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Lizett Aguilar

Policy Analyst
Lizett is a Policy Analyst supporting CLOSUP’s Michigan Redistricting Project. She is a masters student at the Ford School (Class of 2024), and has a B.A. degree in History with minors in Labor and Workplace Studies and Chicana/o Studies from the…
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Ishan Biswas

Policy Analyst
Ishan is a research assistant working with coding public comments from recent Michigan elections for CLOSUP and MICRC. He is a junior in the BA program at the Ford School working towards a focus area of data analysis with an emphasis on urban policy…
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Vivian Fong

Policy Analyst
Vic is a student policy analyst studying local recycling policy in Michigan communities for the Michigan Local Recycling Policy Program (MiLRePP). She is currently an undergraduate student at the College of Literature, Science, and Arts (Class of…
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Michael Hartt

Policy Analyst
Michael is a research assistant for Democracy & Debate, a university-wide educational initiative. He is a bachelors of business administration student at the Ross School (Class of 2025), concentrating in business economic and public policy. Michael…
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Malak Kalasho

Policy Analyst
Malak is a research assistant for CLOSUP's Redistricting Project working to code data submitted to the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (MICRC). She is a junior at the Ford School majoring in public policy and minoring in…
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Deven Parikh

Policy Analyst
Deven is a Research Assistant with CLOSUP’s Michigan Local Recycling Policy Project. He is an undergraduate student (Class of 2025) majoring in Public Policy with a minor in Energy Science and Policy. Deven is most interested in sustainability…
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Farah Pitcher

Policy Analyst
Farah is a Policy Analyst for CLOSUP's Local Fiscal Health Project. She is an incoming masters student at the Ford School (Class of 2025) and has a B.S. degree in BHS and political science from the University of Michigan College of Literature,…
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Mustafa Rasheed

Mustafa is assisting CLOSUP in conducting qualitative analysis on the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission. He is a Masters of Public Policy at the Ford School. He also served on the Secretary of State's team to support the…
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Sylvia Rodriguez

Policy Analyst
Sylvia is a research assistant through the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) assisting in supporting the current administration of the MPPS, as well as upcoming releases. She is from Miami, Florida and presently is a first-year…
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Om Shah

Policy Analyst
Om is a research assistant supporting the release and analysis of CLOSUP's Michigan Public Policy Survey. He is currently an undergraduate student in the College of Literature, Science, and Arts, tentatively majoring in political science. Om is most…
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Parker Short

Policy Analyst
Parker is a research assistant studying Michigan's Independent Redistricting Commission for the CLOSUP center. He is a junior at the Ford School with a concentration in the intersection of economics and criminal justice. He is interested in public…
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Major Stevens

Policy Analyst
Major is a research assistant studying Michigan's local and state recycling for CLOSUP's Michigan Local Recycling Policy Program. He is a dual masters student at the Ford School (Class of 2026) and at the School of Environment and Sustainability…
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Johanna Walker

Policy Analyst
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Jo is a Policy Analyst working to report data from CLOSUP's 2023 Michigan Public Policy Survey. She is a Masters student at the School for Environment and Sustainability (class of 2025), and has a B.S. in Environmental Science from the University of…
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Sarrah Ahmed

Policy Analyst
Sarrah Ahmed is a Policy Analyst working on the Fiscal Health project to create a tool for converting financial data into tagged XBRL format. She is set to graduate with a bachelor’s in information science and a minor in Public Policy in the Fall of…
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Mia Brodeur

Policy Analyst
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Mia is a Research Assistant for Close UP on the U.P. She is an undergrad at LSA (class of 2024) studying German, Linguistics, and Translation. Mia is from the Upper Peninsula and is interested in the attitudes and policies of U.P…
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Samantha Clark

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Samantha is a Research Assistant helping to analyze the Michigan Public Policy Survey data for CLOSUP’s Function of Democracy Project. She is an undergraduate student planning to study public policy at the Ford School and eventually attend law…
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Elizabeth Gelman

Policy Analyst
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Elizabeth is a Policy Analyst helping the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission incorporate public comments in the senate map redraw process. She recently earned a Master of Public Policy at the Ford School (Class of 2024) and holds…
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Danielle Hamer

Policy Analyst
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Danielle Hamer is a Policy Analyst conducting analysis and reports to support the integration of public input in Michigan's redistricting process. She is a newly graduated Master of Public Policy from the Ford School. Danielle has a background in…
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Ava Hoffman

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Ava is a Research Assistant for CLOSUP, aiding in conducting case studies regarding municipal and state fiscal health for the Fiscal Health Project (FHP). She is a BA student at the Ford School of Public Policy. Prior to attending Ford, Ava interned…
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Ingrid Hofmann

Policy Analyst
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Ingrid is a research assistant working on the results of the summer 2024 MPSS survey. She is an undergraduate studying political science and Spanish. Ingrid is interested in the intersection of law and policy and hopes to attend law school after…
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Katelyn Jasmin

Policy analyst
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Katelyn is a research assistant who is analyzing local governments in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. She is an undergraduate student at the College of Literature, Science and the Arts (class of 2026), and is pursuing a Bachelor's degree in English…
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Luca Kato

Policy analyst
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Luca Kato is interning as a Fiscal Health Open Source Software Developer working on a tool for converting financial data into tagged XBRL format. He is set to graduate with a Bachelors in Computer Science in 2024. Luca is interested in financial…
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Steve Kraft

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Steve is a research assistant working on developing community-centered qualitative research designs on rural Michigan communities through CLOSUP's Fiscal Health project. He is expected to graduate in 2025 with a Master's in Public Policy and a…
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Yu-Yu Lin

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Yu-Yu is a Research Assistant focusing on financial condition analysis for CLOSUP’s case studies. She is a dual master’s student at the Ford School of Public Policy and the School of Social Work (Class of 2025) and holds a B.A. in economics from…
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Sydney Lount

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Sydney is a research assistant through the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) working to analyze and to contribute data to CLOSUP's Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS). She is a current undergraduate student (Class of 2027) who…
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Marc Metz

Policy Analyst
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Marc is a Research Assistant working on CLOSUP’s latest iteration of the Michigan Public Policy Survey focused on criminal justice. He is an undergraduate in the Ford School class of 2025 majoring in Public Policy. Marc is interested in local…
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Edward Plaut

Policy Analyst
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Edward Webre Plaut is the team lead for the CLOSUP team advising the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission on its public comment submissions for its 2024 redrawing of the Michigan State Senate Map. Eddie has a B.A. in history and…
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Anna Pomper

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Anna is an '24 MPP student passionate about social policy. Before the Ford school, she worked on early diversion programming in New York City. Previously she worked at the DC Public Defenders Service as an intern investigator for their Special…
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Brandon Romero

Policy Analyst
Brandon is a Graduate Student Research Fellow working for CLOSUP on the Michigan Public Policy Survey, investigating challenges to criminal justice reform. He is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Michigan and…
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Tristin Smith

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Tristin is a research assistant working on CLOSUP’s “Close Up on the U.P” program. She is a third-year in the School of Information majoring in Information Analysis and minoring in Digital Studies. Tristin is interested in researching the…
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