Bio

Shannon Lynn Parker is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Government. Her research focuses on violence against women (particularly women of color), state government, local civil courts, and political attitudes and behaviors. Her dissertation grounds these issues in the United States justice system, while smaller research projects focus on how privacy is defined in this and other contexts in China.Prior to arriving at Harvard, she was a Research Associate in the Liberty & National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law. She also lived in Beijing as a Princeton in Asia fellow and conducted research in Qingdao as a fellow in the Fulbright-Hays Group Program Abroad. She graduated from Brown University with an A.B. in Public Policy & American Institutions and East Asian Studies. Learn more at her website