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
Hyacinth Akshath
Legislative Tracing/Training Data
Madison Bailey
Hidden Sentence History
Maya Belliveau
Genocide History
Nathan Blum
Legislative Tracing/Data Matching
Anna Chen
Lab Administrator
Ciara Cross
Digitization
Jenelle Donahue
Legislative Tracing/Data Matching
Lucas Finzi
Genocide History
Afri Flynn
Genocide History
Gianna Fung
Legislative Tracing/Data Matching
Rachel Gao
Computational
Olivia Green
Genocide History
Anastasiia Hnidets
Genocide History
Sharon Jabbour
Digitization
Sara Johnson
Hidden Sentence History
Sara Keegan
Legislative Tracing/Data Matching
Amalia Koncir
Hidden Sentence History
Lily Lapidus
Legislative Tracing/Data Matching
Robin Lee
Digitization
Aviva Lehman
Statistics
Abigail Lewis
Genocide History
Robert Long
Hidden Sentence History
Roberto Lopez
Digitization
Emma Luft
Genocide History
Emiliana Mejia
Legislative Tracing/Training Data
Greg Nekrourian
Genocide History
Hannah Oh
Legislative Tracing/Training Data
Elsa Ouimette
Digitization
Anna Papoulis
Legislative Tracing/Data Matching
Liam Perry
Statistics
Bella Rees
Lab Administrator
Hamza Rifki
Legislative Tracing/Training Data
Cloudia Sierra
Legislative Tracing/Data Matching
Kunal Soni
Legislative Tracing/Training Data
Wil Spencer
Hidden Sentence History
Sophia Spyrou
Legislative Tracing/Training Data
Julien Stiehl
Lab Administrator
Thomas Sullivan
Legislative Tracing/Data Matching
Sharon Tackie
Legislative Tracing/Data Matching
Isabel Tobey
Hidden Sentence History
Vivian van Stolk
Digitization
Serri Wedhoff
Digitization
Lisa Yuyun
Legislative Tracing/Training Data

Past Team Members

2025-26

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)