Sara M. Bernardo

Bernardo is a PhD candidate in the Department of Public Policy and Public Affairs at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Her research examines the relationships between U.S. household indebtedness; and financial and labor market developments and social policy; focusing on the transformations within economic and social security practices since the 1970s. Bernardo is also a lecturer in the Department of Economics at UMass Boston; teaching courses on money and financial institutions; the history of economic thought; and labor market economics. Her research and teaching objectives aim at bridging the gap between current economic policy issues and the standard theories taught in university economics curriculum; with the end goal of encouraging a deeper analysis of the policy making process in order to develop more comprehensive economic security policies.