Misty Heggeness


Misty Heggeness
  • Associate Scientist, Institute for Policy & Social Research
  • Professor, Public Affairs and Administration
  • Co-director, Kansas Population Center

Contact Info

REGN 370K
Edwards
12600 Quivira Road
Overland Park, KS 66213

Biography —

Misty L. Heggeness is a professor in the School of Public Affairs and Administration and an associate research scientist in the Institute for Policy and Social Research at the University of Kansas. She has over a decade of experience leading high-profile research that informed decision-making within the U.S. federal government. Her research focuses on poverty & inequality, gender economics, and the high-skilled workforce and has appeared in outlets like The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR, The Economist, and Science.

Education —

Ph.D. in Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, 2010
Master of Public Policy and Social Work, University of Minnesota, 2002
B.S. in Spanish and Family Social Science, University of Minnesota, 1999