About

Jae Yeon Kim is a political scientist by training, a data scientist in practice, and a civic tech enthusiast. He has deep expertise in partnering with government and nonprofit organizations to produce research that directly informs policy and improves practice. He previously worked as a senior data scientist at the Safety Net Innovations Lab at Code for America and co-developed the Mapping the Modern Agora Project at the SNFAgora Institute at Johns Hopkins University.

Jae holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University ofCalifornia, Berkeley and will join the University of NorthCarolina–Chapel Hill as an assistant professor of public policy in January 2026.

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