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Maya Sen

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Harvard Kennedy School
Cambridge, MA 02138
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  • Welcome!

    I am a political scientist and Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. My research interests include law, political economy, race and ethnic politics, and statistical methods. My research has been published in journals such as the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, and the Journal of Politics, and has been covered by the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Economist, National Public Radio, and other outlets.

    My book, Deep Roots: How Slavery Still Shapes Southern Politics, is available from Princeton University Press and won the 2019 William H. Riker Book Award for best book published in political economy. My newest book, on how American courts become politicized (with Adam Bonica), is forthcoming with Cambridge University Press.

    I received my PhD from the Harvard Department of Government and my AM degree from the Harvard Department of Statistics. I also hold a JD from Stanford Law School. At Harvard, I am an affiliate of the Institute for Quantitative Social Science, the Taubman Center for State and Local Government, and the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation.

    You can access my Google Scholar page here. A full description of my publications and working papers is here. My CV is here. I explain some of my research interestes in this video.

Current Working Papers

  • The “Odd Party Out” Theory of Certiorari
  • The Political Consequences of Ethnically Targeted Incarceration: Evidence from Japanese-American Internment During WWII
  • Estimating the Effect of Asking About Citizenship on the U.S. Census: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial
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Publications By Year

  • Working Paper (3)
  • 2019 (4)
  • 2018 (4)
  • 2017 (8)
  • 2016 (5)
  • 2015 (7)
  • 2014 (2)
  • 2013 (3)
  • 2012 (3)
  • 2006 (1)

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