Andrea Eastman
Research Assistant Professor
Eastman uses linked, administrative data to answer policy relevant questions concerning child protection and juvenile justice systems.
Andrea Eastman
Research Assistant Professor
Eastman uses linked, administrative data to answer policy relevant questions concerning child protection and juvenile justice systems.
Biography
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.
Education
University of Southern California
PhD 2018