Darshan Goux

Darshan Goux works at the intersection of policy making and the lived experiences of the people impacted by those policies. An experienced strategist with expertise in public opinion, research, and strategy development on some of the most pressing issues of the twenty-first century, she has served as a team and project leader for nonprofit, corporate, and political organizations around the globe. She is the director for American Institutions, Society, and the Public Good program at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, where she currently oversees projects to reinvent the nation’s democratic, economic, and justice systems. Under her leadership, the program is spearheading major, multiyear projects comprising diverse, bipartisan, and interdisciplinary groups of the nation’s leading scholars, philanthropists, advocates, and practitioners. Darshan has held positions at IBM, Partners HealthCare, UC Berkeley, and the University of British Columbia and has advised the campaigns of regional and national candidates and parties in the U.S. and overseas. She holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Berkeley, and a B.A. from Yale University.

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