Samad Hakani

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Undergraduate Dahl ScholarsSamad Hakani
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Dahl Scholar, 2024-2025Samad 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.