Alex Cohen Accepts Postdoctoral Scholar Position at UC Berkeley’s Democracy Policy Lab
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- Alex Cohen, a graduate student in our PhD program, has accepted a postdoctoral position as a voting law scholar with the Democracy Policy Lab at UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy (GSPP).
Alex Cohen, a graduate student in our PhD program, has accepted a postdoctoral position as a voting law scholar with the Democracy Policy Lab at UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy (GSPP). In this full-time, mentored research appointment, Alex will contribute to the nationally recognized Voting Laws Roundup—a partnership between Berkeley’s GSPP and the Brennan Center for Justice that tracks state-level legislation affecting the right to vote. His work will include data collection, coding, and analysis of state voting measures, as well as the development of computational tools—such as machine learning and large language models—to enhance legislative text analysis and classification. Alex has already developed an impressive research agenda on democratic institutions in a polarized era, and this postdoctoral fellowship will provide an ideal opportunity to make further progress on his important work. Congratulations, Alex!