Dr. Tauheeda Yasin is an interdisciplinary scholar whose research is at the intersection of social inequality, policy, and justice. Through community engagement and data analysis, she brings a unique perspective to issues related to legal system change.

Tauheeda Yasin is currently an ACLS Community Engagement Postdoctoral Fellow with the Initiative for Law, Societies, and Justice at the University of Texas at Austin. She is actively involved in the Home to Texas (H2TX) project on judicial decision-making, funded by an Arnold Ventures grant, and other research initiatives in the Austin area.

Her forthcoming book project, “Out of the Poorhouse and Into Prosperity: Redesigning Public Safety Funding for a Just Future” explores the historical connection between mass incarceration and the poorhouse/workhouse system and highlights opportunities for new approaches to justice infrastructure for more prosperous communities.

Dr. Yasin’s research interests lie in interdisciplinary approaches to understanding social phenomena and making data accessible for analysis. She takes on the role of a data archaeologist, working with historical and fragmented data, including those that have not been digitized. By employing mixed methods, such as qualitative interviews and modern social mapping, she aims to unravel the complexities of the carceral industries in the US and internationally.

She holds a Ph.D. in Cultural Studies from George Mason University, along with an M.S. in Education, and a B.A. in Liberal Arts (Public Policy and Film concentrations) from Sarah Lawrence College.