Team directory
Team directory
Samad Hakani, Dahl Scholar, 2024-2025
Samad is (he/him) from Atlanta, Georgia is a junior majoring in political science. Working with professors Jacob Hacker and Kevin DeLuca, he is currently researching the link between state legislative compensation and the emergence of blue-collar state legislators and progressive state policies. In the past, Samad has served as a research assistant for professors Shiro Kuriwaki and Joshua Kalla, along with conducting campaign outreach work at the state and local level in Georgia.
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.
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.
Melody Huang, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Statistics & Data Science
Melody Huang is an assistant professor of political science and statistics & data science. Her research sits at the intersection of statistics and political science. Her work focuses on developing robust statistical methods to credibly estimate causal effects under real-world complications.
Gregory Huber, Chair of the Political Science Department at Yale; Forst Family Professor of Political Science; Director, ISPS Behavioral Lab
Gregory Huber, Ph.D., Princeton University 2001, is the Forst Family Professor of Political Science, a resident fellow of the Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Associate Director of the Center for the Study of American Politics, and founding director of the ISPS Behavioral Research Lab.
John Eric Humphries, Assistant Professor of Economics
John Eric Humphries is a labor economist who focuses on topics in education, housing, and policy evaluation. His work in education studies how educational and career dynamics are affected by public policy. Much of this work focuses on how policy affects the acquisition of human capital and the role of cognitive and non-cognitive skills in the labor market. His work on housing focuses on the the impacts of eviction on tenants and the rental market. You can read more about his research at johnerichumphries.com
Nicole Hunter, Project Coordinator
Office Location: 24 Hillhouse Avenue
Phone: 203-432-8811
Email: nicole.hunter@yale.edu