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 responsible AI, inequality, and the use of computational methods to advance decision-making and policy across a variety of domains, including in healthcare, lending, criminal justice, and education.

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

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

April 2026
Honored to receive a dissertation research grant from the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy.
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