Courtenay Kessler

Courtenay is a researcher with over 10 years of experience in public health, nutrition, and human development. She has extensive training and experience in quantitative methods, including multilevel modeling, latent profile analysis, and quasi-experimental designs. She has a strong background in qualitative methods, including interview, focus group, and observational designs.

At Insight, Courtenay supports several projects in the Food and Nutrition practice area, primarily focusing on the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). She leads the quantitative analysis for the Reasons for Under Redemption of the WIC Cash-Value Benefit project. She also supports the WIC Nutrition Risk Assessment Study and the WIC Participant and Program Characteristics report.

Prior to joining Insight, Courtenay worked as an associate researcher at the Center for Urban Population Health at University of Wisconsin-Madison. She supported the evaluation of a statewide initiative to improve health and development for children from birth to age 5. She also helped develop and evaluate several nutrition education programs. Courtenay has a Ph.D. from Northwestern University in human development and social policy. She earned her M.A. from Northwestern University in human development and social policy and her M.S. from the T.H. Chan Harvard School of Public Health in society, human development, and health.