About me
Matt Birnbaum has been directing IMLS’s Office of Research and Evaluation since 2016 and previously served as its evaluation officer beginning in 2011. Upon his arrival to Washington, DC in 2004, he created an evaluation function at the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and previously had been on the faculty of the graduate program of public administration at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Matt has penned multiple publications, including co-editing a 2009 volume of New Directions for Evaluation, and holds a PhD in urban and regional planning from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an MPA from New York University, and a BS from Cornell University.
