Mike Mueller-Smith, Director Mike is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Michigan and a Faculty Associate in the Population Studies Center. His research examines topics related to the economics of crime, discrimination, and public assistance programs. He is currently working on studying the household spillovers of the criminal justice system, court deferral programs, felony disenfranchisement and safety net bans resulting from felony drug convictions. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University.
	Keith Finlay, Co-Director Keith is a labor economist at the U.S. Census Bureau, where he uses administrative records to increase the quality of federal statistical products. He received a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Irvine. He previously held an appointment as an Assistant Professor of Economics at Tulane University. He has published research on the economics of the crime, family structure, and illegal drug use.
	Jordan Papp, Project Manager Jordan received his Ph.D. from the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati. During his graduate studies, Jordan managed projects at the University of Cincinnati Corrections Institute and worked as a statistical analyst at Michigan State University.
	Diana Sutton, Project Manager Diana spent over 20 years in a career with the Michigan Department of Corrections before joining CJARS, the latter part of which was spent as the records administrator for the agency. Diana has a BS in criminal justice from Wayne State University and a MS in Public Administration from Central Michigan University.
	Elizabeth Luh, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Elizabeth received her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Houston. Her research examines topics related to labor and public economics with a focus on the economics of crime and discrimination.
Jay Choi Research Assistant	Josh Kim Research Assistant	Brian Miller Research Assistant

Current students

James Reeves Graduate Student Research Assistant

Benjamin Pyle Graduate Student Research Assistant

Manav Bhatia Undergraduate Student Research Assistant

Luke Reuter Undergraduate Student Research Assistant

 

Affiliated researchers

Brittany Street, University of Missouri	Jen Doleac, Texas A&M University	Manasi Deshpande, University of Chicago
Russell Weinstein, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Kevin Schnepel, Simon Fraser University

CJARS alumni

Shaeq Ahmed, Undergraduate Research Assistant	Luis Baldomero-Quintana, Graduate Student Research Assistant	Lauren Lee, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Ellen Stuart, Graduate Student   Research Assistant	Matt VanEseltine, Project Manager	Peixin Yang, Research Assistant
Kenna Garrison, Graduate  Student Research Assistant	Francis Fiore, Undergraduate Research Assistant	Matthew Gross, Graduate Student Research Assistant
Susan Parker, Graduate Student Research Assistant	Madeleine Danes, Undergraduate Student Research Assistant	Neel Shah, Undergraduate Student Research Assistant
David Smith, Undergraduate Student Research Assistant	Lyllian Simerly, Undergraduate Student Research Assistant	Mary Quiroga, Graduate Student Research Assistant