Julia Minson is an Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. She is a decision scientist with research interests in conflict, negotiations and judgment and decision making. Her primary line of research addresses the “psychology of disagreement” – How do people engage with opinions, judgments and decisions that are different from […]
Dr. Jennifer Lerner is the Thornton F. Bradshaw Professor of Public Policy, Management and Decision Science at the Harvard Kennedy School. She is the first psychologist in the history of the Harvard Kennedy School to receive tenure. Professor Lerner also holds appointments in Harvard’s Department of Psychology and Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences. In addition to
Sharad Goel is a Professor of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, and leads the Computational Policy Lab at the Shorenstein Center. He looks at public policy through the lens of computer science, bringing a computational perspective to a diverse range of contemporary social and political issues, including criminal justice reform, democratic governance, and the
Matthew A. Baum (Ph.D., UC San Diego, 2000) is the Marvin Kalb Professor of Global Communications and Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and Department of Government. His research focuses on the domestic politics of international conflict and cooperation in general and American foreign policy in particular, as well
Leonie Beyrle Barker is the Research Manager of the Public Interest Tech Lab, where she conducts and manages research on issues such as algorithmic fairness, data privacy, and surveillance technology, including as the head of the lab’s Weaponized Social Media Research Group. She teaches courses on technology science and research methods – at the Harvard
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Josh Visnaw is the Project Manager for VoteFlare, a non-partisan voter monitoring and empowerment tool. He is responsible for expanding the tool nationwide to state election officials and civil society partners ahead of the 2022 elections. He is an advocacy, policy, and political strategist who has had several roles in campaigns, community engagement, and international
I come to the Shorenstein Center with nearly 20 years of experience in primary, secondary, and higher education. I’m a musician by trade and training, but my current role is to work with Professor Latanya Sweeney to manage the goings on of the Public Interest Tech Lab. Nice to meet you!
Carmen serves as editor-in-chief and strategic director of The Journalist’s Resource and journalistsresource.org – a website that offers accessible summaries of high-quality medical and social science research, articles about standout studies, tip sheets on how to avoid common journalistic pitfalls, explainers on newsy public policy topics, interviews with public policy subject experts, topical comics, interactive
Max Boland is a Program Coordinator for the Student Media Initiative and a Faculty Assistant to Profs. Gibbs and Sweeney. Max is responsible for driving student engagement with the Shorenstein Center and managing all student-facing Shorenstein Center programs, including student-run journals, events, trainings, seminars, internships, and research assistantships. He also supports the Public Interest Tech
Todd Rogers is the Weatherhead Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He is a behavioral scientist who works to increase student attendance, strengthen democracy, and improve communication. He is coauthor of Writing for Busy Readers, with Jessica Lasky-Fink. Todd has co-founded two social enterprises. First, the Analyst Institute which focuses on improving voter
Ke Wang is a doctoral student at the Harvard Kennedy School studying Judgment and Decision Making with Professor Lerner. He received his Bachelor’s degree from Wuhan University in 2016 and his Master’s degree from the University of Chicago in 2017, concentrating in Psychology. He worked as a research fellow with Professor Lerner for two years.
Caitlin Dickerson is an award-winning investigative reporter and feature writer for The Atlantic magazine. Dickerson has reported on immigration from three continents and dozens of American cities. She has broken news about changes in deportation and detention policy, and often profiles the lives of immigrants, including those without legal status. Previously, Dickerson spent nearly five years as a reporter at The New York
Tom Casciato is an award-winning filmmaker, director, writer, producer and executive who has created critically acclaimed nonfiction projects that have appeared on PBS, ABC, NBC, TBS, Showtime and more. He is currently directing a documentary about criminal justice in New Orleans, and is also a Special Correspondent for PBS NewsHour. He has recently served as the
Adam Lashinsky is an award-winning journalist, bestselling author, and seasoned TV and radio commentator who has covered the technology industry, finance, and other topics for more than 30 years, with postings and assignments on three continents. He is the former executive editor of Fortune Magazine, where for two decades he covered the biggest and fastest-growing companies
Kasia Chmielinski is the Co-Founder of The Data Nutrition Project, an initiative that builds tools to mitigate bias in artificial intelligence. As a Shorenstein Fellow, their focus will be on policy and tooling mechanisms to drive responsible algorithmic systems. They are also a Senior Researcher at the Partnership on AI with a focus on machine
Kathy Gannon served as news director for Pakistan and Afghanistan for The Associated Press until May, 2022. She has covered the Afghanistan/Pakistan region for the AP as a correspondent and bureau chief since 1988, a period that spans the withdrawal of Russian soldiers from Afghanistan, the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the bitter Afghan civil war,
Seth K. Goldman is Honors Associate Professor of Communication at University of Massachusetts-Amherst, where he holds a joint appointment in the Department of Communication and Commonwealth Honors College. His research investigates the effects of mass media and political communication on stereotyping and prejudice, particularly around public opinion about race, gender, and sexuality. Goldman is the
Phillip Martin is a senior investigative reporter for The GBH News Center for Investigative Reporting. He is the recipient of dozens of journalism honors including two National RTNDA Edward R. Murrow awards and the 2017 Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi award for Investigative Reporting. A former Nieman Fellow at Harvard, Phillip Martin was NPR’s
Jonathan Corpus Ong is Associate Professor of Global Digital Media in the University of Massachusetts – Amherst. He is the author of two books and over 25 journal articles in the areas of media ethics, humanitarian communication, and digital politics. He is currently Co-Principal Investigator on a National Science Foundation Accelerator Grant (2021-2022) investigating racially
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