Undergraduate Director’s Fellows

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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.

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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.

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.

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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. This upcoming summer, she will be interning for Maryland Secretary of Labor Portia Wu. 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.

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