Fellows

Jin Huang, PhD

Inducted in 2025

Bio

Jin Huang, PhD, MSW, is the William and Helen Reichmann Research Professor at the Saint Louis University School of Social Work and Associate Director of Research at the Center for Social Development, Washington University in St. Louis. His research focuses on global social policy, with a particular emphasis on structural and institutional strategies to enhance financial capability and asset building (FCAB) for all families. Dr. Huang is one of the key research leaders for the Saving for Education, Entrepreneurship, and Downpayment (SEED OK) experiment, the largest and longest-running Child Development Account (CDA) policy experiment in the world. He is a co-lead of the network dedicated to “Building Financial Capability and Assets for All,” one of the 13 Grand Challenges for Social Work. Dr. Huang is also a member of the Board of Directors of Influencing Social Policy and was named to the Stanford University-Elsevier World’s Top 2% Scientists list in 2024.

Education

PhD