Our Team

We are a multi-disciplinary team of students, lawyers, data scientists, and social scientists, including several systems-impacted leaders, that conducts research to measure, study, and raise awareness of the Second Chance Gap.

Colleen Chien

Colleen Chien

Founder and Director

Colleen V. Chien is a Professor of Law, empirical researcher, and founder and director of the Paper Prisons Initiative. From 2013-2015 she served as White House Senior Advisor on Intellectual Property and Innovation and she currently serves as a part-time Senior Counselor to the Department of Commerce Office of General Counsel.

Navid Shaghaghi

Navid Shaghaghi

Project Manager

Navid Shaghaghi is a lecturer and researcher in the department of Mathematics and Computer Science (MCS) of the College of Arts and Sciences, the departments of Computer Science & Engineering (CSEN) and Bioengineering (BIOE) of the School of Engineering, and the department of Information Systems and Analytics (ISA) of the School of Business at Santa Clara University.

Faculty and Community Experts

Hithesh

Hithesh Bathala

Advisor

Hithesh Sekhar is a software development engineer at Amazon, an Information Systems M.S. graduate, and alum of the Paper Prisons team who continues to support the project.

Jessica Jackson

Jessica Jackson

Special Advisor

Jessica Jackson is an American human rights attorney and Chief Advocacy Officer at REFORM Alliance. She is also the co-founder of #cut50, a national bipartisan effort aimed at reducing America's incarceration rate. She served as the youngest mayor of the city of Mill Valley.

Ellen Kreitzberg

Ellen Kreitzberg

Faculty Advisor

Ellen Kreitzerg is a Professor of Law Santa Clara University, and renowned expert on death penalty abolition research and advocacy.

Adam Osmond

Adam Osmond

Advisor

Adam Osmond, an accountant and data analyst, has spent years collecting and analyzing large public data including criminal data from Connecticut spanning decades. He is passionate about criminal justice reform, as he has witnessed the lasting impact convictions have on the livelihoods of others.

Samuel

Sam Sinyangwe

Advisor

Samuel Sinyangwe, data scientist, is the founder of Mapping Police Violence and the Police Scorecard, where he uses data to address police violence and mass incarceration.

William Sundstrom

William Sundstrom

Faculty Advisor

Dr. William Sundstrom is the Stephen and Patricia Schott Professor of Economics at the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University. His research interests include poverty and inequality, the economic history of labor markets, education and related institutions, and the economics of race and gender.

David

David Ball

Advisor

David Ball is a Professor of Law at Santa Clara Law and a leading cirminal justice scholar. He is currently Co-Chair of the Corrections Committe of the ABA's Criminal Jutice Section and has been an actor, filmaker, and Rhodes scholar.

Robert Apel

Robert Apel

Advisor

Dr. Robert Apel is a criminologist and Professor at Rutgers University-Newark whose research focuses on the intersection of crime, the justice system, and the labor market.

Jenna

Jenna Clark

Advisor

Dr. Jenna Clark is a Senior Behavioral Researcher at Duke University’s Center for Advanced Hindsight. She studies how to help people lead happier and healthier lives through behavioral interventions that respect their lived experiences and autonomy.

Jiayu

Jiayu Zhao

Advisor

Jiayu Zhao is a Senior Behavioral Researcher at Duke University’s Center for Advanced Hindsight. Her research interest is to model, explain, and predict decision-making in complex systems and with information feedback delays.

Matthew Stubenberg

Matthew Stubenberg

Advisor

Matthew Stubenberg is a researcher at Harvard Law School's Access to Justice Lab. He also created the MDExpungement.com website which has generated over 100,000 petitions for expungement.

Law Team

Rachel

Rachel Nghe

Law Student

Rachel is a third year law student at Santa Clara Law. Prior to law school, she worked at the Department of Justice Antitrust Division and at Dropbox as a legal analyst. She has committed her time in school and in her career to DEI and social justice initiatives. She aims to use her legal, technology, and social sector experience to continue to serve minorities and those in need in her community.

Technology Team: Data Science

Varun

Varun Gujarathi

Graduate Student: CSEN

Varun is interested in building great tech in general and helping the community with his engineering skills.

Rutuja

Rutuja Pathade

Graduate Student: MIS

Rutuja is interested in contributing to the community with insights that data brings.

Rohit

Rohit Rathish

Graduate Alumni: CSEN

Rohit is a Computer Science graduate with skills in Data Analytics and Web development.

Shaunak

Shaunak Chaudhary

Graduate Student: CSEN

Shaunak is passionate about applying his technical as well as entrepreneurial skills to develop innovative solutions that can positively impact society.

Technology Team: Website and Tools

Ju

Ju Young Park

Law Student

Ju Park is a 3rd year Part-Time Law student at Santa Clara University. She is also a UX engineer at Google, focused on front-end development.

Max

Max Calcoen

Highschool Fellow

Max is a high school student who is passionate about how technology can promote social justice. He currently attends Head-Royce School in Oakland as a junior.

Nathan

Nathan Hoffman

Law Student

Nathan is a part time JD candidate with a background in tech who hopes to some day contribute positively to his community via the intersection of law and tech.

Yabo

Yabo Du

Engineer

Yabo has more than 10 years of experience working in software development & project management. He is focusing on high performance distribution systems, large-scale data processing and Web3 technologies. Yabo also loves SUP, pickle ball and swimming.

Varun

Varun Gujarathi

Graduate Student: CSEN

Varun is interested in building great tech in general and helping the community with his engineering skills.

Past Members

Alyssa

Alyssa Aguilar

Law Student

Amy

Amy Allshouse

Law Student

Isabella

Isabella Ang

Paper Prisons Fellow and Law student

Nancy Attalla

Nancy Attalla

Law Student

Connor

Connor Azzarello

Undergraduate Student: CSEN

Bhagyashri Badgujar

Bhagyashri Badgujar

M.S. Alumni: IS

Darshan Bhansali

Darshan Bhansali

M.S. Alumni: CSEN

Ekam

Ekam Brar

Law Student

Oswaldo Caballero

Oswaldo Caballero

Law Alumni

Sonya

Sonya Chalaka

Advisor

Anthony

Anthony Chen

Undergraduate Student: CS

Phillip

Phillip Chin

Undergraduate Student: Political Science and English

Nicholas

Nicholas Antonio Cortes

Summer Law Fellow

Kritin

Kritin Dhoka

Undergraduate Student: CS

Charles Duggan

Charles Duggan

Law Student

Eli Edwards

Eli Edwards

Faculty Advisor

Vidhi

Vidhi Gandhi

M.S. Alumni: IS

Chhavi

Chhavi Garg

Graduate Student: MIS

Alexandra George

Alexandra George

Undergraduate Student: Philosophy

Anjali

Anjali Gupta

Graduate Student: MIS

team

Evan Hastings

Law Alumni

team

Soliman Hatef

Law Alumni

Jerry

Jerry Huang

Graduate Student: CSEN

Monica

Monica Jain

M.S. Alumni: IS

Heta

Heta Joshi

Undergraduate Student: Mathematics

Hubeyb

Hubeyb Kabulantok

Law Student

Jay

Jay Kanakiya

Graduate Student: CSEN

Karina Kaypaghian

Karina Kaypaghian

Undergraduate Student

Arthi

Arthi Kundadka

Graduate Alumni: CSEN

Ahmanda Lee

Ahmanda Lee

Law Student

Justin

Justin Li

Undergraduate Student: CS

Siyu

Siyu Liu

Advisor

Maximilian

Maximilian Lyons

Advisor

Udisha

Udisha Madnani

Graduate Student: Business Analytics

Chelsie

Chelsie Marie Martinez

Undergraduate Student

Nathaniel Metz

Nathaniel Metz

Undergraduate Student: English and History

Celeste Munoz

Celeste Munoz

Undergraduate Student: Political Science and Ethnic Studies

team

Serena Natt

Law Student

Kiara

Kiara Navarro

Law Student

team

Theodore Nguyen

Undergraduate Student: CS

Prajakta

Prajakta Pingale

Graduate Student: IS

Pooja

Pooja Prashar

M.S. Alumni: IS

Sameeksha

Sameeksha Raj

M.S. Alumni: CSEN

Krishan

Krishan Ranjan

M.S. Alumni: IS

Obie Reynolds

Obie Reynolds

Law Student

Antonio Reza

Antonio Reza

Advisor

Martin

Martin Rios-Cardenas

Undergraduate Student: CS

team

Laxmi Samala

M.S. Alumni: IS

Sarah-Mae Sanchez

Sarah-Mae Sanchez

Law Student

Emma

Emma Schechter

Undergraduate Student: CS

Srihari

Srihari Shekhar

Graduate Student: Information Systems

Ekam

Ekam Singh

Undergraduate Student: CSEN

Apoorva Srinivas

Apoorva Srinivas

M.S. Alumni: IS

Nivedita

Nivedita Thapa

Graduate Student: MIS

Gwynneth Thomas

Gwynneth Thomas

Law Student

Samuel

Samuel Whalen

Summer Law Fellow

Graeme Warren

Graeme Warren

Advisor

Sharine

Sharine Xuan

Advisor

Darren

Darren C. Yang

Graduate Student: IS

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