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Professor of the Practice

David.Yokum@unc.edu


David Yokum joined the School of Data Science and Society as a professor of the practice, in addition to his service as North Carolina’s chief scientist in the Office of State Budget and Management. He was previously director of The Lab @ DC in the D.C. Mayor’s Office and before that, a member of the White House’s social and behavioral sciences team and director of the U.S. Office of Evaluation Sciences. He works with local, state, and federal governments on how to generate and use evidence within policymaking, while also pursuing a research agenda on the psychology of how people change their minds and make decisions, especially as related to the interpretation and use of data.