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Jared Eno

jpeno@umich.edu
Jared is interested in issues of poverty and inequality, especially the role of education in social stratification; the role of research in public policy; and quantitative methodology. After completing his MPP at University of Michigan, he worked at…
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Chiara Ferrero

ferreroc@umich.edu
Chiara graduated with honors from the MSc program in Economics and Social Sciences at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy where she had previously earned her BSc in Economics and Social Sciences. Her most recent research experience includes positions…
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Alexander Fertig

afertig@umich.edu
Alexander Fertig received a BA in Mathematics and Economics from Wesleyan University and an MPA from the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs. His current research interests are in development economics and political…
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Jane Furey

jlfurey@umich.edu
Jane Furey is a PhD student in Public Policy and Sociology, with interests in inequality, education, social policy and quantitative methods. She previously worked at Abt Associates, where she focused on the evaluations of education and income…
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Jessica Gillooly

jgillool@umich.edu
Jessica Gillooly is a PhD candidate in Sociology and Public Policy and a trainee of Social Demography at the Population Studies Center, where she studies the criminal justice system. Her research uses ethnographic methods to examine how interactions…
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Billy Huang

bhhuang@umich.edu
Billy Huang is a joint doctoral student in economics and public policy at the University of Michigan. He holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics and philosophy from Duke University and a master's degree in economics from the University of…
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Stephanie Karol

sakarol@umich.edu
Stephanie A. Karol is a fourth-year PhD candidate in Public Policy and Economics. She studies the interaction between the public sector and private philanthropy in the provision of social services. Stephanie holds a BA in Economics and International…
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Nadiya Kostyuk

nadiya@umich.edu
Nadiya Kostyuk is a doctoral candidate in Political Science and Public Policy at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Her research focuses on security studies, modern warfare, cyber conflict, cyber institutions and capability, Russian and Eurasian…
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Theodor Kulczycki

theok@umich.edu
Theo is getting his PhD in Public Policy & Economics. His research interests include the economic impacts of climate change, labor and health aspects of migration, and development economics. He has previously worked for the Climate Impact Lab and the…
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Jieun Lee

leejieun@umich.edu
Jieun is interested in the political economy of trade policies in both the domestic and international arena. Prior to joining the PhD program, she worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Korea, Korea Institute of Public Finance, and the Korea…
Jieun Lee
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Michael Lerner

lernerm@umich.edu
Michael is a Ph.D. student in the Political Science department and the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. His research focuses on topics in comparative environmental politics, with a particular focus on adaptation…
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Shekinah Nissi Lightner

lightner@umich.edu
Shekinah is a joint PhD student in Public Policy and Political Science. Prior to coming to Michigan, she graduated with her B.A. in Political Science and Economics from Furman University in 2020. She is broadly interested in education policy and…
S. Lightner
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Parag Mahajan

paragma@umich.edu
Parag is a joint doctoral student in Economics and Public Policy. He graduated in 2009 with a B.A. in Economics and International Studies from Northwestern University. Before arriving to Michigan, he worked as a Research Associate at the Federal…
Parag Mahajan
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Peter Martel

pmartel@umich.edu
Peter J. Martel is a second-year student in the joint PhD Program in Public Policy & Sociology. His research focuses on the U.S. legal system, mass incarceration, criminal procedure, and prisons. He is currently in the early stages of a project that…
P. Martel
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Shawn Martin

shawnmm@umich.edu
Shawn Martin is a Ph.D candidate in Economics and Public Policy and a fellow in the Predoctoral Training Program in Causal Inference in Education Policy Research. She studies the labor market outcomes of college graduates and differences by the…
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Stephanie Owen

srowen@umich.edu
Stephanie Owen is a PhD candidate in Economics and Public Policy and is on the job market in 2020-21. She studies the economics of education and is interested in interventions and policies with the potential to address inequities along various…
Stephanie Owen
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Eitan Paul

eitanp@umich.edu
Eitan Paul is a joint PhD candidate in Public Policy and Political Science. He studies the effects of civil society and social accountability initiatives on the quality of democratic representation and the distribution of public goods in Southeast…
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Anita Ravishankar

anitarav@umich.edu
Anita Ravishankar is a PhD student in World Politics and Public Policy at the University of Michigan, where she studies the costs of political violence, particularly with respect to civilians’ trust in state institutions. Her research explores how…
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Sinéad Redmond

sineadgr@umich.edu
Sinéad graduated from Barnard College with a BA in Political Science in 2012. Since then, she has worked as a paralegal in Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s Public Policy Litigation & Law Department. She is interested in studying American…
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Katherine Richard

krzrich@umich.edu
Katherine Richard is a joint doctoral student in economics and public policy at the University of Michigan. She intends to research channels through which public programs and taxation affect inequality. Prior to graduate school, she interned for the…
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Margarita Maria Rodriguez Morales

mmrodri@umich.edu
Margarita is a doctoral student in the joint program of Public Policy and Sociology. Her research interests focus on inequalities, development, and Science and Technology Studies. She plans to study of the bureaucratics of poverty governance in Latin…
M. Rodriguez Morales
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Jasmine Simington

jsimingt@umich.edu
Jasmine completed her B.A. in Sociology with honors distinction at Yale University in 2014.  After graduating, she became a researcher in the Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center at the Urban Institute studying assisted housing…
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Corina Simonelli

csimonel@umich.edu
Corina is PhD student in Political Science and Public Policy at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on civil conflict broadly with specific interests in third-party intervention, peacebuilding, the financing of violent non-state actors,…
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Kennedy Turner

turkenne@umich.edu
Kennedy Turner received a BA in Political Science from Howard University in May 2011. She held a research internship at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) and she has participated in the Ronald E. McNair and Public Policy Intentional…
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Brittany Vasquez

vasqbn@umich.edu
Brittany Vasquez is a PhD student in Public Policy & Sociology with broad interests in education policy, stratification, and quantitative methods. She is a fellow in Causal Inference in Education Policy Research with the Education Policy Initiative,…
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Dyanne Vaught

davaught@umich.edu
Dyanne Vaught is a PhD candidate in Economics and Public Policy at the University of Michigan, with interests in international trade, macroeconomics, and trade and foreign policy. Her research focuses on the impacts of temporary trade policies,…
D. Vaught
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Lydia Wileden

lwileden@umich.edu
Lydia Wileden is a PhD Candidate in Sociology and Public Policy at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on measuring neighborhood reputation and documenting processes of neighborhood choice and neighborhood change. She is a research…
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