People

Collaborating to help shape a better future for all Texans

Our Team

Christina Triantaphyllis, MS

Director of Government Partnerships
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Snejana Nihtianova, Ph.D.

Director of Research Operations
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Diego Amador, Ph.D.

Research Scientist - Criminal and Juvenile Justice Lead
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Katelyn Heath

Post-Doctoral Fellow
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Megan Rafferty

Data Scientist
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Madhav Chandra

Information Technology Manager
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Yadira Castro

Research Coordinator
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Karla Embry

Research Coordinator
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Gayle Samford

Research Specialist
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Affiliated Faculty

Flavio Cunha

Founding Affiliate

Professor of Economics, Rice University

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Antonio Merlo

Founding Affiliate

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

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Kenneth Wolpin

Founding Affiliate

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

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Thomas Baranowski

Faculty Affiliate
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Margaret Beier

Faculty Affiliate
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Brielle Bryan

Faculty Affiliate
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Stephen H. Linder

Faculty Affiliate
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Özge Gürcanlı

Faculty Affiliate
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Xun Tang

Faculty Affiliate
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Jung Youn Lee

Faculty Affiliate
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Students

Victor H. Delgado-Barrera

Graduate Research Fellow
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Qinyou Hu

Graduate Research Fellow
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Yu-Kuan Chen

Graduate Research Fellow
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Rabia Telli

Graduate Research Fellow
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Marcos Lee

Graduate Research Fellow
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Ji-Hee Lee

Graduate Research Fellow
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Ritika Sethi

Graduate Research Fellow
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Rui Zeng

Graduate Research Fellow
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Isabelle Chang

Undergraduate Student Intern
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Kate Frucht

Undergraduate Student Intern
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Alizay Azeem

Undergraduate Student Intern
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Shiloh Miller

Undergraduate Student Intern
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Siddhi Narayan

Undergraduate Student Intern
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Patricia Hashimoto

Undergraduate Student Intern
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Texas Policy Lab Alumni

The Texas Policy Lab proudly contributes to undergraduate student development through student internships and guided research projects in the Social Policy Analysis (SOPA) major. To see a list of TPL alumni, click here

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

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