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ISPS Graduate Policy Fellow 2024

Beck Boorstein is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History. They also previously earned their J.D. from The University of Chicago Law School. Their research interests include the history of the regulation of disability; labor history; and topics in administrative, health, and tort law. As an ISPS fellow, they will conduct research on the relationship between service worker unions and federal administrative agencies.

Jennifer Klein
Bradford Durfee Professor of History

Jennifer Klein is Durfee Professor of History in the field of 20th Century US history. She earned her B.A. at Barnard College, her Ph.D. at the University of Virginia and first came to Yale as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation fellow in Health Policy.

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ISPS Director's Fellow 2023

Isaidy Medina is a sophomore in Silliman College majoring in history. She is from New York City and is interested in researching access to education in immigrant communities, especially in relation to politics and policies of citizenship. On campus, she volunteers with the Elm City Echo, a student-run literary magazine, and works at the Yale Center for British Art.

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ISPS Director's Fellow 2023

Jasmine Oang is a junior in Morse College studying history with a specialization in politics, law, and government. As a first-generation college student from Los Angeles, Oang is interested in serving low-income, marginalized communities. She found a way to channel her passion into education and mental health policy work after serving as a policy intern for the New Haven Public Schools.

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