Franshelly M. Martínez-Ortiz is a PhD student in Political Science at Gerald Ford School of Public Policy. Her research focuses on broad topics of Race and Ethnicity, Political Behavior and American Public Opinion. She is currently working on…

Esmeralda López is a joint PhD student in Political Science and Public Policy at the University of Michigan. She is interested in how conflict-related sexual violence and other gender violence are reported (and not reported) at the individual and…

Katie Laursen is a PhD student in Economics and Public Policy. Her research interests are primarily in the economics of education and labor economics. Katie grew up in California and she graduated with highest honors from UC Davis in 2021 with a BA…

J’Mauri Jackson (she/her) is a Ph.D. Student in Public Policy and Sociology, NSF Graduate Research Fellow, and Rackham Merit Fellow. She completed a Bachelor of Science in Psychology at The Ohio State University (2019) and a Master of Art in…

Kelcie is a PhD student in Public Policy and Economics. She is interested in studying the intersection of household finance and education, with a focus on how students finance post-secondary pursuits. Previously, she worked as an interest rate…

Xavier is a joint doctoral student in Sociology and Public Policy. His research looks broadly at how legal and organizational structures impact gender construction in schools. He is interested in how static identity categories used in state-level…

Saheel Chodavadia is a PhD Student in Economics and Public Policy at the University of Michigan; his current research interests are in development and labor economics.Saheel previously worked as a Pre-Doctoral Fellow at the Harvard Business School.…