Jared Schachner

Jared Schachner is a doctoral student in Sociology & Social Policy at Harvard University. Originally from Los Angeles, Jared received a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in Philosophy, Politics & Economics and Urban Studies. After Penn, he spent four years as a management consultant at the Monitor Group, where he advised nonprofit and for-profit clients, including the United Negro College Fund, INROADS, and Friendship Public Charter School, in crafting strategic plans to amplify their social impact.Jared conducts research at the intersection of urban sociology and educational policy, exploring how educational interventions propel or impede economic opportunity within low-income urban communities. His writings have been published in the Annual Review of Sociology and RSF: Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences.