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Shamena Anwar is senior economist at RAND. Her main research areas include evaluating criminal justice system reforms and studying racial disparities. She has also conducted research related to the military justice system and the immigration process. Her recently published research has examined the role that race plays at all stages of the criminal justice system, and has also evaluated the impacts of diversion programs, as well as the impact of providing defense representation at bail hearings. She has done a series of projects investigating the impact that jury characteristics such as race, age, zip code, and political party have on civil and criminal trial outcomes. Her previous research has used a wide range of research designs to assess causal effects and has been published in journals including the American Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Science Advances, and The Journal of Law and Economics. She received her Ph.D. in economics from Yale University.
Ph.D. in economics, Yale University; B.A. in economics, UC Berkeley
