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Our Team

JEP’s team includes youth leaders and academic advisors who guide the organization’s research, education, and public engagement. Board members bring experience from universities and the criminal justice field and help ensure JEP’s work remains rigorous, relevant, and youth-centered.

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Nicholas E. Stewart
Executive Director

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Yilin Zhou

Director of Research

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Lily Tochner

Director of Research

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Suruchi Gaigavale

Director of Outreach

Our Advisors

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Jonathan Simon

Lance Robbins Professor of Criminal Justice Law, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law; Center for the Study of Law & Society

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Alexandra Natapoff
Lee S. Kreindler Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

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Rachel Harmon
Harrison Robertson and F. Palmer Weber Professor of Law, UVA Law
Director, Center for Criminal Justice

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Dr. Jamie Fader
Associate Professor, Temple University Department of Criminal Justice

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