Undergraduate Director’s Fellows

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.

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.

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.