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Ph.D. Candidate Profiles

Jenné B. Ayers

Jenné B. Ayers

Jenné B. Ayers is a Ph.D. in Law candidate at Yale. She is a graduate of Harvard College and Yale Law School. Her research focuses on the laws, political institutions, and administrative agencies regulating local economies. This research draws upon local government law, constitutional law, the history of political thought, and empirical legal studies.

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Dwayne Betts

Dwayne Betts

Reginald Dwayne Betts is a Ph.D. in Law candidate at Yale. His major research interests are administrative law, criminal law, empirical legal studies, and law and literature. He holds a B.A. from the University of Maryland and a J.D. from Yale Law School. Prior to law school, Dwayne was a Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Studies and a Soros Justice Fellow. In addition, he served by appointment of former President Barack Obama as a practitioner member of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

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Angel E. Sanchez

Angel E. Sanchez is a Ph.D. in Law candidate at Yale. Angel’s research explores the tensions between democracy, citizenship, and the U.S. criminal legal system. He focuses on how legal frameworks and institutions affect system-impacted individuals, particularly in areas such as voting rights restoration, access to higher education, and socio-economic inclusion. His work is deeply rooted in democratic values and seeks to advance interventions that protect the dignity and equal citizenship of individuals affected by the criminal legal system, especially those from marginalized communities.

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Amanda Shanor

Amanda Shanor

Amanda Shanor is a Ph.D. in Law candidate at Yale. Her research focuses on constitutional and administrative law, speech and association, and their intersection with the behavioral sciences. A graduate of Yale Law School and Yale College, Amanda served as a law clerk to the Honorable Cornelia T.L. Pillard and the Honorable Judith W. Rogers of the D.C. Circuit and the Honorable Robert W. Sweet of the Southern District of New York.

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