assistant professor of public policy @UNC Chapel Hill | ex-data scientist @codeforamerica | Data for Good Roundtables co-founder
https://jaeyk.github.io
Jae Yeon Kim
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My favorite policy book of the year is Reform as Process (Columbia University Press 2026) by Martin Williams from Michigan.
I wrote a post on why I think this book deserves a wide audience, including scholars, students, and practitioners.
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My favorite policy book of the year is Reform as Process: Implementing Change in Public Bureaucracies by Martin Williams, Associate Professor of Organizational Studies at the University of Michigan.
As agentic AI rapidly transforms internet infrastructure, how do we ensure disabled people's needs are not displaced? In a new article by me and @frank.computer, we argue that accessibility must not be treated as an incidental benefit of rapid AI expansion.
Read below:
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Chicago from the air
Typo: parenting!
Research is not only about scientific discovery, but also about craftsmanship, especially writing. Here are my three very opinionated favorites on this subject. What are yours?
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
Working by Robert Caro
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
DC folks: I’ll be in town this week from Wednesday late afternoon through Friday noon. If you’re in the area and want to catch up, connect, or just chat, please feel free to reach out!
New from me.
Painting is a gift. Life is broken and fragile. You may be born with birth defects. You may lose your father far earlier than you expected. Still, you have a second chance. Still, you can find meaning and recover joy.
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New from me.
To Improve Policy, Play the Whole Game.
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Jae Yeon Kim
AI companies are now getting accommodations that disabled people spent decades fighting for. Jonathan Zong and Frank Elavsky argue this reflects a broader pattern, where accessibility gains become politically possible only once industry needs the same changes.
Jae Yeon Kim
The APSA Pres Task Force on AI, Politics, & Political Science's report comes in the form of an edited volume identifying questions & establishing a foundation for the empirical study of how politics & governance are affected by AI. Check out these early chapter drafts: shorturl.at/cMZzI #polisky
Jonathan Zong and Frank Elavsky critique how AI-driven infrastructure changes obscure accessibility and reveal whose needs society chooses to prioritize.
