David Brady joined the Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California, in 2024. He is also a Visiting Research Professor in Inequality and Social Policy at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center. He teaches classes in policy analysis, quantitative methods, poverty, inequality, and social policy. He investigates a variety of research questions related to poverty, racial inequality, social policy, health, and immigration. He is the author of Rich Democracies, Poor People (2009, Oxford University Press). He has studied deep and extreme poverty (with Zachary Parolin), and the risks of child poverty in the U.S. (with Regina Baker and Ryan Finnigan). 

Areas of Expertise

Political Consequences of Rising Immigration and Ethnic Heterogeneity

Measurement of Long-Term Economic Resources

Affects of Long-Term Economic Resources on Racial and Health Inequalities