
Meet the Yale Youth Poll Team
Get to know the team of America’s largest poll studying youth, run by youth
Milan Singh, Director
Milan Singh is the founder and Director of the Yale Youth Poll. Originally from Cambridge, Massachusetts, he is a junior in Pierson majoring in Economics. He has previously worked as a researcher at Slow Boring; a data science fellow at Decision Desk HQ; and social policy intern at the Niskanen Center. This past summer, he worked as a consultant for Blueprint, and WelcomePAC. Outside of the classroom, he is one of the Opinion Editors for the Yale Daily News.

Jack L. Dozier, Deputy Director
Jack L. Dozier serves as the Deputy Director of the Yale Youth Poll, from Charlottesville, VA. In this role, Jack leads the operations and communications teams. He is majoring in Political Science, with a focus in American Government. Jack serves in a number of leadership roles with three on-campus organizations and is on two University committees. He holds an opinion column in the Yale Daily News, where he writes about national political movements. Jack is a sophomore in Saybrook College.

Zachary Donnini, Lead Data Scientist
Zachary Donnini is the Lead Data Scientist of the Yale Youth Poll. He is a senior in Silliman majoring in Statistics & Data Science and Economics from Champaign, Illinois. Zachary has worked on the Data Science and Race Call teams at Decision Desk HQ (a non-partisan election results and analysis firm) since 2022 and works on pre-election forecasting and election night modeling. He shares his thoughts on elections and politics on his personal substack, Data and Divergence.

Karla Cortes, Communications Director
Karla Cortes is the Communications Director for the Yale Youth Poll and supports the data team. From Woodstock, Georgia, she is a sophomore in Silliman College majoring in Political Science, focusing on American Politics and serving marginalized communities. She is also the Student Policy & Affairs reporter for the Yale Daily News and worked with the Yale Policy Institute to study student experiences with anti-CRT legislation in partnership with the National Civil Rights Museum.

Arjun Warrior, Data Scientist
Arjun Warrior is a Data Scientist with the Yale Youth Poll. He is a junior majoring in History from Irvine, CA and is in Timothy Dwight College. Arjun is passionate about democratic theory, public policy, and left-wing social movements. He has worked in organizing, policy, and speechwriting for progressive campaigns and elected officials in California. He enjoys cooking, poetry, and soccer.

Liam Richardson, Data Scientist
Liam Richardson works on experimental design and data analysis for the Yale Youth Poll. Originally from Phoenix, AZ, Liam is a junior in Pierson College studying Statistics & Data Science with an interdisciplinary focus on political attitudes. Outside of the YYP, Liam is passionate about singing: currently, he sings with the Yale Glee Club, and he previously sang with the Whiffenpoofs and Spizzwinks(?). He also works for the Poorvu Writing Center and hosts a weekly radio show.


Professor Josh Kalla, Advisor
Joshua Kalla is the Advisor to the Yale Youth Poll and an Associate Professor of Political Science at Yale University, with a secondary appointment in Statistics and Data Science. He received his PhD in Political Science from UC Berkeley. His research focuses on political persuasion, prejudice reduction, and decision-making among voters and political elites, using randomized field experiments. Kalla is the author of over twenty peer-reviewed scholarly essays on American politics. His research has been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR, and other outlets. He has conducted experiments with the Analyst Institute, CREDO Action, the Los Angeles LGBT Center, NextGen America, Planned Parenthood, and other civic and political groups.