MICRO-BIO

• I am currently a Public Policy PhD student at UC Berkeley, but have also enjoyed prior careers as the Director of Research at a mission driven consulting firm and an Education Law attorney. I am currently pursuing three strands of research, scholars...More

  I am currently a Public Policy PhD student at UC Berkeley, but have also enjoyed prior careers as the Director of Research at a mission driven consulting firm and an Education Law attorney. I am currently pursuing three strands of research, scholarship, and service. The first is focused on k-12 public school discipline reform. I am working on using advanced quantitative methodologies to assess the effectiveness of California's Restorative Justice (RJ) programs and to identify the conditions under which they thrive. The second focuses on means of reducing interracial bias and distance be determining whether and when intergroup contact (in workplaces, schools, and other contexts) reduces racial bias. The third focuses on ways to improve criminal justice systems to ensure that decisions of judges and juries are not products of intergroup bias. I have published five articles in law journals. My most cited article provides research backed tips for improving law school pedagogy. I have also written articles for The Nation and Education Week. Outside of my academic pursuits, I have had the incedible fortune of being a competitor on NBC's American Ninja Warrior. There, I appear as "The Giving Ninja," and have donated every dollar I win to educational nonprofits.

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EXPERIENCE

• UC Berkeley

  • PhD Student / Instructor
  • Goldman School of Public Policy
  • Present

EDUCATION

• UC Berkeley, Goldman School of Public Policy

  • PhD
  • August 2017 to Present

  Awards: 1st Place, Poster Competition, Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM) 2018 Conference

• UC Berkeley Law School

  • JD
  • August 2011 to May 2014

  Awards: Eleanor Swift Award for Distinguished Public Service; American Jurisprudence Award; Prosser Award

• Harvard

  • B.A., Sociology
  • August 2002 to May 2006

Links

• Resume
• Linked In Profile