Ana Nunes (she/her) | Director | anunes@omni.org

Dr. Ana Nunes is a Director at OMNI Institute and primarily oversees large-scale workforce development evaluations, and evaluations of justice system programs for both juveniles and adults. Dr. Nunes brings years of applied consulting experience to her leadership of both quantitative and qualitative research that involves study design and methodology, developing data collection tools, and conducting and managing data analysis and multi-site reporting.

Over the past decade at OMNI, Dr. Nunes has led some of the largest program evaluations in our Justice project portfolio, such as overseeing a Colorado Division of Criminal Justice-funded evaluation of a statewide multi-site juvenile diversion program. This evaluation included in-depth analysis of youths' protective and risk factors, mental health, substance use, and factors contributing to recidivism.

More recently, she has overseen the implementation study of programs funded through the Colorado Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act to support training and career counseling services to jobseekers (particularly disadvantaged workers) statewide, and an educator workforce needs assessment for the State of Wyoming Department of Education.

Dr. Nunes oversees the Best Practice Teams (BPTs) here at OMNI, which provide standards oversight across all project delivery teams. She also leads our Professional Ethics BPT and Project Management BPT.

Dr. Nunes' passion for social justice issues, especially issues of equity, was sparked by growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, where segregation along racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic lines was striking. Before joining OMNI, she spent over a decade investigating and researching various aspects of housing and employment discrimination in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Lisbon, Portugal.

If not hiking or snowshoeing Colorado’s trails with her family, you can find find Dr. Nunes enjoying cooking and baking, or nerding out on NASA’s Mars Exploration program.

“Our clients motivate me to do this work every day. They provide a variety of much needed services to our communities and I think it is a privilege to partner with them to support them meet their goals.”

CONTENT EXPERTISE

Adult and Juvenile Justice

Behavioral Health

EDUCATION

University of Colorado, Boulder
Ph.D., Social Psychology

University of Colorado, Boulder
M.A., Social Psychology

University of California, Santa Cruz
B.A., Legal Studies & Psychology

+ Certifications, Memberships, Awards, and Service

  • 2018 Editor Commendation from Journal of Business and Psychology for paper entitled: The Effect of Employee Assistance Services on Reductions in Employee Absenteeism
  • Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), Postdoctoral Research Grant (Portugal equivalent of National Science Foundation) (2012-2013)
  • Grant-In-Aid Award, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (2008)
  • Clara Mayo Grant, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (2005)

+ Selected Publications

  1. Nunes, A.P., Richmond, M.K., Pampel, F.C., Wood, R.C. (2018). The effect of employee assistance services on reductions in employee absenteeism. Journal of Business and Psychology. 33(6), 699-709. DOI: 10.1007/s10869-017-9518-5
  2. Nunes, A.P., Richmond, M.K., Marzano, K., Swenson, C., Lockhart, J. (2017). Ten years of implementing screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT): Lessons learned. Substance Abuse Journal. DOI:10.1080/08897077.2017.1362369
  3. Richmond, M.K., Pampel, F.C., Wood, R.C., & Nunes, A.P. (2017). Impact of employee assistance services on depression, anxiety, and risky alcohol use. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. DOI:10.1097/JOM.0000000000000744
  4. Richmond, M. K., Pampel, F. C., Wood, R. C., & Nunes, A.P. (2016). The impact of employee assistance services on workplace outcomes: Results of a prospective, quasi-experimental study. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. DOI: 10.1037/ocp0000018
  5. Hahn, A., Nunes, A.P., Judd, C.M. & Park, B. (2013). Social-psychological recommendations for a diverse work environment. In Thomas, K., Plaut, V., Tran, M. (Eds.): Diversity Ideologies in Organizations. Taylor-Francis: New York, NY. Invited Chapter.
  6. Bendick, M. & Nunes, A.P. (2012). Developing the research basis for controlling bias in hiring. Journal of Social Issues, 68-2, 238-262. DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2012.01747.x
  7. Judd, C.M., Van Boven, L., Huber, M., & Nunes, A.P. (2011). Perception and projection of political polarization among the American electorate. In J. Aldrich & K. MacGraw (Eds.), Improving Public Opinion Surveys: Interdisciplinary Innovation and the American National Election Studies. Princeton University Press.

+ Selected Presentations

  1. Nunes, A.P., Marzano, K., Swenson, C., Lockhart, J., Smith, C., & Richmond, M.K. (2016, November). Lessons learned from 10 years of substance use screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT) in Colorado. Presented at the American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting and Health Expo, Denver, CO.
  2. Nunes, A. P., Judd, C.M., & Cohen, G. (2012, September). The short and long-term effects of legal vs. value messages. Presented at the annual European Social Cognition Network (ESCON) Meeting, Estoril, Portugal.
  3. Nunes, A.P. & Bendick, M. (2005, July). Studying employment discrimination through paired comparison testing. Presented at a conference sponsored by Monash University (Australia), Field Experiments of Discrimination in Markets, Prato, Italy.