Policy Analyst

Diana Polson, Policy Analyst
dpolson@nelp.org
212-285-3025 ext 353
New York City

Areas of expertise
Labor Market Research

Biography

Diana Polson joined NELP in 2008 with the rest of the Economic Justice team from the Brennan Center for Justice. She is a Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science at CUNY Graduate Center with a particular focus on low-wage work, poverty and new forms of community-labor organizing. Previously, Diana has been an organizer around economic justice issues and has provided research assistance for both a study on comparative working time policy and the use of human rights in New York City. At NELP, she is the Survey Project Coordinator for a study on the growth of workplace violations in low-wage industries in New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles.

Education

M.A., CUNY Graduate Center
B.A., University of Virginia