Team directory: K
Team directory: K
Birikti Kahsai, ISPS Director's Fellow, 2026
Birikti Kahsai is a junior in Branford double majoring in Black Studies and History. She is interested in housing policy and particularly in the creation of more robust tenant protections at the local and federal level. On campus, Birikti serves on the boards of the Black Student Alliance, Branford College Council, and Urban Improvement Corps.
Joshua Kalla, Associate Professor of Political Science
Joshua Kalla is associate professor of political science with a secondary appointment in statistics and data science and a faculty affiliate in Jewish studies. He received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Berkeley (2018). His research focuses on political persuasion, campaign effects, prejudice reduction, and decision-making among voters and political elites, primarily through the use of randomized field experiments.
Grace Kao, IBM Professor of Sociology and Professor of Ethnicity, Race, and Migration (Secondary)
Grace Kao is IBM Professor of Sociology and professor of ethnicity, race, and migration (secondary appointment, by courtesy) at Yale University. Her research focuses on: 1) racial, ethnic, and immigrant differences in educational outcomes and transition to adulthood; 2) interracial friendships and romantic relationships; 3) sociology of music, especially K-pop and the Hallyu; and 4) dating and marriage in S. Korea. She has written numerous articles and books on these topics.
Daniel Karell, Assistant Professor of Sociology
Daniel Karell is an assistant professor of sociology at Yale University, where he is also affiliated with the Institution of Social and Policy Studies and co-organizes the Computational Social Science Workshop. His current research uses computational, quantitative, and experimental methods to examine the intersection of social movements, culture, and technology.
Christina Kinane, Assistant Professor of Political Science
Christina M. Kinane is an assistant professor of political science and a resident faculty fellow at the Institution of Social and Policy Studies. Broadly, she studies the role of legislatures, executives, and the bureaucracy in policymaking. In particular, her current research examines how presidents strategically use vacancies in top appointments to promote their policy priorities within the framework of interbranch bargaining. Professor Kinane teaches courses on American politics and U.S. executive politics.
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.
Balázs Kovács, Professor of Organizational Behavior
Professor Kovács studies how socially structured information, such as categories, awards, online reviews, and social networks, shape audiences’ perceptions and evaluations in creative domains, such as music, literature, dining, and technology.
Shiro Kuriwaki, Assistant Professor of Political Science
Shiro Kuriwaki is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and a resident faculty fellow at the Institution for Social and Policy Studies. His research covers elections and representation in American politics, with a secondary interest in applied statistics. He has published on legislation in Congress, ticket splitting, racial coalitions, election administration, gerrymandering, and innovations in survey statistics.