Undergraduate Director’s Fellows

Rebekah Boitey

ISPS Director's Fellow 2025

Rebekah Boitey is a sophomore at Yale majoring in Ethnicity, Race, & Migration with a certificate in Data Science. She is passionate about creating informed and equitable social policies, with her primary areas of interest being criminal justice reform and affordable housing policy. On campus, she serves as a board member for the Yale Undergraduate Prison Project, is a research assistant with the Yale Housing and Health Equity Lab, does housing research with the Yale Policy Institute, and volunteers with the Community Healthcare Van.

Sarina Fereydooni

ISPS Director's Fellow 2025

Sarina Fereydooni is a junior in Ezra Stiles College on the pre-law track majoring in intensive Political Science and pursuing a Global Health Certificate. Her research focuses on accessibility barriers to federally funded social safety net programs and their impact on public health outcomes. On campus, she serves as a Project Leader for the Yale Undergraduate Legal Aid Association, works with the Yale Law School Lowenstein Project, and is part of a Yale School of Public Health research team dedicated to training refugees as community healthcare workers.

Maxwell Fisher

ISPS Director's Fellow 2025

Max is a junior in Grace Hopper College majoring in History with a concentration in International and Diplomatic History. He is particularly interested in government efficiency, focusing on how regulations and bureaucratic processes can hinder policy implementation. He also studies the political consequences of deindustrialization and the loss of faith in democratic institutions. Max has held several policy and research positions, most recently working on American foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Richard George

ISPS Director's Fellow 2025

Richard (Richie) George is a sophomore at Yale University studying history. He is interested in building data-informed and community-based solutions for public safety and criminal justice, beyond the carceral state. Their interests extend more broadly to racial justice, democratic governance, and social welfare. Recently, they collaborated with researchers at Columbia University to create quantitative models examining the long-term effects of incarceration on formerly incarcerated people in the United States, considering race, education, and socioeconomic status.

Emi Glass

ISPS Director's Fellow 2025

Emi is a junior in Pauli Murray majoring in the History of Science, Medicine, and Public Health & Political Science. She is interested in public health policy, with a focus on reproductive health as well as Medicare and Medicaid. Additionally, Emi is interested in democratic reform, including gerrymandering and voting accessibility. At Yale, Emi writes and edits for The Politic, works as a Communication and Consent Educator, and is involved with Dwight Hall, both as a FOCUS leader and within the Advocacy Committee.

Ai-Li Hollander

ISPS Director's Fellow 2025

Ai-Li Hollander is a sophomore in Morse College studying History and pursuing a certificate in Mandarin Chinese. Before coming to Yale, she worked with different nonprofits throughout the American South in the federal service program AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC). Informed by her experiences on disaster recovery projects, she is interested in emergency management, climate adaptation, and environmental justice. On campus, she plays with the Ultimate Frisbee team “Ramona Quimby” and plants trees with high schoolers for Urban Resources Initiative.

Noah Killeen

ISPS Director's Fellow 2025

Noah is a second-year student at Yale College, majoring in Ethics, Politics, & Economics, with plans to attend law school after graduation. He is actively involved in the Model UN Competitive Team, Yale Democracy Project, and the Yale Undergraduate Law Journal. In addition to his extracurricular activities, he works as an Undergraduate Recruitment Coordinator for the Admissions Office, where he connects with prospective and incoming students and organizes events.

Julia Lin

ISPS Director's Fellow 2025

Julia Lin is a junior in Silliman College majoring in Sociology on the intensive track. She is interested in workforce, labor, and immigration policy. In the past, she has interned for the Employment and Training Administration at the U.S. Department of Labor and has held roles with the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and Rank the Vote. On campus, she is a Research Assistant for Professor DeLuca and a counselor for the Yale & You program. During her time at Yale, she has served on the board of Yale Votes: A Student Initiative and the Rural Students Alliance at Yale.

Araya Miller

ISPS Director's Fellow 2025

Araya Miller is a junior at Yale College majoring in Political Science and pursuing an Education Studies Certificate. She is passionate about working directly with communities to develop innovative ways to reform the criminal legal system and reduce mass incarceration in America. She views quality education as a potential solution to various social inequalities and has made strides to make education more accessible to marginalized communities.

Deewa Rahim

ISPS Director's Fellow 2025

Deewa Rahim is a sophomore in Timothy Dwight College majoring in Political Science and pursuing a certificate in Persian and Iranian Studies. Her interests include immigration policy, education policy, and the intersection between the two. Since moving to New Haven, she’s been involved with the IRIS Youth Leadership Program and is passionate about serving the immigrant community. On campus, Deewa is actively involved in the Yale International Relations Association and works at the Middle Eastern & North African Cultural Community.

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Undergraduate Director’s Fellows