Professor of Public Policy at Harvard, co-director of @comppolicylab.bsky.social, applying a computational approach to public policy, including to issues in education, healthcare, and criminal justice. https://5harad.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/5harad.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/5harad.com/post/3mth5v3cwpk23📣 Job alert! 📣 Harvard Kennedy School is seeking to hire a senior faculty member who is using technology to address public problems. Please apply by Sep. 15, and help us spread the word! academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/16670 https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/1556119 Aug 2026 16:33 +0000at://did:plc:htechpzzfz47fkavs3gbfofm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mth5v3cwpk23https://bsky.app/profile/5harad.com/post/3m6amdrpdsc25📣 Job alert! 📣 Harvard Kennedy School is running 2 open-rank faculty searches in technology & public policy. One position is specifically for scholars using data science to address public problems. Please help us spread the word! academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/15561 https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/1556122 Nov 2025 20:14 +0000at://did:plc:htechpzzfz47fkavs3gbfofm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6amdrpdsc25https://bsky.app/profile/5harad.com/post/3m36p2zb2nc2wWe’re hiring multiple full-time software engineers at @comppolicylab.bsky.social! Our team builds and deploys technology to tackle pressing public problems, in education, the delivery of government benefits, and beyond. Please help us spread the word! https://careers.harvard.edu/job/software-engineer-in-cambridge-ma-united-states-jid-61314 Oct 2025 21:42 +0000at://did:plc:htechpzzfz47fkavs3gbfofm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m36p2zb2nc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/5harad.com/post/3lci7dau2hs2iUsing race in medical risk assessments is hotly debated, with some arguing that doing so improves accuracy while others worry it reinforce pernicious attitudes. With @madisoncoots.com and colleagues, we identify a statistical twist that's been largely overlooked. https://5harad.com/papers/race-and-disease-risk.pdf04 Dec 2024 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:htechpzzfz47fkavs3gbfofm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lci7dau2hs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/5harad.com/post/3lbhib7f35c2hInstructors at 2- and 4-year colleges! Give your students free access to a virtual tutor optimized for learning by taking part in our study on using AI to improve education. Instructors receive a $1,000 honorarium. Sign up by Dec. 16! pingpong.hks.harvard.edu/eduaccess https://pingpong.hks.harvard.edu/eduaccess21 Nov 2024 12:39 +0000at://did:plc:htechpzzfz47fkavs3gbfofm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbhib7f35c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/5harad.com/post/3kd7kqmqryv2nNaviance is widely used by high school students to help them decide where to apply to college. In our new PNAS paper, Sabina Tomkins, Josh Grossman, Lindsay Page and I show it can inadvertently dissuade qualified students from applying to selective schools. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.230601712002 Nov 2023 14:26 +0000at://did:plc:htechpzzfz47fkavs3gbfofm/app.bsky.feed.post/3kd7kqmqryv2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/5harad.com/post/3kd4yr235op2uOur paper "The Measure and Mismeasure of Fairness" — long in draft form — is now out in JMLR! We show that common error rate measures are often misleading indicators of algorithmic bias, and argue it's better to evaluate algorithms by looking at their effects. https://5harad.com/papers/fair-ml.pdf01 Nov 2023 13:59 +0000at://did:plc:htechpzzfz47fkavs3gbfofm/app.bsky.feed.post/3kd4yr235op2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/5harad.com/post/3kcowzlsvat27Call for papers! Behavioral Science & Policy is running a special issue on behavioral insights for AI policy. Great opportunity to reach policymakers. Initial submissions just require a 500-word abstract by Dec. 1. Please help us get the word out! https://behavioralpolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Call-for-Papers-10-25-23.pdf26 Oct 2023 23:51 +0000at://did:plc:htechpzzfz47fkavs3gbfofm/app.bsky.feed.post/3kcowzlsvat27https://bsky.app/profile/5harad.com/post/3k4gtyx7wes25We find that Asian American applicants — especially South Asians — are much less likely to be admitted to selective colleges than white students with similar test scores, GPAs, and extracurricular activities. Much of the gap is due to geography and preferential treatment of legacy applicants. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Aug 2023 10:04 +0000at://did:plc:htechpzzfz47fkavs3gbfofm/app.bsky.feed.post/3k4gtyx7wes25