Redistricting and Gerrymandering
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News Articles:
Newly gerrymandered districts might hurt Democrats less than you think (Published in the Washington Post)
The Silver Lining in the Supreme Court Gerrymandering Decision (Published in The Hill)
Research Programs:
Fall of 2023, I was a Research Member at the MSRI/SLMath Algorithms, Fairness, and Equity Program
Research Articles:
The Geography and Election Outcome (GEO) Metric: An Introduction with M. Campisi, T. Ratliff, and S. Somersille Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy (2022)
Declination as a Metric to Detect Partisan Gerrymandering with M. Campisi, A. Padilla, and T. Ratliff Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy (2019)
The Efficiency Gap, Voter Turnout, and The Efficiency Principle Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy (2018)
Teaching:
Spring 2024 I am teaching AI for Redistricting.
I taught Math in our Democracy: Detecting and Preventing Gerrymandering three times during "Jan term" (Januaries of 2020, 2021, and 2022)
Upcoming Talks:
Summer 2024 I'll be speaking at Mathematics of Voting and Representation (A Mathematics for Humanity Workshop at the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences in Edinburgh)
Spring 2024 I'll be giving colloquia at USF (in CS and Math) and SJSU
Sites and Resources for those interested in exploring:
The Gerrymandering Project from 538; for general public consumption.
Metric Geometry and Gerrymandering Group; headed by Moon Duchin from Tufts
Quantifying Gerrymandering; the math group from Duke.
Wesley Pegden and others at Carnegie Melon have worked on addressing gerrymandering
All About Redistricting; Justin Levitt of Loyola Law's guide to the redistricting process
Wendy Cho has been influential in this area
Representable is interested in helping communities of interest in the redistricting process
Districtr and Open Precincts want to help the public have the tools we need to analyze districting maps
Dave's redistricting app can be used to create maps