Team

Bryan L. Sykes, Ph.D., is the principal investigator for this research project. He is an Associate Professor of Public Policy and Sociology at Cornell University. Professor Sykes' research focuses on demography and criminology, with particular interests in demographic processes, structural inequality, racial disparities, population health, and research methodology.

Courtney Echols is a doctoral candidate in Criminology, Law & Society and a third year J.D. (law) student at the University of California, Irvine. Her research centers on documenting historical anti-Black violence in the US and intervening in its legacies, with a particular focus on Louisiana.

Vicente Celestino Mata is a doctoral candidate in the Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy at Cornell University. His research interests include understanding the impacts of settler colonialism on immigration law and policy, social inequality in the legal system, and the decision-making practices of immigration judges.