Sam Shapiro

Policy | Data | Civic Engagement

Greater Chicago Area

About

Drawing on civic engagement, data, and policy analysis to bolster trust in public institutions

Experience

  • Associate Researcher at Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
    Oct 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 10 mos

  • Political Data Analyst at The Pivot Group
    Jul 2020 - Nov 2020 · 5 mos

  • Data Analyst at Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office
    Jan 2020 - Jun 2020 · 6 mos

    Built text mining tool to parse and codify Illinois Statutory law into machine-readable format to facilitate internal analysis and transparency of criminal charges data

  • Open Cities Fellow at Sunlight Foundation
    Jun 2018 - Aug 2018 · 3 mos

    - Develop best practices for cities that are looking to employ human-centered research and design (specifically user personas) to curate open data that residents can use - Collect all existing examples of cities’ open data user personas into a library

  • Director of Civic Engagement at Al-Quds University
    Aug 2015 - Aug 2017 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    - Launched the Student-Led Initiatives program at Al-Quds Bard College of Arts and Sciences - Germinated a culture of action on campus - Mentor students in carrying out community engagement work - Design and deliver leadership workshops in public speaking, agency, meaning making, fundraising, and interpersonal communication - Plan Bard Network programming for conferences and intra-network initiatives