Ron Haskins has drawn on his expertise in welfare reform, child care, child support, marriage, child protection, and budget and deficit issues to advise governmental bodies and foundations alike. He spent 14 years in the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, editing three editions of the committee’s “Green Book.” In 1997, Haskins was selected by the National Journal as one of the 100 most influential people in the federal government.
Following his time in government, Haskins served as senior editor of The Future of Children, senior consultant at the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and codirector of the Brookings Institution’s Center on Children and Families. He and longtime collaborator Isabel Sawhill were the first joint recipients of the Moynihan Prize.
Professional positions
- 2001–present: Senior fellow (now emeritus) in economic studies, Brookings Institution
- 2002: Senior Advisor to the President for Welfare Policy (under President George W. Bush)
- 1986–2000: Republican staff welfare counsel (1986–1994) and majority staff director (1995–2000), Subcommittee on Human Resources, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means
- 1973–1985: Research assistant–research associate professor, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Notable publications
- Haskins, Ron, and Greg Margolis. 2014. Show Me the Evidence: Obama’s Fight for Rigor and Results in Social Policy. Brookings Institution Press.
- Haskins, Ron. 2006. Work over Welfare: The Inside Story of the 1996 Welfare Reform Law. Brookings Institution Press.
- Sawhill, Isabel V., R. Kent Weaver, Ron Haskins, and Andrea Kane, eds. 2002. Welfare Reform and Beyond: The Future of the Safety Net. Brookings Institution Press.
- Blank, Rebecca, and Ron Haskins, eds. 2001. The New World of Welfare. Brookings Institution Press.
Degrees
- PhD, developmental psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- MAT, education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- AB, history, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
