES he blends rigorous social science with practical government evaluation to improve public programs, while his academic work includes structural topic modeling and experimental research. He has taught and supported undergraduate and graduate research, and his trajectory spans hands-on data methods, policy-relevant evaluation, and scholarly publication. Notably, he balances deep methodological skill with real-world impact within federal evaluation practice.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Political Science, Master’s Degree, Political Science at Eastern Illinois University
Bachelor’s Degree, History & Political Science; Philosophy, Bachelor’s Degree, History & Political Science; Philosophy at Greenville College
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign