Consulting Scientist
greg.owen@wilder.org

Greg leads a wide range of research projects at Wilder Research, including major studies of hospice care, welfare reform, delinquency, child maltreatment, homelessness, and access to preventive health care. He currently leads a team of eight researchers and serves as principal investigator for the statewide study of homelessness, two federally funded studies of adoption, a multi-year study of gains in self-sufficiency, and two federally funded evaluations of faith-based initiatives.

Greg serves as an adjunct professor in the Health and Human Services graduate program at St. Mary’s University and has been a guest lecturer at the University of Minnesota, Hamline University, Concordia University, St. Thomas University, and Augsburg College.

Recent projects

• Evaluation of Act Six, a leadership and scholarship initiative of the Northwest Leadership Foundation
• A study of the civic engagement patterns of college students and graduates
• A study that assesses the condition of homelessness in Omaha, NE and develops recommendations for appropriate funding for funders, service providers, and advocates
• Assistance to Ramsey County with a U-Care funded project designed to help Somali, Hmong, and Latino/Latina workers communicate mental health and social welfare concepts in their respective languages
• Evaluation of capacity building services provided by the Northwest Leadership Foundation and the Knoxville Leadership Foundation
• Minnesota statewide homeless study

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