A Conversation with Caltech's Jonathan N. Katz: State Redistricting Impacts Around the Nation

Please join us on Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at 1:00pm Pacific for the next episode of Election Science Office Hours, a webinar series presented by the Caltech Election Integrity Project and moderated by R. Michael Alvarez, PhD, Flintridge Foundation Professor of Political and Computational Social Science at Caltech and Co-Director, Linde Center for Science, Society, and Policy (LCSSP).

In this episode, Professors Alvarez and Katz will discuss the impact of various state redistricting processes throughout the country, with an emphasis on California and Texas.

Jonathan N. Katz is the Kay Sugahara Professor of Social Sciences and Statistics at Caltech. His research lies at the intersection of political science, economics, and statistics and focuses primarily on the development of statistical methods for the social sciences and their empirical applications, particularly to elections and other public policy questions.

In addition to his academic work, Katz has been involved in a number of start-up companies and has a long-standing statistical consulting practice focused primarily on providing expertise in election law cases. He has been involved in more than 50 cases in both state and Federal court over two decades, including several that were ultimately decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Professor Katz received his SB in applied mathematics from MIT and his PhD jointly in economics and political science at the University of California, San Diego. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University and was previously on the faculty of the University of Chicago before moving to Caltech.

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