Crystal S. Yang is the Bennett Boskey Professor at Harvard Law School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, where she co-directs the Crime Working Group. Her teaching and research focus on empirical law and economics, particularly within the criminal justice system and algorithmic fairness. Yang’s recent research projects explore issues such as racial bias in the criminal justice system, the role of human oversight in algorithms, the spillover effects of deportation fear, and healthcare delivery in correctional facilities. Her work has been published in leading economics journals and law reviews and has been featured in prominent media outlets including The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and The Economist, and has even been cited by the U.S. Supreme Court. Yang has received several awards for her contributions to legal scholarship, including the American Law Institute’s Early Career Scholars Medal and the Harvard Law School’s Sacks-Freund Award for Teaching Excellence. In 2014-2015, she served as a Special Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Massachusetts. Yang is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School (J.D., 2013) and holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University (2013), fueled by a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Additionally, she earned an A.B. in Economics and an A.M. in Statistics from Harvard University in 2008, graduating summa cum laude.