PPR Editorial Board, 2021-2022
Jose Altamirano
Jose Altamirano is an editor of the Progressive Policy Review and a first-year Master in Public Policy candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School. Prior to HKS, he worked in electoral campaigns and progressive advocacy organizations. He is interested in structural democratic reforms in the U.S. and the role the media plays in the rise of the far-right. He holds a BA in Government from Georgetown University. Jose is a proud first-generation Peruvian-American.
Mia Appelbaum
Mia Appelbaum is an editor at the Progressive Policy Review and a first-year MPA student at the Harvard Kennedy School. She completed the first part of her dual master’s degree at Harvard Divinity School in 2021 where she studied “Religion, Ethics, and Politics” as well as “Religion, Literature, and Culture.” Mia’s work most recently focused on examining the role of theology in mutual aid networks as well as in contemporary fiction. She holds a BA from NYU and is originally from New York City.
Rachel Carle
Rachel Carle is an editor of the Progressive Policy Review and a first-year Master in Public Policy candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School. At HKS, she currently works with the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy and supports projects at the Centre of Competence on Humanitarian Negotiation. Previously, Rachel worked for global justice organizations in Washington, D.C. and Cambodia. She holds a BA in Global Development and English from the University of Virginia. Rachel is active in community organizing spaces on climate, economic, and migrant justice.
Stephen Dwyer
Stephen Dwyer is an editor of the Progressive Policy Review and a second-year Master of Public Policy student at the Harvard Kennedy School. Broadly, he wants to understand how to address material and immaterial inequality. He is currently working with scholars at MIT and INSEAD to research future technology and alternative organizational structures in a subfield that he calls ‘future of work(er voice).’ Prior to HKS, Stephen worked in global political economy research in Washington D.C. and hold a B.A. in economics from the University of Virginia.
Ruth Foster
Ruth is a Frank Knox Fellow and Master of Theological Studies candidate at Harvard Divinity School, focusing on religion, ethics and politics. She is passionate about reproductive justice, grassroots peacebuilding, youth empowerment, and democracy in deeply-divided societies. Previously, Ruth worked in the non-profit sector in London. She holds an MA in Religious Studies from the University of Edinburgh and is originally from Northern Ireland.
Adina Goldin
Adina Goldin is an editor of the Progressive Policy Review and a second-year Master in Public Policy student at the Harvard Kennedy School. She is focused on state and local policy and politics and is committed to building progressive capacity at the state level. Before coming to the Kennedy School, Adina helped build an organization dedicated to electing progressive women to state and local office.
Joseph Leone
Joseph Leone is an editor at the Progressive Policy Review and an MPP candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School, focusing on international human rights and social movements, particularly in Southwest Asia and the United States. He is also an associate editor at the Journal of Middle Eastern Politics and Policy and co-chair of the Progressive Caucus at HKS.
Will Mulhern
Will Mulhern is an editor at the Progressive Policy Review and a Master of Public Policy Student at Harvard Kennedy School. He is passionate about issues of economic equality and fostering a just transition to a more sustainable and equitable economic system. Will previously worked as a Health Analyst at Mathematica where he focused on payment reform and clinical quality measurement. He is also the health policy chair of the Progressive Caucus at HKS and has a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Eleni Neyland
Eleni Neyland is an editor at the Progressive Policy Review and a first-year Master of Public Policy student at the Harvard Kennedy School, focusing on poverty, inequality, and labor. Prior to HKS, Eleni worked in political organizing. She holds a BA in Government from Hamilton College.
Billy Ostermeyer
Billy Ostermeyer is an editor at the Progressive Policy Review and an MPP candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School. His professional interests include international security & defense policy, countering hate groups & the global far-right, and veterans issues. He is a graduate of Claremont McKenna College and a veteran of the United States Army.
Morgan Pratt
Morgan is an editor at the Progressive Policy Review and an MPP candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School, focusing on human rights strategy, migration, and climate change. Morgan has previously worked in diplomacy, refugee advocacy, and as an elementary school teacher.
Paul Sédille
Paul Sédille is an editor at the Progressive Policy Review, a Belfer Center Allison Fellow, and an MPA candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School. His interests cover U.S.-China relations and the role of media polarization and disinformation in great power competition. Prior to Harvard, he was working as a Chinese-language reporter for HK01, Hong Kong’s leading Cantonese media. Paul is a member of Global Shapers, an initiative of the World Economic Forum, where he has worked on digital literacy, public involvement in AI, and ocean conservation. Paul is a graduate of the Beijing Film Academy, Sciences Po Paris, and Sorbonne University.
Peter Skopec
Peter Skopec is an editor at the Progressive Policy Review and an MPP candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School. His professional interests include predatory lending and financial reform, clean and equitable transportation, and public health. Prior to HKS, Peter spent eight years in advocacy and organizing, most recently as the director of a public interest advocacy group in Madison, Wisconsin. He holds a BA in Political Science and International Studies from Northwestern University.
Merrit Stüven
Merrit Stüven is an editor of the Progressive Policy Review and a Master in Public Policy student at the Harvard Kennedy School. She is focused on issues of economic and social equity, with specific interests in labor rights, unions, and worker rights, and holds a BA in Political Science and Human Rights from Macalester College. Before HKS, she worked for humanitarian and international development organizations and proudly served as a workplace rep for her union. Merrit is also Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Gender Policy Journal at HKS.
Dan Turner
Dan Turner is a Frank Knox scholar and Master of Public Policy candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School. Growing up in a mining and truck driving family in England’s coal belt, his policy interests are on helping communities organize to shape economic change and dislocation, and in combating the rise of the far-right in Europe’s post-industrial communities – the former home of the left.
Yuqi Zhu
Yuqi Zhu is an editor of the Progressive Policy Review and a Master of Public Policy student at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is passionate about innovation policy and social equity, with a particular focus on technology, media, and climate issues. Prior to HKS, Yuqi worked in the tech and media sector in Denver, CO. He holds a B.S/B.A in Economics/Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania.
Ketaki Zodgekar
Ketaki Zodgekar is a Frank Knox Fellow and Master in Public Policy student at the Harvard Kennedy School. She is interested in human rights and social movements, with a focus on migration, gender, LGBTQ+ communities and decolonization. Before coming to Harvard, Ketaki worked for a think tank in London. Ketaki holds an MA in Philosophy and Politics from the University of Edinburgh. She is also an Editor at Project Myopia, and Co-Chair of the Progressive Caucus at the Harvard Kennedy School.