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Meet the Team
University of Chicago
Christopher R. Berry
Faculty Lead
Christopher R. Berry is the William J. and Alicia Townsend Friedman Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy and the College and director of the Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation at the University of Chicago. He was the inaugural director of the Center for Municipal Finance and is a current faculty affiliate. Professor Berry's research interests include American politics, metropolitan governance, municipal finance, and intergovernmental fiscal relations. He is the author of Imperfect Union: Representation and Taxation in Multilevel Governments , winner of the Best Book Award in Urban Politics from the American Political Science Association, Theory and Credibility (with Scott Ashworth and Ethan Bueno de Mesquita), and many other scholarly publications. Professor Berry's research has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Chicago Tribune, Crain's Chicago Business, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver , and many other outlets. Professor Berry is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. For access to Professor Berry's writings, please visit his research website . To learn more about his research on property tax fairness, visit www.propertytaxproject.uchicago.edu .
Eric Langowski
Senior Data Scientist
Eric Langowski is a Senior Data Scientist at the Mansueto Institute. He is also a senior data scientist for local government and has previously worked at the city, county, state, and federal levels of government. His work with University of Chicago Professor Christopher Berry on property taxes has been featured in numerous publications including the New York Times, Washington Post, and Bloomberg News. He has in the past worked with the Coalition for Property Tax Justice and as an adjunct lecturer at the University of Illinois Chicago. Eric holds a Master of Science in Computational Analysis & Public Policy from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Indiana University.
Divij Sinha
Research Engineer
Divij Sinha earned an MS in Computational Analysis and Public Policy (MS CAPP) from the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy and is a research engineer with the Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation. Before this, he has spent time working at the intersection of urban policy research and practice at the Urban Informatics Lab at the Indian Institute of Human Settlements. He has worked across themes like domestic work, employment, child and maternal health, and, migration.
Anoushka Gehani
Data Fellow
Bio coming soon.
Kalysa Blunt
Data Fellow
Bio coming soon.
Sarah Hussain
Data Fellow
Bio coming soon.
Chicago Sun-Times
Stephanie Zimmerman
Reporter
Bio coming soon.