Blalock Fellowship

Zachary Brown

is a PhD student in the Department of Sociology who holds a BA in Criminal Justice from Michigan State University. Prior to joining UW, Zack worked as a research analyst at W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, Kalamazoo, MI.

Elizabeth Tong

is a PhD student in the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance who holds a BA in Economics and Computer Science from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to joining UW, Lizzie worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. 

Mark Nepf

is a PhD student in the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance who holds a MS in Marine Science from Stony Brook University, as well as a BS In Environmental Policy and a BA in Economics from Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY. Prior to joining UW, Mark worked at the US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington DC.

Juejue Wang

is a PhD student in the Department of Statistics who holds a Master in Applied Statistics and a BS in Statistics and Economics, both from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Juejue also has a degree in Finance from Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing, China.

Erin Lipman

was a statistical analyst for Mathematica Policy Research prior to becoming a Ph.D. student in the Statistics department. She received an MS in Statistics from the University of Chicago and her BS in Mathematics from Haverford College. 

Melody Jiang

is a Ph.D. student in the Statistics department who was a double major in Mathematics and Statistical Science at Duke University.

Ramses Llobet

holds a BA and an LLM from the University of Barcelona, an MA from the Open University of Catalonia, and a Master of Research in Political Economy from the University of Essex. He is currently a Ph.D. student in the Political Science department.

Andrea Cabrera

holds a BS in Applied Mathematics from UCLA and a MS in Nursing from Rush University. She is currently a Ph.D. student in the School of Nursing.

Tao Lin

holds BA and MA degrees from the Beijing Normal University and an MA from Harvard University. He is now pursuing a Ph.D. in the Political Science department. 

Elizabeth Pelletier

is a PhD Candidate in the Evans School of Public Policy & Governance. She has BA degrees in Public Policy and Film Studies from the College of William and Mary.

Sarah Teichman

is a graduate student in the Statistics department. She has a BA in Statistics from Amherst College.

Alex Ramiller

is a Geography graduate student who has a BA from Macalester College, with a major in Geography and Economics.

Neal M Marquez

is a graduate student in the Department of Sociology. He holds a B.S. from California Polytechnic, Pomona and an Master of Public Health from the University of Washington.

Sara Laplante

is a graduate student in the Department of Statistics. She holds a B.A. in Greek and Roman Studies from Rhodes College (2008) and a Master of Public Policy from the University of Chicago.

Daphne Liu

is a graduate student in the Department of Statistics. She holds a BA in Mathematics from Cornell University.

Emily Pollock

is a graduate student in the Department of Anthropology. She holds a B.A.in Anthropology from Stanford University (2013).

Feiyang Sun

is a graduate student in the Department of Urban Design and Planning. He holds a BENGR in Urban Planning from Zhejiang University (2013) and a MUP in City and Regional Planning from Cornell University (2015).

Hilary C. Wething

received her Ph.D. from the Evans School of Public Policy & Governance in 2020 and is currently Assistant Professor of Public Policy at Pennsylvania State University

Leo J. Fiorio

is a graduate student in the Department of Geography. He came to the UW after receiving a bachelor’s degree in Geography from McGill University.

Moo-Hyun Kim

holds a B. S. in Social Welfare from the University of Seoul (2009), an M.S. in Social Work from Washington University of St. Louis (2014) and is a graduate student in the School of Social Wor.

Charles C Lanfear

holds a B.A. in Sociology (2010) and an M.S. in Public Policy from Oregon State University (2013). He is a graduate student in the Department of Sociology.

Maryclare Griffin

holds B.A. in Statistics and Economics from the University of Chicago (2012). She is a graduate student in the Department of Statistics.

Zehang Li

holds a B.A. in Statistics from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (2013). He is a graduate student in the Department of Statistics.

Daniel Yoo

holds an M.A. in Political Science from the University of Chicago (2010) and is a graduate student in the Department of Political Science.

Rebecca Ferrell

holds a B.A. in Math from Carlton College (2008) and is a graduate student in the Department of Statistics.

Yi Pan

holds a B.A. in Archaeology from Sichuan University in China (2011) and graduated from the Department of Anthropology (2014). Yi works as a software development engineer at Amazon.

Sarah C. Oppenheimer

holds an Sc.M. from Harvard School of Public Health (2005) and is a graduate student in Evans School of Public Affairs.

Kathleen Nicole Moore

holds an M.P.A. in Policy Analysis from the University of Utah (2011) and is a graduate student in Evans School of Public Affairs. Kathleen works as Temporary Student Intern at the King County Housing Authority

Rachael Maltiel

holds a B.A. in Mathematics & Philosophy from Claremont McKenna College (2010) and graduated from the Department of Statistics (2013). She currently works as a Business Intelligence Manager at Expedia, Inc.

Jonathan J. Azose

holds an M.A. in Language and Communication Technology from University of Groningen in Netherlands (2010) and received his Ph.D in Statistics from the University of Washington in 2015.

Athena E. Pantazis

holds an M.Ph. from Tulane University (2004) and is a graduate student in the Department of Sociology.

Kristy Copeland

holds an M.U.S.A. in Urban Spatial Analytics from the University of Pennsylvania (2007) and is a graduate student in the Department of Geography.

Miriam Valdovinos

holds an M.A. in Psychology from California State University (2007) and is a graduate student in the School of Social Work.

Mark E. Williams

holds an M.S.W. (2006) and Ph.D. (2012) in Social Work from the University of Washington. He is an Assistant Professor in the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

Jason R Williams

holds an M.S. in Clinical Psychology from Saint Louis University (2000) and a Ph.D. from the Evans School of Public Affairs (2014). He is a Research Analyst at Casey Family Programs Statistical and Analytical Consultant at Jason R. Williams in Seattle, WA.

JoAnn S Lee

holds a B.A. in Psychology from Stanford University (1999), an M.A. in International and Public Affairs and an M.S. in Social Work, both from Columbia University (2005). She graduated with a Ph.D. in Social Work (2012) from the University of Washington. JoAnn is an Assistant Professor at College of Health and Human Services at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.

Danielle Fumia

holds an M.P.A. in Public Affairs from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2007), and she graduated from the Evans School Ph.D. in Public Policy and Management Program (2013). She is a Senior Research Associate at Washington State Institute for Public Policy in Olympia, WA.

Mark C Wheldon

holds an M.S. in Statistics from the University of Auckland (2006) and a Ph.D. in Statistics (2013) from the University of Washington. Mark is a Lecturer at the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand.

Jennifer L. Chunn

holds a B.S. degree in Biometry & Statistics from Cornell University (2002) and an M.S. in Statistics (2010) from the University of Washington.

Richard J. Callahan

holds a B.A. in Mathematical Social Science from Dartmouth College (2003) and is a graduate student in sociology.

Gail E. Potter

holds a B.A. in Mathematics from Oberlin College (1997) and a Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Washington (2010). Gail is an assistant professor in the Statistics Department at California Polytechnic State University.

Tyler W. Corwin

holds a B.A. from the Department of Mathematics at Point Loma Nazarene University (2004) and an M.A. from the Department of Sociology at the University of Washington (2009). He is the associate director and co-founder of The Northwest Social Research Group, LLC (NSRG) based in Seattle, Washington.

Leontine Alkema

has an M.S. in Applied Mathematics from Delft University of Technology, Netherlands (2003) and obtained a Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Washington (2008). She is a Professor in the School of Public Health & Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Krista J. Gile

holds a Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Washington (2008), an M.S. in Science and Technology Studies from Virginia Tech (2000), and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rensselar Polytechnic Institute (1998). She is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Massachusetts.

Amanda R. Cox

holds a B.A. in Mathematics and Economics from St. Olaf College and an M.S. in Statistics (2005). She is now a Graphics Editor at the New York Times. Amanda co-teaches the summer data journalism class in the Science Health and Environmental Reporting Program (SHERP) at NYU.

NIKOLAS PHARRIS-CIUREJ

holds a B.A. in Sociology from Seattle University and a Ph.D in Sociology from the University of Washington (2010). He is a Statistician (Health) at the Food and Drug Administration in Silver Springs, MD.

Rachel A. Kuller

holds a B.S. in Engineering from Harvard University (2002) and an M.A. in Sociology (2004). She now works as a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Tradeshift based in San Francisco, CA.

Eric Mark Aldrich

holds a B.S. in Economics from Duke University (2002) an M.S. in Statistics from the University of Washington (2005) and a Ph.D. in Economics from Duke University (2011). He is now an Assistant Professor at the University of California-Santa Cruz.

Ryan Admiraal

holds a B.S. in Mathematics and English from Calvin College (2002) and a Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Washington (2009). He is a senior lecturer in Statistics and Data Science in the School of Mathematic and Statistics at Victoria University of Wellington, Australia.

Jason Ramone Thomas

holds a B.A. in Sociology (2000), an M.S. in Statistics (2005), an M.A. in Sociology (2006), and a Ph.D. in Sociology (2009), all from the University of Washington.

Susan Shortreed

holds a B.S. in Statistics from the University of Michigan (2001) and a Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Washington (2006). She is an Assistant Investigator at the Group Health Research Institute, Seattle.