Team directory
Team directory
Alan Gerber, Sterling Professor of Political Science
Alan Gerber is Sterling Professor of Political Science, director of the Institution for Social and Policy Studies, and professor of economics and of and statistics and data science at Yale University. He also has affiliations in the Yale School of Public Health and the Jackson School of Global Affairs. Previously he was appointed the Faculty of Arts and Sciences divisional director for the social sciences and became the inaugural FAS dean of social science, serving in this role from 2014 to 2021.
Heather Gerken, Sterling Professor Emeritus of Law
Heather K. Gerken is Sterling Professor Emeritus of Law at Yale Law School and the 11th president of the Ford Foundation. She served as the School’s 17th Dean from 2017 until 2025.
Gerken is one of the country’s leading experts on constitutional law and election law. A founder of the “nationalist school” of federalism, her work focuses on federalism, diversity, and dissent. She was the first female dean in the School’s 200-year history.
Abbe Gluck, Alfred M. Rankin Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy; Professor of Internal Medicine (General Medicine)
Abbe R. Gluck is the Alfred M. Rankin Professor of Law and the founding Faculty Director of the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School. She is also Professor of Internal Medicine (General Medicine) at Yale School of Medicine and a Professor in the Institution for Social and Policy Studies at Yale.
Pamela Greene, Senior Administrative Assistant
Office Location: 77 Prospect Street
Phone: 203-432-3052
Email: pamela.greene@yale.edu
Jacob Hacker, Stanley B. Resor Professor of Political Science
Allison Harris, Assistant Professor of Political Science
Allison P. Harris is an assistant professor of political science at Yale University and a resident faculty fellow at the Institution of Social and Policy Studies. She conducts research in American politics with a specialization in law and courts. Professor Harris’ current research agenda investigates the ways in which institutional change affects disparities in institutional outcomes, specifically within the criminal legal system.
Rick Harrison, Communications Officer
Office Location: 24 Hillhouse Avenue
For media inquiries, please contact Rick at rick.harrison@yale.edu or 203-432-6052.
Elsa Holahan, ISPS Director's Fellow, 2026
Elsa Holahan is a junior in Timothy Dwight College studying American Studies. Her policy interests include prisons, policing, and surveillance; and alternatives to carceral systems. On campus, Elsa is an Academic Strategies Mentor with the Yale Prison Education Initiative, and a Mellon Mays and Edward A. Bouchet Fellow. She also serves as a Co-Chair on the New Haven Democratic Town Committee representing Ward 22.
Daniel HoSang, Professor of Ethnicity, Race, and Migration and American Studies
Daniel Martinez HoSang is Professor of Ethnicity Race and Migration and American Studies and holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Political Science and serves on the Education Studies Advisory Committee.
Yuan Hsiao, Assistant Professor of Sociology
Yuan Hsiao’s major research explores the intersection of digital media, social networks, and collective action. His research brings a network perspective to understanding questions pertinent to a variety of online and offline social processes. Examples include how networks on social media contribute to political mobilization, how gang members engage in online and offline conflict relationships, how personal relationships affect the spread of religion, or how community networks affect health behavior.