Fall 2020 | Sonoma County, CA
Generation Housing created the Research Fellows program in 2020 to recognize and support outstanding graduate students whose goal it is to influence the future of housing by pursuing exceptional research in public policy and related fields. In our inaugural year, Generation Housing is excited to be joined by two outstanding fellows, Sharon Jan and Germysha Little, who bring a breadth of experience and insight to the local discussion about how to improve housing affordability for residents of Sonoma County.
It is our ongoing goal to continue to support budding public policy professionals as they make their mark on the world. A warm welcome to this year’s cohort of extraordinary research
fellows!
Sharon Jan | UC Berkeley
Research Area: Equity in Local Public Financing of Affordable Housing
Sharon is a second year MPP student at Goldman School of Public Policy with plans to graduate in 2021. Prior to graduate school, she ran an elementary afterschool program in East Oakland. Her research interests include quantitative methods, spatial analysis, children and family policy, labor policy, and urban policy. She most recently completed a summer internship as an Analyst Intern at the U.S.
Government Accountability Office, where she focused on eligibility verification methods in several low-income programs.
Germysha Little | St. Louis University
Research Area: Development without Displacement
Germysha Little is currently a 1st year Public Health Doctoral Candidate at Saint Louis University in St. Louis, MO. Her academic background includes a Master of Public Health from Texas A&M University and Bachelor of Science in Biology from Tennessee State University. Her research focus is health disparities among maternal and sexual reproductive health. She has research experience in STEM education, teen sexual health, HIV, and maternal mortality.