Rich Parr is research director with The MassINC Polling Group and runs MPG’s office in western Massachusetts. He has been with MPG since 2013 and has been contributing writing, data visualizations and maps to WBUR since 2014.

Before coming to MPG, Rich worked in public policy for a Boston-area business association, and in public media for the PBS documentary series "FRONTLINE." Rich holds a bachelor’s degree in literature from Harvard College. He lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, with his wife and daughters.