
Rhea Acuña
Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Social policy, urban policy

Graham Ambrose
Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Design and Governance
Areas of Expertise
Governance and decision-making in the food system

Mariah Brennan
Ph.D. Student, Social Science Ph.D. Program
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Graduate Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion
Areas of Expertise
Veteran affairs (education and health)

Austin McNeill Brown
Ph.D. Student, Social Science Ph.D. Program
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Graduate Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion
Areas of Expertise
Recovery science, addiction recovery wellness, substance use disorders

Brandon Charles
Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Adam Cucchiara
Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Veterans’ affairs, law enforcement and policing, national security

William Clay Fannin
Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Social welfare programs, poverty policy

Myriam Gregoire-Zawilski
Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Environmental and energy policy, energy transitions, green innovation

Joshua Grove
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Graduate Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion
BA, Psychology, Hood College, 1998
MA, Religion and Biblical Theology, United Lutheran Seminary, 2000
MA, Sociology, University at Albany, 2008

Zhe He
Ph.D Student, Economics Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Applied econometrics, econometrics theory

Harneet Kaur
Ph.D. Student, Social Science Ph.D. Program
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Hyojeong Kim
Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Social policy, public finance

Jooyoung Kim
Ph.D. Student, Economics Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Urban economics, public economics, labor economics

Sujung (Crystal) Lee
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
BS, Sociology, University of Minnesota,Twin Cities, 2017

Shuyuan Li
Ph.D. Student, Economics Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Education economics

Maeve Maloney
Ph.D. Student, Economics Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Urban economics, labor economics

Qasim Mehdi
Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Climate change, hydrology and watershed management, environmental policy, collaborative governance

Nicholas Oesterling
Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Design and Governance
Areas of Expertise
Policy design, implementation and compliance, institutional analysis

Lauryn Quick
Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Social policy

Michael Quinn
Ph.D. Student, Economics Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Economics of education

Radine Rafols
Ph.D. Student, Economics Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Urban economics, labor economics, development

Sarah Souders
Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Public finance and governance, political economy of education, social policy, education program evaluation

Yue Sun
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Graduate Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion
B.A., Public Administration, East China University of Science & Technology, 2015
M.A., Sociology, Zhejiang University, 2017

Rui Xu
Ph.D Student, Economics Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Labor economics, education, applied econometrics

Zhanhan Yu
Ph.D. Student, Economics Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Labor, urban, environmental economics

Bo Zheng
Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Impact of technological advancement on social inequality

Dongmei Zuo
Ph.D. Student, Social Science Ph.D. Program
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Aging and health, health-based public policy, food and nutrition policy, social gerontology