Leigh Anderson is the Marc Lindenberg Professor for Humanitarian Action, International Development, and Global Citizenship at the University of Washington’s Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy and Governance. She is an economist interested in how individuals living in poverty make financial, environmental, health, and other livelihood decisions, especially when outcomes are highly risky or spread over time. Her current research focuses on gender, rural poverty and agriculture, and market and policy institutions. Professor Anderson founded EPAR in 2008 and continues to direct its research.