Public Policy Institute of California
Heather Harris serves as a Research Fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California since August 2018, bringing extensive research experience from previous roles, including Postdoctoral Researcher at UC Berkeley and Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Maryland. Harris investigated the effects of school choice on youth violence during a tenure as a Summer Associate at the RAND Corporation and contributed to research at the National Bureau of Economic Research and The University of Chicago. Additional experience includes a policy advisory role with the Jordanian government and technical positions at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, as well as the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Harris holds a PhD in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Maryland, an M.P.P. from the University of Chicago, and a B.S. in Astronomy from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Public Policy Institute of California
Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank. We are dedicated to informing and improving public policy in California through independent, objective, nonpartisan research. Since 1994, PPIC has helped California’s leaders to better understand policy issues by providing them with research that is free of partisanship or ideological biases. Today, we are a highly respected resource on a range of critical issues—encouraging productive dialogue and inspiring the search for sustainable solutions in Sacramento and across the state. Learn more at http://www.ppic.org