Honorary Academic Advisor (Economic Security Initiative)

Dr. Jin Huang is a Professor at Saint Louis University School of Social Work and a Research Associate Professor at the Center for Social Development, Washington University in St. Louis. He is interested in social policy that supports family and child well-being, with a particular focus on financial capability and asset building programs for disadvantaged populations. Dr. Huang is one of the network co-leads to the social work Grand Challenge of Financial Capability and Asset Building for All. He received his PhD in social work from the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis in 2011.