MADISON COOTS
Madison Coots
Hi there,

Thanks for stopping by! I am a fourth year Ph.D. candidate in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and a Stone Ph.D. Scholar in Inequality and Wealth Concentration. I am also a researcher at the Computational Policy Lab. My research interests lie in algorithmic fairness, inequality, and the evaluation of both AI and human decision-making across a variety of domains, including in healthcare, lending, and criminal justice.

Before beginning my Ph.D., I studied computer science and AI (M.S.), management science and engineering (B.S.), and English literature (minor) at Stanford.

I am on the academic job market for 2026-2027.

Mar 2026
Excited to attend the IOE-ISyE-MS&E Rising Stars Workshop and give a talk about my recent research in lending discrimination.
Dec 2025
May 2025
Honored to receive the Harvard Kennedy School Dean's Award for Excellence in Student Teaching.