Amelia O'Halloran

I am a Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN+) in the Sociology Department at Harvard University.

My work uses primarily quantitative methods and focuses on neighborhood trust, urbanization, domestic violence, incarceration, residential mobility, and deviance.

I studied computer science at Brown University; I also hold an MPhil from the University of Cambridge in Digital Humanities.

Employment

Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow

Harvard University Sociology Department: July 2024 - Present

I work as a Pre-Doctoral Fellow with Professor Robert Sampson on the Project for Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN+). I worked closely with Professor Sampson on his upcoming book, Marked by Time (2026), including creating figures, editing chapters, and writing sections of the manuscript. I also contributed to and edited multiple published papers, gathered and analyzed data from multiple sources (PHDCN+ survey data, CDC data, Chicago Police Department data), and wrote grant reports and proposals. I am an organizer of Harvard's Urban Data Lab within the Sociology Department.

Researcher

University of Cambridge's Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy: October 2023 - July 2024

I worked as a Researcher with Sociology professor Gina Neff at the University of Cambridge. I performed expert interviews and literature reviews to write a whitepaper on AI risks for Responsible AI UK. I also independently led a research project mapping global Responsible AI groups to develop collaborative ties.

Digital Business Analyst

McKinsey & Company: August 2021 – May 2023

I focused on uplifting organizations’ cybersecurity, trust, and privacy, including the following projects:

  • Designated team lead, managing a team of analysts to develop and facilitate a cybersecurity strategy workshop for 15+ CISOs of major medical organizations.
  • Guided a Taiwanese electronics manufacturer to implement cybersecurity initiatives to uplift customer safety. Wrote cybersecurity and privacy standards and procedures in English and Mandarin.
  • Guided a leading global bank through a regulatory response to a federal cybersecurity inquiry.

Education

Brown University

B.Sc., Computer Science and East Asian Studies (double major): September 2017 – May 2021

University of Cambridge

MPhil, Digital Humanities: September 2023 – May 2024

Projects

Mapping Residential Mobility among PHDCN+ participants

Created as a Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow with the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN+)

Animated map of the residential mobility of PHDCN+ participants, from 1995 to 2024, based on survey waves, built using R.

Privacy Caselaw in the US and UK

Created as part of the MPhil in Digital Humanities at the University of Cambridge

Textual analysis of privacy-related caselaw in the US and the UK, performed using Python and R. Full data pipeline and code can be found here.

More projects coming soon!

Contact

Email: ameliaohalloran7@gmail.com