Project Analysts
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Boston
Grace Adebogun graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Boston University in 2024, where she received a B.A. in Political Science with a minor in English. In her studies, Grace took an interdisciplinary approach to her coursework as a member of Boston University’s Kilachand Honors College. In her final year, Grace received departmental honors for her Senior thesis and Honors College Keystone Project titled: “The News Media Blackbox: Media’s Relationship with Police Brutality Protests in America” in which she explored the biases in reporting tactics of news media outlets at the local, state, and federal levels and their impact on the reception of information relating to Police Brutality cases, including any subsequent effects on protest or mobilization activity for particular cases. While at Boston University, Grace served as the President of BU’s oldest and largest professional business fraternity, Alpha Kappa Psi, and President of BU’s African Students Organization. Grace worked to equip students with professional development resources to propel their careers and create safe, well-resourced spaces on campus for minority students. Grace was also a part of the BU Moot Court team, where she competed in AMCA hosted competitions.
During her summers, Grace interned in the financial services industry to explore her interests in equities and investing. In Summer 2022, Grace interned at RBC Capital Markets in their equity research division, covering consumer and retail companies. In Summer 2023, Grace continued along this path at Morgan Stanley, where she also interned in equity research, this time on the telecommunications desk within the TMT research group. Between these roles during a semester abroad, Grace interned at Wainwright & Cummins LLP—a family, conveyancing, and criminal law firm in London, UK. In this role, Grace learned the inner workings of the English legal system while primarily assisting in the family department by preparing legal documents, attending hearings, and communicating with clients. In her free time, Grace enjoys instrumental music such as playing the keyboard at church, cooking, reading fiction novels, or following the latest sneaker news.
Miya Brado graduated with Distinction from the University of Michigan, where she earned a B.A. with majors in Political Science, English, and Spanish. She received High Honors from the Honors College for her senior thesis, Defending with the Head or the Heart: Tracing Two Styles of Public Defense in Michigan’s Adversarial Legal System. Her research examined how public defenders balance relational approaches to their clients with the structural and institutional demands of the criminal legal system, with particular attention to questions of efficiency, sustainability, and discretionary power. For her academic excellence and promise, Miya was awarded the William Jennings Bryan Prize by the Political Science Department, given annually to its most promising graduate.
Throughout college, Miya was deeply engaged in campus and community advocacy. She served as President of the Women’s Organization on Rights to Health (WORTH), leading initiatives to expand access to reproductive healthcare for students and the broader Ann Arbor community. As a volunteer with the Urgent Response Team of the Washtenaw Interfaith Coalition on Immigrant Rights, she helped connect local immigrants with housing, legal aid, and financial resources, often bridging language gaps through Spanish and English translation.
Miya also collaborated closely with the University of Michigan Law School as a founding executive board member of the Michigan Innocence Club, which is an undergraduate partnership with the law school’s Innocence Clinic that raised awareness and funds to support exonerees. In her senior year, she was selected for the Immigrant Justice Lab, where she co-authored an asylum brief and conducted research to support Michigan Immigrant Rights Center attorneys.
Her internships have spanned the nonprofit and legal sectors, including roles with Dr. Nicky Jackson’s Wrongful Conviction Taskforce, a private criminal defense firm, the Washtenaw County Public Defender’s Office, Breakthrough Greater Boston, and Harvard Law School’s Office of Public Interest Advising. Throughout these experiences, Miya has pursued a commitment to community service and justice reform efforts.
Jordyn Flaherty graduated from the University of Chicago in 2025 with a B.A. in Law, Letters, and Society, concentrating in technology regulation. Her undergraduate thesis, “Forging the University of Chicago Police Department: 1978-1993,” was the first undergraduate work to be featured in the department’s Forum on Law and Legalities and was selected for publication by the Chicago Studies Annual Review. The thesis chronicled the establishment and expansion of the University’s private police force. Jordyn’s research drew on a range of experiences, including internships at the New York University School of Law’s Policing Project and the University of Chicago’s Crime Lab. As a Pozen Center for Human Rights Fellow, she edited and conducted research for a book manuscript on gun violence. Jordyn’s experiences in government and politics have included work for then-Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester, Senator Chris Coons, and the University of Chicago’s Office of Federal Relations.
On campus, Jordyn edited the Law, Letters, and Society Review and volunteered with the Institute of Politics’ Bridge program to lead creative writing workshops for incarcerated youth. In Undergraduate Student Government, she served as a class representative, vice-chair, and acting chair. She also writes plays, which have been performed in Delaware, Philadelphia, and Chicago. In her free time, Jordyn enjoys running, reading, and playing bluegrass violin.
Olivia Martinez graduated with honors from Barnard College in 2025 with a B.A. in Political Science and Human Rights. Her senior thesis, The Architecture of Permissible Execution: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Construction of Constitutional Death, 1972-2015, examined how the Court’s capital punishment jurisprudence paradoxically constrained and legitimized state executions through procedural reforms while sidestepping deeper moral questions about government-sanctioned killing. Olivia also conducted ethnographic research in Buenos Aires, Barcelona, and Cape Town through an International Honors Program, culminating in Abolition Geography: Disrupting Reproduction of Colonial Hegemony.
At Barnard, Olivia served as President of the Athena Pre-Law Society, Head Student Admissions Representative for Barnard’s Alumnae Admissions Committee, and was a founding member of the Athena Student Advisory Council. Olivia further contributed to the Columbia Policy Institute’s Human Rights Center, working on efforts to end legacy admissions, and produced podcast episodes for the Columbia Undergraduate Law Review, exploring issues like the limitations of restraining orders in protecting domestic violence survivors. Outside the classroom, Olivia volunteered as an Advising Fellow with Matriculate, mentoring high-achieving, low-income high school students through the college application process.
During her summers, Olivia gained hands-on experience in New York’s political and judicial spheres. In 2022, she interned on the grassroots campaign of Miguelina Camilo in the Bronx for New York State Senate, using her Spanish fluency to canvas in underrepresented communities. The following summer, she worked in the office of Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez, where she prepared policy briefings on the ethics of AI implementation in public education and supported research for a citywide Universal Child Care bill. In 2024, Olivia was selected for the Sonia & Celina Sotomayor Judicial Internship Program and interned in the chambers of Justice Patria Frias-Colón in Kings County Supreme Court, where she analyzed civil cases and drafted case summaries and verdict reports for the law clerks.
Olivia was awarded three fellowships during her time at Barnard: the Williams Fellowship for Women in Politics, the Building Leadership and Understanding Equity Fellowship, and the AI & Governance Fellowship hosted by Columbia AI Alignment.
Wish Pandey graduated summa cum laude from Boston University in 2024 with a B.A. in International Relations and a minor in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Her undergraduate research explored how the joint family model impacts the way Nepali diaspora members understand and shape their family lives today. In Fall 2024, she received a BU Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) Award for her research. In college, Wish also served as President of BU Diversity in Law Association, Senior Supervisor of BU Development and Alumni Relations, and a Her Campus BU Writer and Editor.
During the summers of 2021 and 2023, Wish interned at Volunteer Lawyers Project (VLP) Boston, where she gained hands-on experience, including clinical experience, in Family, Consumer, and Bankruptcy Law. In Fall 2022, she studied abroad in Geneva, Switzerland, where she took classes on International Law and International Organizations while interning at the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS) Alliance. In Spring 2024, Wish continued her commitment to service by volunteering at a school in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Emma Sansom graduated summa cum laude from Northeastern University in 2025 with a B.S. in Criminal Justice and Political Science. At Northeastern, Emma contributed to two different research labs on campus as a research assistant. In the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Emma assisted on a project examining the portrayal of the International Criminal Court in Sub-Saharan African media. The final paper was published online at The Journal of Politics in 2023. In the Violence and Justice Research Lab, Emma assisted on a project focused on the qualitative analysis of child sex trafficking and youth healthcare experiences. For her Senior Capstone Project, Emma conducted an independent exploratory study on educational programs aimed at helping low-income, high-achieving students, titled “Achieving Equity for Low-Income, High-Achieving Students: Policies and Programs in Connecticut and Massachusetts High Schools.”
Throughout her time at Northeastern, Emma was a member of Relay For Life of Northeastern University, serving as Executive Director for two years. Relay For Life is a nationwide, community-based fundraising event for the American Cancer Society, which aims to support cancer patients at every step of their journey. This past year, Northeastern’s Relay For Life was the largest collegiate event in the country and the highest fundraising collegiate event.
While at Northeastern, Emma completed two full-time co-op experiences. In 2023, she served as a Legal Recruiting Co-op at Mintz Levin’s Boston office, where she supported law student recruitment initiatives and contributed to the planning and execution of the firm’s 2023 Summer Associate Program. The following year, Emma joined the Pro Bono team at Goodwin Procter for her second co-op, where she helped enhance pro bono case management systems and conducted comprehensive data analysis on the firm’s pro bono portfolio.
Emma pursued several tutoring and mentoring opportunities in recent years, including her role with Rise Together Peer Mentoring. In this capacity, she supported local Boston high school students in navigating the college application process, offering guidance on academic planning, personal statements, and post-secondary preparedness. In her free time, Emma enjoys spending time with her family, exploring new coffee shops, attending spin classes, and reading on the beach!
Sneha Shenoy graduated magna cum laude with highest honors from Harvard College in 2025. She earned B.A. degrees in History and Science and Economics, a secondary in Global Health and Health Policy, and a Certificate for Civic Engagement as a part of the program’s inaugural cohort. Her Senior Thesis, “A Quest for Validation: A Modern History of the Evolving Ayurvedic Practice” explored the legal, social, and economic factors shaping and hindering the practice of Indian traditional medicine in the United States and Canada. Her thesis research was awarded a summa cum laude distinction.
While at Harvard, Sneha was heavily involved with the Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI). In Summer of 2024, she interned at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Global Health Center in Washington, D.C. Here, she worked in the policy wing, creating briefs and coordinating interagency engagement with partners in the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In 2023, Sneha worked at Sangath, a global mental health NGO in Goa, India. She conducted qualitative research for NAMASTE, a comprehensive youth Autism research project in South Asia. The summer prior, she interned at Fenway Health in Boston, engaging in health education policy and advocacy across the state of Massachusetts. These internships at the local, federal, and international levels confirmed Sneha’s interest in global health and health policy and expanded her interests to health-focused law.
Sneha was also heavily involved with cultural communities on Harvard’s campus. She served as President of the Harvard South Asian Association (SAA) and Captain of the Harvard Undergraduate Bhangra dance team. Through these organizations, Sneha became a student representative for affirmative action protection, fundraised for various political and climate crises in South Asia, and performed in dozens of dance showcases across the Northeast.
In her free time, Sneha enjoys taking early morning yoga classes, reading novels outdoors (weather permitting), and baking sweet treats with her friends.
Shruthi Sriram graduated magna cum laude from Boston College with a dual Bachelor of Arts in History and Economics. Her senior thesis received a Scholar of the College distinction, the university’s highest honor for independent research. Her project titled “Comrade Journalists — The Vanguard of the Revolutionary State” analyzed the developing scope and impact of the American Communist Press throughout the 20th century. She was awarded a grant to conduct archival research across the country for this project, where she looked at old reports in the American Communist press on leftist revolutions happening globally. She received the Carol Petillo Award from the department for specialization in U.S. foreign policy, biography, and feminist issues.
During the summer of 2022, Shruthi interned with the Boston College Innocence Project, a clinic out of BC Law School working to exonerate wrongfully incarcerated individuals. She contributed to legal research on various client cases, alongside a team of law students and a lead attorney. During the summer of 2023, Shruthi interned with S.T.O.P. (the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project) in New York City, a grassroots non-profit that engages in legal and social advocacy to create oversight on discriminatory surveillance technology. Here, she was given a chance to testify in front of the New York Committee on Technology.
While at BC, Shruthi spent a lot of her time involved with service. She worked on the council of a service learning program PULSE, and as a part of the organization, worked for a year at the non-profit Project Citizenship, a pro-bono immigration clinic. Here, she helped clients complete citizenship applications. She also co-founded a Mindfulness Club on campus with a service component, helping to teach mindfulness classes at the Suffolk County House of Corrections and the St. Francis House Homeless Shelter. She was selected to lead her class chapter of the Order of the Cross and Crown, a service-based honor society.
During her free time, Shruthi loves listening to music and watching movies, going to museums, and spending time outdoors.
Jessica Zeng graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Northwestern University in 2025 with a B.A. in Political Science and Legal Studies and a minor in Global Health Studies. Her senior thesis, The Less Equal Other: Images of the People’s Republic of China and the Shadows of Anti-Discrimination Jurisprudence in the Discourse Surrounding Florida Senate Bill 264, received departmental honors and won the Joe Feagin Undergraduate Paper Award from the American Sociological Association’s Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities. Her research analyzed how Florida SB 264, which restricts real property ownership by Chinese foreign nationals, perpetuates racialized portrayals of China and Chinese people and how such measures persist despite modern anti-discrimination doctrine. As a Farrell Fellow in Northwestern’s Department of Political Science, Jessica also contributed to an ongoing project examining the rise of political violence in the United States and its implications for democratic governance.
Beyond her academic work, Jessica served as Vice President of Client Development for Northwestern’s leading student-run pro bono consulting group, where she helped deliver strategic solutions for a diverse range of for- and non-profit clients from around the world. She was a captain on Northwestern University Mock Trial, earning an All-National Attorney Award as a first-year competitor, and served as a journal editor for the Northwestern Undergraduate Law Journal. During her third year, she studied abroad at the University of Oxford, focusing on contemporary Chinese politics and public international law.
Jessica’s summers were dedicated to building professional experiences at the intersection of law and finance. In 2024, she interned in the Office of Regulatory Liaison at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), supporting coordination with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and broker-dealer regulators nationwide. She previously interned in legal and compliance roles at BDT & MSD Partners and Johnson & Johnson.
Judy Zhang graduated summa cum laude and phi beta kappa from the University of Chicago in 2024 with a B.A. in Political Science and Philosophy and a minor in Human Rights. She received department honors for her senior thesis, “Suing Against Genocide: A Critical Analysis of the International Court of Justice’s Role in Redressing the Rohingya Genocide in Myanmar,” where she utilized a political theory lens and postcolonial logics to examine the effectiveness of international legal frameworks in ensuring accountability for human rights violations such as genocide.
As an undergraduate, Judy worked as a Research Assistant at UChicago Law School where she examined the legal characteristics of international organizations as well as anti-discriminatory language in constitutions in Southeast Asian countries. In the summer of 2023, Judy was selected as one of five students to participate in the American Bar Foundation’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship. There, she received invaluable insight from scholars in sociolegal studies and engaged in critical dialogue with faculty whose research was published in the Journal of Law and Social Inquiry. Aside from her research experience, Judy has previously interned in the summers for U.S. Congresswoman Lauren Underwood, the nonprofit Illinois Public Interest Research Group, and volunteered for Legal Aid Chicago as part of their Fair Housing Project. On campus, Judy worked in the Careers in Law office by helping students find internships and organizing mentorship events. She also competed for her college’s Mock Trial team, placing 2nd and 5th at Nationals. In her free time, Judy enjoys crossword puzzles, reading, hiking, the occasional pickleball, and finding the best coffee shop in town.
New York
Avery Crystal graduated with honors and distinction from the University of Michigan in 2025, earning a B.A. in Political Science and Cognitive Science. She received departmental honors for her senior thesis, From Prediction to Prosecution: The Threat of Gestational Surveillance When AI Meets Fetal Personhood Laws in a Post-Dobbs Legal Landscape, which explored how machine learning-based risk assessment tools could affect maternal healthcare under emerging fetal personhood laws.
On campus, Avery was deeply involved in student journalism. She served on staff at The Michigan Daily as both Deputy Senior Newsletter Editor and an Opinion Columnist, earning the Wasserstein Award for her editorial work. Her passion for storytelling and social justice also led her to conduct an archival research project with the Carceral State Project, which documented life inside the Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility through newspapers written by incarcerated women.
Avery expanded her policy experience as a member of Michigan Political Consulting, where she worked on projects for the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Kentucky Energy and Environmental Cabinet. She also pursued her interest in law through internships with two Ann Arbor-based firms specializing in immigration and medical malpractice law.
Eager to broaden her global perspective, Avery participated in a summer language exchange program at Seoul National University in 2023. The following year, she studied for two terms at the University of Oxford, focusing on jurisprudence and political theory.
Outside of her academic and professional pursuits, Avery enjoys spending time outdoors hiking, reading popular history books, and experimenting with new recipes using her pasta maker. She especially loves relaxing with her golden retriever, Winnie.
Isabel Coberly graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Columbia University in 2024 with a B.A. in Political Science and History. During college, she explored her interest in the law through internships at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and the Federal Public Defender for the District of Columbia, both of which were supported by the Political Science Department’s Phyllis Stevens Sharp Fellowship in American Politics. She has also worked with various organizations dedicated to advancing the Equal Rights Amendment—as an advocate, legal researcher, and youth leader in support of constitutional gender equality.
On campus at Columbia, Isabel worked as a research assistant in the Political Science Department on political theory scholarship. She served as the Journal Director of the Columbia Policy Institute, which publishes a yearly collection of student-written progressive policy proposals, and also as a Lead Editor of the Columbia Undergraduate Law Review. She was also the co-chair of the Student Advisory Board for the Eric H. Holder Jr. Initiative for Civil and Political Rights, where she coordinated and moderated justice-oriented programming for the undergrad community.
Megha Nelivigi graduated from the University of Michigan in 2024 with a B.A. in International Studies, concentrating in International Security, Norms, and Cooperation. As a liberal arts student, Megha took an interdisciplinary approach to her studies, but concentrated heavily on criminal justice, conflict, and human rights issues. Megha was an active member of the premier law fraternity at the University of Michigan, Kappa Alpha Pi, serving as a new member service chair and Wellness chair. Megha also worked as a research assistant in the sociology department, as well as in the School of Nursing. For her work on a project entitled "Using a Trauma-Informed Carte Lens to Explore College Students' Inappropriate, Disrespectful, and Coercive (IDC) Healthcare Interactions," Megha was co-awarded the 2024 Outstanding Scholarly Project Award.
Off campus, Megha was an intern at the Asian American Bar Association of New York and worked for a US Senate campaign. Megha was also a Member Services Intern for the Michigan House of Representatives, where she was a legislative canvasser in frontline districts, aiming to help increase involvement in state government and encourage voter participation. Megha also has experience volunteering for a non-profit dedicated to providing legal representation and mental health support for those navigating retaliatory domestic violence cases. Additionally, Megha tutored elementary-aged students at a local afterschool center in Ann Arbor.
In her free time, Megha enjoys reading, doing the crossword, and spending time outdoors.
Washington D.C.
John McEachern graduated from Georgetown University in 2025 with a B.A. in Government and minors in Public Health and Economics. He served for two years as a principal in the startups division of Georgetown Student Capital Partners, a student-run investment club, leading teams that advised startups on investor sourcing, financial modeling, and pitch deck development. In his senior spring, he interned at the Helm Lab for Planetary Sciences, contributing to research on using Artificial Intelligence to strengthen international legal coherence across UN treaties. A four-year member of Georgetown’s men’s swimming and diving team, he helped secure four conference championships, was twice elected team captain, won an individual title in the 100 backstroke, and earned BIG EAST All-Academic honors three times. During his summers, John enjoyed volunteering as an assistant fourth grade teacher at the Epiphany school in Boston along with working as an external affairs intern at Competitive Power Ventures. In his free time, John enjoys watching movies, reading, attempting cooking, exploring new food spots, and working out.
Nicole Y. Teo graduated cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Smith College in 2024 with a B.A. in Government. At Smith, Nicole was selected as a Jean Picker Fellow for the summer and fall of 2022. During this fellowship, she served as a legislative intern in Washington, DC, for Senator Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts, focusing primarily on foreign policy issues. She then interned with the Rules Committee Staff (Office of the General Counsel) at the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, where she supported the work of six Judicial Conference committees tasked with amending the rules of practice and procedure in federal court. As part of her fellowship, she also completed an independent research project on US congressional engagement with Taiwan.
On campus, Nicole served as Co-President of the Smith College Pre-Law Society and as a Chinese tutor and grader. She also worked as a research assistant and lab manager for the East Asian Politics lab, supporting Dr. Sara Newland's research on Chinese politics and subnational diplomacy between the US and Taiwan. Additionally, during her junior year, Nicole studied in Singapore at Yale-NUS College as an exchange student, focusing on international relations and foreign policy in Southeast Asia.
In the summer of 2023, Nicole continued to expand her professional experience in the Judiciary by interning in the Clerk’s Office at the Supreme Court of the United States. This experience reaffirmed to her the importance of public service and strengthened her commitment to promoting equity in access to justice. While in DC, Nicole spent her weekends volunteering at the Chinese American Museum near DuPont Circle.