Elan C. Hope, PhD

Elan C. Hope, PhD, is the Vice President for Research and Evaluation at Policy Research Associates. Dr. Hope develops and provides oversight on research and evaluation projects and uses her team’s scientific findings to inform and strengthen PRA’s technical assistance efforts. Dr. Hope is an expert in qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-method community-led research design and an award-winning author of over 70 scholarly publications. Dr. Hope is also the Editor of the Journal of Adolescent Research. Before joining PRA, Dr. Hope was an associate professor of psychology and a university scholar at NC State University.