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Collaborating to help shape a better future for all Texans

Our Team

Christina Triantaphyllis, MS

Director of Government Partnerships

Snejana Nihtianova, Ph.D.

Director of Research Operations and Compliance

Diego Amador, Ph.D.

Research Scientist - Criminal and Juvenile Justice Lead

Megan Rafferty

Madhav Chandra

Information Technology Manager

Rosita Fu

Dhivya Parasuraman

Sharon Rodgers

Research Specialist

Yadira Castro

Research Coordinator

Karla Embry

Research Coordinator

Gayle Samford

Research Specialist

Affiliated Faculty

Flavio Cunha

Founding Affiliate

Professor of Economics, Rice University

Antonio Merlo

Founding Affiliate

Dean of NYU’s Faculty of Arts and Science
Former Dean of the Rice University School of Social Sciences

Kenneth Wolpin

Founding Affiliate

Distinguished Research Professor and Lay Family Professor of Economics, Rice University
Chair, Department of Economics, Rice University

Thomas Baranowski

Faculty Affiliate

Margaret Beier

Faculty Affiliate

Brielle Bryan

Faculty Affiliate

Stephen H. Linder

Faculty Affiliate

Özge Gürcanlı

Faculty Affiliate

Xun Tang

Faculty Affiliate

Jung Youn Lee

Faculty Affiliate

Students

Yu-Kuan Chen

Graduate Research Fellow

Marcos Lee

Graduate Research Fellow

Ji-Hee Lee

Graduate Research Fellow

Ritika Sethi

Graduate Research Fellow

Jessica Rood

Graduate Research Assistant

Lili Nikolova

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Texas Policy Lab Alumni

The Texas Policy Lab proudly contributes to graduate student development in the field of social evaluation through student participation in the lab’s research projects as part of the Masters in Social Policy Evaluation. To see a list of TPL alumni, click here

We are always looking to expand our team with new talent!

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