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Bill Sermons

Bill Sermons


Adjunct Faculty

M William (Bill) Sermons is National Director of Research and Evaluation for Catholic Charities USA.

M William Sermons, PhD is the Vice President for Research & Evaluation for Volunteers of America and Adjunct Professor at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College. Dr. Sermons, who earned his PhD in Civil Engineering from Northwestern University and Masters of Social Work from Catholic University, has extensive experience in the nonprofit sector, working in both national advocacy organizations focused on policy, such as the National Alliance to End Homelessness and the Center for Responsible Lending, and in National human service organizations, like his current work with Volunteers of America and former role with Catholic Charities USA. He teaches the course Using R for Policy Data Analysis, which focuses on the use of public data and open source tools to document racial disparities in public policy. 

Courses Taught


  • 90-872 - Using R for Policy Data Analysis

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