Andrea Lane Eastman has been a research assistant professor with the Children’s Data Network at USC since 2019. The Children’s Data Network provides a platform for the linkage and analysis of population-level, administrative data sources to inform children’s policies and programs. Prior to joining USC as faculty, she completed her PhD and postdoctoral fellowship at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work.
Her scholarship has been informed by her previous work in the California State Senate where she served as a legislative aide and committee consultant on several state initiatives surrounding health and human services and public safety. She is currently leading a portfolio of research for the Children’s Data Network funded through grants from the Reissa Foundation and the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, and stewarding a number of new data partnerships, including with the Los Angeles County Probation Department.
Eastman graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and received her master’s degree in marriage and family therapy from Pepperdine University. While obtaining her master’s degree, Eastman worked as a therapist trainee for victims and perpetrators of child maltreatment.