Hi! I'm Ari (he/him/his). I work as a data scientist at Blue Rose Research helping progressives win elections. Previously, I worked at Orijn helping incarcerated students enter living-wage careers and completed a Master's Degree at NYU’s Center for Urban Science and Progress.
I’ve written about jail reform in New York City, prosecutorial decision making in Philadelphia, and produced data analyses for the New York City Department of Investigation's report on the NYPD's response to the George Floyd Protests.
Outside of work, I'm learning to woodwork and recently made a game for my friends about whether names are human names or dog names (check it out!).
If you’re interested in my work, please reach out!
Blue Rose Research
2024–Present
Blue Rose Research develops data science tools to help progressive organizations and political campaigns answer key strategic questions. At Blue Rose, I work with our analytics team to answer questions from political strategists, and create automated deliverables for internal and external stakeholders.
Orijin
2021–24
Orijin (formerly known as APDS) develops educational software, job training software, and health resources for incarcerated learners. The software, loaded on tablets, is offered fee-free to students. In my role as analytics manager, I work with our tech, product and development staff to analyze student metrics, and identify areas for platform growth.
Inspector General for the New York City Police Department
2019–2021
The Office of the Inspector General for the NYPD (OIG-NYPD) investigates systemic issues in the New York City Police Department, and releases public recommendations for policy changes to improve the Department’s performance and transparency.
In my role, I analyzed data from NYPD and other city agencies to establish fact patterns in investigations. I also conducted policy reviews of other jurisdictions to establish best practices, develop new investigations, and presented trainings and brown bags on special topics for our office. My work was featured in the Department of Investigation’s report on NYPD’s response to the George Floyd Protests.
New York University Center for Urban Science and Progress
2020–2021
I received my Master’s degree in Applied Urban Informatics at the Center for Urban Science and Progress. The program focused on applying advanced data analytics to problems in cities to identify information that can be used by policy makers to make better decisions.
My work in the program focused largely on criminal justice. I completed substantial projects on digital infrastructure in New York City jails, bail outcomes in Philadelphia during the Covid-19 pandemic, and patterns in complaints of misconduct against NYPD officers. My coursework included time series analysis, dimensionality reduction techniques, natural language processing, bayesian modeling, and network analysis.
Abt Associates
2016 – 2019
At Abt Associates, I worked on a Bureau of Justice Statistics project to create a dataset of state prison populations across the United States. I researched how far people in prison lived from their homes while incarcerated, prison gerrymandering, and federal prosecutors’ response to marijuana legalization.