Policing Project Team

The Policing Project at the New York University School of Law is a dynamic, growing organization dedicated to bringing democratic accountability to policing. We work with communities and police departments across the country to ensure that agency policies and practices are transparent, efficacious, and adopted with public input.

 
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José Abonce
Senior Program Manager, Community-Police Relations
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Gabrielle Bayness
Legislative Paralegal & Research Specialist
Quincy Blair
Tech/Advocacy Counsel
Olivia Burgher
Litigation Support & Research Specialist
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Barry Friedman
Founder and Faculty Director
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Ryan Gerber
Senior Counsel
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Vanita Gupta
Senior Advisor on Government Use of AI
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Marquianna Griffin
Research Associate
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Alexander Heaton
Director of Reimagining Public Safety
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Daniel Harawa
Senior Advisor
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Farhang Heydari
Senior Advisor
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Ben Hoynes
Counsel
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Max Isaacs
Director of Technology Law & Policy
Katie Kinsey
Katie Kinsey
Chief of Staff/Tech Policy Counsel
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Lucy Larkins
Special Assistant
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Kaylynn Lopez
Operations Specialist
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Joshua Manson
Director of Communications
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Max Markham
Executive Director
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Maureen McGough
Senior Advisor for Collaborative Reform
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Kelly McConney Moore
Deputy Director of Legislation
Tanya
Tanya Meisenholder
Director of Gender Equity
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Josh Parker
Deputy Director of Policy
Wenei Philimon
Digital Communications Specialist
Maria Ponomarenko
Co-Founder and Counsel
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Freya Rigterink
Senior Advisor
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Deondre' Rutues
Community Engagement Specialist
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Aaron Scherzer
Litigation Director
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Ivey Smith
Program Manager
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Michael Thompson
Reimagining Public Safety Senior Data Analyst
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Lars Trautman
Legislative Director
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Jenna Wong
AI and Public Safety Research Associate
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Jesse Woo
AI/Tech Policy Counsel
 
 

AFFILIATED SCHOLARS AND ADVISORS

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Matthew Barge
Senior Policing Fellow
Valena Beety
Arizona State University
Monica Bell
Monica Bell
Yale University
Hannah Bloch-Wehba
Texas A&M University
Brenda Bond-Fortier
Suffolk University
Jillian Carr
Purdue University
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Bennett Capers
Senior Technology Fellow
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Danielle Citron
Senior Technology Fellow
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Jessica Gillooly
Senior Policing Fellow
Sharad Goel
Stanford University
Rachel Harmon
Rachel Harmon
Senior Policing Fellow
Chris Magnus
Chris Magnus
Senior Advisor for Public Safety
Rachel Harmon
Aili Malm
Senior Research Fellow
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Bob Wasserman
Distinguished Senior Fellow
Mike Mueller-Smith
Michigan State University
Emily Owens
University of California, Irvine
Ravi Shroff
New York University
Christopher Slobogin
Christopher Slobogin
Senior Technology Fellow
Sara Wakefield
Sara Wakefield
Rutgers University
 

Alumni

Alicia Berenyi, Research Fellow
Max Carter-Oberstone, Orrick Justice Fellow
Brian Chen, Senior Program Manager
Ellie Citron, Paralegal
Julian Clark, Policing Fellow
Claire Duleba, Administrator
Carrie Eidson, Senior Program Manager
Robert Haas, Senior Policing Fellow
Sunshine Hillygus, Consultant
Regina Holloway, Senior Program Manager
Ariele Le Grand, Senior Program Manager
Emmanuel Mauleon, Technology Fellow
Jamelia Morgan, Research Fellow
Nonny Onyekweli, Research Fellow
Christina Socci, Program Manager
Lauren Speigel, Research Director
Robin Tholin, Litigation Fellow
Jonathan Spratley, Policing Project Fellow
Suzanne Ito, Director of Communications
Annie Hudson-Price, Supervising Litigation Attorney
Paul Meyer, Orrick Racial Justice Fellow
Nila Bala, Director of Legislative Initiatives
Kamran King, Research Scholar
Rosa I. Rubio, Community Engagement Specialist
Nicole Bernardo, Senior Program Manager, Strategic Initiatives
Mecole Jordan-McBride, Advocacy Director
Katie Camp, Senior Policy Advisor
Maureen Perkins, Community Engagement Specialist
Evan Douglas, Public Safety Innovations Manager
Denise Woods, Executive Assistant
Sarah Sloan, Orrick Racial Justice Fellow
Rita Gonzalez, Reimagining Public Safety Program Associate
Krystan A Hitchcock, Senior Counsel

 

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