OUR TEAM

We are engaged together in multiple collaborative projects that draw upon sociological and interdisciplinary methods to research states, law, crime, and multiple axes of systemic inequality. The team is based out of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and led by Joshua Kaiser.

Joshua Kaiser
Research Leader
Megan Atwood
Statistics
Madison Bailey
Hidden Sentence History
Maya Belliveau
Genocide History
Nora Bittar
Legislative Tracing/Data Matching
Anna Brophy
Legislative Tracing/Data Matching
Ashe Chan
Legislative Tracing/Data Matching
Anna Chen
Lab Administrator
Sophia Chen
Genocide History
Andy Clark
Digitization
Hiya Dagli
Digitization
Pratika Dhungel
Digitization
Katya Duong
Writing
Lorelai Eidswick
Legislative Tracing/Data Matching
Lucas Finzi
Genocide History
Afri Flynn
Genocide History
Will Freeman
Hidden Sentence Othering
Alanna Gioia
Legislative Tracing/Data Matching
Ana Gruesz
Legislative Tracing/Training Data
Aribeth Gu
Legislative Tracing/Data Matching
Caitlin Gu
Legislative Tracing/Training Data
Adrian Guerrero
Computational
Jacob Han
Hidden Sentence History
Zara Haroon
Hidden Sentence History
Ryan Hatem
Legislative Tracing/Training Data
Reagan Heath
Legislative Tracing/Training Data
Gabriel Heredia
Digitization
Anastasiia Hnidets
Genocide History
Donovan Howard
Legislative Tracing/Training Data
Emily Jaillet
Hidden Sentence Othering
Faviola Rodriguez Jarquez
Legislative Tracing/Data Matching
Palak Jiwani
Legislative Tracing/Training Data
Grace Johnson
Lab Administrator
Sara Keegan
Writing
Eibhlin Kelly-Lyth
Digitization
Shaila Khan
Writing
Sophie Kipling
Hidden Sentence History
Aditi Kuppuraj
Hidden Sentence Othering
Faye Lindberg
Hidden Sentence Othering
Robert Long
Hidden Sentence History
Simar Maniktala
Statistics
Emiliana Mejia
Statistics
Arni Mola
Statistics
Solee Ngah
Hidden Sentence History
Cory Nguyen
Legislative Tracing/Training Data
Jaya Nishal
Legislative Tracing/Training Data
Hannah Oh
Legislative Tracing/Training Data
Nylah Ollivierre
Legislative Tracing/Data Matching
Rhiannon Ossinger
Digitization
Anna Papoulis
Legislative Tracing/Data Matching
Rahi Patel
Legislative Tracing/Training Data
Liam Perry
Statistics
Ella Peterson
Digitization
Dominique Pierre
Legislative Tracing/Data Matching
Jiana Qin
Genocide History
Bella Rees
Lab Administrator
Hamza Rifki
Legislative Tracing/Training Data
Bart Scheer
Statistics
Harini Senthilkumar
Legislative Tracing/Training Data
Adeja Smith
Hidden Sentence Othering
Wil Spencer
Hidden Sentence History
Camille Thomas
Legislative Tracing/Training Data
Isabel Tobey
Hidden Sentence History
Ceana Tran
Computational
Laura Wagner
Genocide History
Hannah Willis
Legislative Tracing/Data Matching
Luna Wood
Legislative Tracing/Training Data
Jialin Wu
Legislative Tracing/Data Matching
Hannah Zuckerman
Statistics
Vivian van Stolk
Statistics

Past Team Members

2025-26

Spring 2026

Lab Administration
Computational
  • Adrian Guerrero
  • Ceana Tran
Digitization
  • Andy Clark
  • Hiya Dagli
  • Pratika Dhungel
  • Gabriel Heredia
  • Eibhlin Kelly-Lyth
  • Rhiannon Ossinger
  • Ella Peterson
Genocide History
Hidden Sentence History
Hidden Sentence Othering
  • Will Freeman
  • Emily Jaillet
  • Aditi Kuppuraj
  • Faye Lindberg
  • Adeja Smith
  • Isabel Tobey
Legal Tracing/ Data Matching
  • Nora Bittar
  • Anna Brophy
  • Ashe Chan
  • Lorelai Eidswick
  • Alanna Gioia
  • Aribeth Gu
  • Nylah Ollivierre
  • Anna Papoulis
  • Dominique Pierre
  • Faviola Rodriguez Jarquin
  • Hannah Willis
  • Jialin Wu
Legal Tracing/ Training Data
  • Ana Gruesz
  • Caitlin Gu
  • Ryan Hatem
  • Reagan Heath
  • Donovan Howard
  • Palak Jiwani
  • Cory Nguyen
  • Jaya Nishal
  • Hannah Oh
  • Rahi Patel
  • Hamza Rifki
  • Harini Senthilkumar
  • Camille Thomas
  • Luna Wood
Statistics
Writing
  • Katya Duong
  • Sara Keegan
  • Shaila Khan

Fall 2025

Lab Administration
Computational
Digitization
Genocide History
Hidden Sentence History
Legal Tracing/Data Matching
Legal Tracing/Training Data
Statistics

Summer 2025

Lab Administration
Computational
Digitization
Hidden Sentence History
Legislative Tracing/Training Data
2024-25

Spring 2025

Lab Administration
Computational
Digitization
Genocide History
Hidden Sentence History
Legislative Tracing/Data Matching
Legislative Tracing/Training Data
Statistics

Fall 2024

Lab Administration
Computational
Digitization
Genocide History
Hidden Sentence History
Legislative Tracing/Data Matching
Legislative Tracing/Training Data

Summer 2024

Lab Administration
Computational
Hidden Sentence History
Legislative Tracing/Data Matching
Legislative Tracing/Training Data
2023-24

Spring 2024

Computational
Genocide History
Hidden Sentence History
Legislative Tracing/Training Data
Website

fall 2023

Digitization
Hidden Sentence History
Legislative Tracing/Training Data
Website

summer 2023

Digitization
Hidden Sentence History
Legislative Tracing/Training Data
Statistics
  • Caroline Ball
2022-23

Spring 2023

Digitization
Hidden Sentence History
Legislative Tracing/Data Training
Statistics
  • Caroline Ball
  • Juliet Smith
Writing
  • Nadya Maida
  • Miles Treichel

Fall 2022

Digitization
Hidden Sentence History
Legislative Tracing/Training Data
Writing

summer 2022

Digitization
Hidden Sentence History
Legislative Tracing/Training Data
  • Shaelyn Roberts
  • Abby Verga
  • Ruoyi Wu
Writing
  • Nadyah Maida
  • Miles Treichel
2020-21

Full Roster

Digitization
  • Ethel Deng
  • Nia Hart
  • Alek Maxfield
  • Abigail Naugler
  • CJ Pingeton
  • Kate Scollins
  • Ananya Talwar
  • Ruoyi Wu (Spring 2022)
Hidden Sentence History
Legislative Tracing/Training Data
  • Jayme Addy
  • Marley Ciccolo
  • Emma McHutcheon
  • Samuel Spencer
Statistics
  • Ruoyi Wu (Fall 2021)