Staff
A variety of talented individuals are involved in EPID’s work.
Students interested in getting involved should contact Research Associate, Hyacinth Miller.
Core Staff
Hyacinth Miller
Miller joined the Program on Immigration and Democracy in November 2011 as a Research Associate. Her responsibilities include, proposal writing, research, and project management. She is currently pursuing her Master of Arts in Political Science at Rutgers. Her research interests include Caribbean American and ethnic politics in the US; women in politics; U.S. criminal justice…
Samridhi Jagga
Year of Graduation: 2011
College: School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University
Degree: Masters of Labor and Employment Relations
Current Town: Edison, NJ
Hometown: Chandigarh, India
Interests: Immigration, Diversity, Human Resources and Labor Relations, Health Insurance.
Current Title: Compensation Analyst, Port Authority of NY and NJ
College: School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University
Degree: Masters of Labor and Employment Relations
Current Town: Edison, NJ
Hometown: Chandigarh, India
Interests: Immigration, Diversity, Human Resources and Labor Relations, Health Insurance.
Current Title: Compensation Analyst, Port Authority of NY and NJ
Yael Bromberg | Legal Affairs Program Associate
Yael Bromberg is a Legal Affairs Program Associate with Citizenship-Rutgers, an initiative of the Program on Immigration and Democracy. She is a New Jersey-raised graduate of Rutgers School of Law-Newark and Douglass College. She specializes in public interest law, focusing on impact-litigation, research and advocacy. She was an Ella Baker Fellow with the Center for…
Yan Li | Web Designer
Yan Li is the Web Designer of the EPID site. She is currently an undergraduate student at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, with an Information Technology and Informatics (ITI) major and a Japanese minor. She likes design, creativity, and technology, and is hoping to do future work in UI design, UX design, graphic design, and web design, particularly for nonprofit organizations.
Interns
Asha Mattai
I am a Labor and Employment Relations Major (B.A), with a double minor in South Asian Studies and Women and Gender Studies at Rutgers University. I am interested in working in the non-profit sector after I graduate in May 2012. I am a Reiki practitioner and I enjoy cooking and reading in my spare time….
Ibrahim Bouzine
I am a current undergraduate student in the Landscape Architecture Department at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey; expected to graduate in may 2012. I am 23 years old and I was born in Morocco’s largest beach tourist hotspot, Agadir City. I now currently reside in Atlantic County, New Jersey, home to Atlantic City,…
Jordan Wiley
Jordan Wiley is from Egg Harbor Township New Jersey, 22 years old. Currently finishing her bachelors degree at Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations. After graduating in December, plan to move on to grad-school and pursue a masters by 2013.
Researchers
Brian Stromberg
Brian Stromberg is a second-year Phd student at the Bloustein School as of Spring 2011. While his research focuses on affordable housing policy and housing finance, he is interested in all forms of social justice issues. Brian holds a Master’s Degree in Geography from Rutgers University. His thesis was on shared equity housing and its potential for creating fundamental changes in housing and…
Elisa N. Baeza
Elisa Baeza is pursuing a Master of Public Policy at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers. Her interests are in community development, more specifically in economic equity, affordable housing, and asset-development among urban low-to-moderate income families. She is a Graduate Fellow with the Rutgers Immigrant Infrastructure Map project.
Mahesh Lakshminarayanan
Mahesh Lakshminarayanan is an Urban & Regional Planner with a leading planning & engineering consulting firm in India. He graduated with a Masters degree in Planning from Rutgers’ Edward J.Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, and worked for two years with the Middlesex County Planning Department and also on the Rutgers Immigrant Infrastructure Project with Eagleton before moving back to India in March 2011.
Ommead Iraninejad
Ommead Iraninejad is a second-year masters student at Rutgers University’s School of Management and Labor Relations. Ommead’s interests include labor law, corporate leadership, performance appraisals, disabilities in the workplace, and organizational behavior. Ommead is the Senator for the School of Management and Labor Relations.
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