José Javier is an Applied Empirical Researcher for the department of Empirical Research Services at Harvard Law School. He is also a PhD candidate in Political Science and International Relations at the University of Southern California (USC). His research interests include political representation, political institutions, race and ethnicity, policing, voting rights, computational social science, and political methodology.
Methodologically, he applies advanced analytical techniques to study elite political behavior and the dynamics of legislative institutions. His expertise spans artificial intelligence—particularly machine learning and natural language processing—alongside statistical inference methods such as causal, descriptive, and predictive analysis. He holds a Master of Public Policy from USC’s Sol Price School of Public Policy and a B.A in Political Science from California State University, Long Beach.