Biz Herman
Dr. Biz Herman is a Researcher at Switchboard and Principal Investigator on the Annual Survey of Refugee Service Providers. She has more than a decade of experience in multi-method research, statistical analysis, data visualization, programming, and multi-media storytelling. Her research and reporting has focused on a range of topics: women in Congress, trauma and war, 9/11 in history textbooks, ethical research practices, undercover anti-abortion activists, NYC block parties, historical photographs, historic road trips, and more. Biz’s primary academic research examines how psychological trauma impacts social cohesion and political participation in populations affected by crises. Her dissertation won the Best Dissertation Award from the Political Psychology section of the American Political Science Association. Prior to joining Switchboard, she served as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perry World House as part of the Borders and Boundaries Project. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California–Berkeley. More information is available at her website at www.bizherman.com.