PhD Students

PhD in Public Policy

Johan is a PhD student in Public Policy at the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, with a concentration in Sustainability and Resilience. He earned a BS in Agroindustrial Engineering from Universidad de San Buenaventura in Cali, Colombia. He a…

PhD in Public Policy

Alaina is a PhD student in Public Policy in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, with a concentration in Sustainability and Resilience. She earned her BA in agricultural and environmental International Development Studies at McGill Universi…

PhD in Public Policy

Lee-Gray Boze is a PhD student in Public Policy focusing on science policy. He is interested in how science and research are applied through policy to address social problems, and how to reconcile the disconnect between the two. …

PhD in Public Policy

Dipa Desai is a PhD student in Public Policy at the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, with a concentration in Sustainability and Resilience. She is curious about the connections among current climate change, social injustice, and economic in…

PhD in Public Policy

Forrest is a PhD student in Public Policy in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, with a concentration in Urban and Regional Policy. He is broadly interested in how policies shape behavior and how behavior shapes social trends and systems. …

PhD in Public Policy

Talia Kaufmann is a PhD student in Public Policy in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, with a concentration in Urban and Regional Studies. She is also a resident doctoral fellow at the Network Science Institute at Northeastern University….

PhD in Public Policy

Mohsin is a PhD student of Public Policy at the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs with a concentration in Sustainability and Resilience. He is broadly interested in the political economy, and particularly how ethno-political conflict affects …

PhD in Public Policy

Sushant is a PhD Candidate in Public Policy, focusing on health policy. He is broadly interested in the politics of global health, reproductive health, and problem construction. He takes a long historical approach to studying current policy problems …

PhD in Law and Public Policy

Vaishali is a mid-career PhD in Public Policy candidate in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs. She holds a Master of Public Administration degree from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. She ha…

PhD in Public Policy

Elijah is a PhD student in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs with a concentration in Urban and Regional Policy. Elijah recently completed his MPA at Florida State University where his studies focused on civic engagement, community policin…

PhD in Public Policy

Vivek is a PhD student in Public Policy in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, with a concentration in Urban and Regional Policy. His research work is informed by his previous engagements with various NGOs and research organizations in Ind…

PhD in Public Policy

Gloria is a PhD candidate in Public Policy concentrating in Sustainability and Resilience. She moved to Boston, MA from Miami, FL. Her dissertation research focuses on the global transition to the circular economy and how this transition has been aff…

PhD in Law and Public Policy

Saina is a PhD candidate in Law and Public Policy in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affair. She is a data scientist interested in discovering the underlying patterns of urbanization and development along with urban sustainability and resilienc…

PhD in Public Policy

Yutong is a PhD student in Public Policy in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, with a concentration in Sustainability and Resilience. She was born and raised in North China. Her research interests include inter-related policy issues of en…

PhD in Law and Public Policy

Vijayeta is a PhD candidate in Law and Public Policy in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs. Her dissertation is focused on the ‘Politics of Dispossession’, particularly those accompanied by land grabs for coal mining. She is studying the r…

PhD in Public Policy

Marisa Sotolongo is a PhD candidate in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs. Her research focuses on environmental justice theory, informed by indigenous restorative and critical conceptions of justice, and environmental justice policy appli…