Udoi Rateng is a PhD student in the joint Public Policy and Political Science program. With over a decade of experience as a public affairs researcher in Kenya in the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, Udoi has conducted nationally representative…

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…