Jason Furman is Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy jointly at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and the Department of Economics at Harvard University. He is also nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. This...
Hello there! I am a journalist and aspiring lawyer. Born in South Korea and raised in Australia, then educated at Harvard and Tsinghua, I have relied on strong communities my whole life--and look forward to contributing what I can to Lowell House. As an...
Hi everyone! I’m a current PhD candidate in the government department studying public policy and geographic inequality. I’m particularly passionate about teaching, and have taught and TF’d lots of courses on data science, public policy, and American...
By day, I work for Massachusetts as an Assistant Attorney General. This year, I'm leading a team fighting the opioid epidemic, including a suit by our state against Purdue Pharma. By night, I help create our Lowell Speeches. I grew up in North Carolina...
I am a Professor of Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and co-Director of the Harvard Data Science Initiative. My research focuses on the development of statistical methods for the analysis of large and complex data; I lead...
I’m a behavioral scientist and public policy professor at HKS. I use behavioral science insights and methods to understand important social challenges and to develop interventions to mitigate them. Specifically, I work on helping families support student...
I am an Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College and a Visiting Professor of Government at Harvard for the 2023-24 academic year. I study the politics and psychology of foreign policy decision-making. I am the author of The Commander-in...
Hi, I'm Aldara! I'm a master's in public policy candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School and a Fulbright scholar from Spain. I have a BSc in Pure Mathematics and a BA in Philosophy. I've always been drawn to the question of equality of opportunity and that...
Hi Lowell! I'm Rutvij, an Internal Medicine resident at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. I grew up in Mumbai and Dubai and came to the US for college in 2012. I studied Political Science and Economics at Northwestern, then worked as a healthcare...
I joined the Harvard Economics Department in 2017. Before that, I worked in government, most recently as an Assistant Secretary at the Treasury Department during the Obama Administration. I am passionate about the difference that good economic policy can...
Hi Lowell! I am a doctoral student in the economics department with broad interests in public finance and development economics. Before grad school, I worked in academic research (at the University of Zurich) and international policy (at the OECD in Paris...