KATE JASSIN

Research Associate
Kate.Jassin@islg.cuny.edu

Kate Jassin works with ISLG’s research team to support a process evaluation for the implementation of New York’s bail reform legislation, and projects working with local stakeholders to develop tools to track progress towards equity. Prior to joining ISLG, she was a postdoctoral fellow in the Social and Political Psychology Lab at the New School for Social Research, where she taught courses on psychology and social policy, and conducted survey research on the ways in which intergroup perceptions and implicit prejudice shape public policy decision-making. She has also supported various non-profit organizations and government agencies as a research consultant, including conducting a national survey investigating public attitudes toward immigration policy, evaluating the workforce capacity in the New York State childcare provider network to implement a parent training curriculum, and surveying members of a law institute to inform organizational policy changes. She holds a Ph.D. in social psychology from the New School for Social Research with a graduate certificate in gender and sexuality studies. She is currently an adjunct assistant professor of psychology at New York City College of Technology where she teaches introductory psychology and personnel/organizational psychology.