Dr. Stephanie Hoopes

Stephanie Hoopes, PhD, is the National Director of United For ALICE, a national research organization that developed the ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) measures and drives innovative research and action around financial hardship. Also serving as Chief Research and Impact Officer at United Way of Northern New Jersey, Dr. Hoopes demonstrates the power of connecting research to action.

Before joining United Way of Northern New Jersey, Dr. Hoopes taught at Rutgers University-Newark and Columbia University, and at the Universities of Sussex and Birmingham in the United Kingdom. Dr. Hoopes has a doctoral degree from the London School of Economics, a master’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a bachelor’s degree from Wellesley College. Her research has garnered the attention of local, state, and national media and legislators.