Amy Lerman

Amy Lerman

Michelle Schwartz Endowed Professor of Public Policy and Political Science

Amy E. Lerman is a political scientist who studies issues of race, public opinion, and political behavior, especially as they relate to punishment and social inequality in America. She is the author of two books on the American criminal justice system—The Modern Prison Paradox and Arresting Citizenship. Her most recent book, Good Enough for Government Work examines how perceptions of government shape citizens’ attitudes toward privatization.

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David Harding

David Harding

Professor, Sociology

David Harding is Professor of Sociology and Faculty Director of the D-Lab, which supports data-intensive research in the social sciences, humanities, and beyond. He studies poverty and inequality, urban neighborhoods, education, culture, and the criminal justice system. Harding’s methodological interests include causal inference and the integration of qualitative and statistical methods.

Steven Raphael

Steven Raphael

Professor, James T. Marver Chair, Goldman School of Public Policy

Steven Raphael is a Professor and James T. Marver Chair of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy. His research focuses on the economics of low-wage labor markets, housing, and the economics of crime and corrections. His most recent research focuses on the social consequences of the large increases in U.S. incarceration rates. Raphael also works on immigration policy, research questions pertaining to various aspects of racial inequality, the economics of labor unions, social insurance policies, homelessness, and low-income housing. Raphael is the author (with Michael Stoll) of Why Are so Many Americans in Prison? (published by the Russell Sage Foundation Press) and The New Scarlet Letter? Negotiating the U.S. Labor Market with a Criminal Record (published by the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research).