Kiran Misra is a Ph.D. student in the American Politics subfield of Harvard’s Department of Government. Her substantive research interests include criminalization and the carceral state, disability, and race and immigration. Prior to starting her Ph.D., Kiran worked as an investigative journalist and as a consultant for the United Nations. She received both her Master’s and Bachelor’s in Public Policy with honors from the University of Chicago.
Contact
kiranmisra@g.harvard.edu
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Subfields
Political Thought and its History | American Politics
Academic Interests
Bureaucracy | Civil Society and Social Movements | Ethics | Human Rights | Institutions | Judiciary and Public Law | Modern and Contemporary Political Thought | Non-Governmental Organizations | Political Geography | Political Psychology | Public Opinion | Public Policy | Race & Ethnicity | Social Policy & the Welfare State | State-Society Relations | State & Local Politics
Research Methods
Historical Methods | Normative Political Thought | Qualitative Methods | Quantitative Methods | Surveys
Geographic Regions of Study
United States