#  Kiran Misra 

PhD Candidate in Government

Stone PhD Scholar in Inequality and Wealth Concentration

 

 

 



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Kiran Misra is a Ph.D. student in the American Politics subfield of Harvard’s Department of Government. Her substantive research interests include criminalization and the carceral state, disability, and race and immigration. Prior to starting her Ph.D., Kiran worked as an investigative journalist and as a consultant for the United Nations. She received both her Master’s and Bachelor’s in Public Policy with honors from the University of Chicago.

 

 

 





 

 

- ## Ph.D. department
    
     [Government](/phd-department/government)
- ## Roles
    
     [PhD Scholars](/students) [Stone PhD Scholars](/roles/stone-phd-scholars)