Elsa Augustine (She/Her)
Assistant Director of Public Policy and Research
Elsa develops programming and supports publicly engaged and policy relevant research. She also directs CSBS’s Policy and Research Legislative Fellows program, which provides experiences to graduate students in conducting policy relevant research for the public good, and is leading the new Partnerships for Evidence-based Public Policy fellowship program for Illinois faculty.
Elsa’s has a master’s in public policy from the University of California, Berkeley and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Washington University in St. Louis, MO. She was a Peace Corps Volunteer in El Salvador.