Team directory
Team directory
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.
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, Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law
Heather Gerken is the dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law at Yale Law School and 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.
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.
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
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.
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.