Jennifer Doleac
Associate Professor
Founding Director, Justice Tech Lab
Department of Economics
Texas A&M University
Jennifer Doleac is Associate Professor of Economics at Texas A&M University and Director of the Justice Tech Lab. She is also a Nonresident Fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution and a research affiliate at the University of Chicago Crime Lab and the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities. Professor Doleac studies the economics of crime and discrimination, with a particular focus on how technology and surveillance affect public safety. Past and current work addresses topics such as DNA databases, gun violence, prisoner re-entry, and the unintended consequences of “ban the box” policies.
Twitter: @jenniferdoleac
Jennifer Doleac's Research Interests
- Applied microeconomics
- Public finance
- Labor economics
- Law and economics
- Economics of crime
- Discrimination