Rachel Klepper is a Research Analyst at UNH, where she conducts research and data analysis that highlights the importance of the settlement house model in New York. She joins UNH as a Leading Edge Fellow through the American Council of Learned Societies. 

Rachel received her PhD in History and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University in 2024. Her dissertation explored the history of afterschool programs in New York City in the mid-twentieth century, and how ideas about childhood, philanthropy, social welfare, and education shaped the varied opportunities available to children. She has also worked as an afterschool teacher and program manager at a youth development organization in Washington, DC.