Full Name
Leighann Starkey
Job Title
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Company
Legal Aid Society
Speaker Bio
Leighann Starkey is a first-generation college student raised in a working-class home in rural Pennsylvania. She attended the University of Pittsburgh, where the Federal work-study program introduced her to the field of research. The experience she gained through this work gained her entry into a PhD program at CUNY Graduate Center, as well as a connection to an NYU-based research project that ultimately funded her dissertation. The work she completed during her PhD resulted in a career in applied research. In addition to teaching at CUNY SPS, she is the Director of Data at Legal Aid Society.
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