CV
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Education
- BA in Economics, UC Davis, 2017 (with highest honor)
- MA in Sociology, UC Davis, 2019
- PhD in Sociology with emphasis in Computational Social Science, UC Davis (expected August 2023)
Research Experience
- Spring 2022 - Present: Graduate Student Researcher
- CA Department of Justice (DOJ), Research Center
- Spring 2017 - Present: Researcher
- California Health Policy Strategies (CalHPS)
- Fall 2018 - Winter 2019: Graduate Student Researcher
- UC Davis, Professor of Sociology Caitlin Patler
- UC Davis, Global Migration Center (GMC)
- Summer 2019: Research Fellow
- California Policy Lab (CPL), UC Berkeley
- Summer 2018: Graduate Student Researcher
- UC Davis, Professor of Law Andrea Chandrasekher
- Summer 2016: Research Assistant
- Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)
Data Analysis and High-Level Programming Skills
- Stata
- R
- SQL
- SAS
- Excel
- Tableau
- GIS
Academic Research Publications (Peer-Reviewed)
Patler, Caitlin, Altaf Saadi, Maria-Elena De Trinidad Young, Konrad Franco. (2021). “Release from US immigration detention may improve physical and psychological stress and health: Results from a two-wave panel study in California.” SSM-Mental Health. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmmh.2021.100035
Franco, Konrad, Caitlin Patler, and Keramet Reiter. (2020). “Punishing Status and the Punishment Status Quo: Solitary Confinement in U.S. Immigration Prisons, 2013-2017.” Punishment and Society. doi: 10.1177/1462474520967804
Franco, Konrad and Ryken Grattet. (2019). “The Effect of Strain, Affect, and Personal/Social Resources on Problem Substance Use among Incarcerated and Non-Incarcerated Youth.” Deviant Behavior. doi: 10.1080/01639625.2019.1603539
Other Research Publications (Not Peer-Reviewed)
Franco, Konrad. “The Overdose Crisis in California: 2017-2021.” California Health Policy Strategies. https://perma.cc/XNT2-XHMZ
Franco, Konrad. “Trends in California Drug Overdose Deaths, 2015-2019.” California Health Policy Strategies. https://perma.cc/8FED-JZFK
Franco, Konrad. “An Analysis of Mental Health Cases and Psychotropic Medication Prescriptions in California Jails, 2009-2019.” California Health Policy Strategies. https://perma.cc/2YMX-3WE9
David Panush, Dave Meyers, and Konrad Franco. “Shifting the Paradigm for Mental Health Diversion: The Impact and Opportunity of AB 1810 and SB 215.” California Health Policy Strategies. https://perma.cc/32MF-2BYW
Franco, Konrad, David Panush, and David Maxwell-Jolly. “Criminal Justice System Involvement and Mental Illness Among the Unsheltered Homeless in California.” California Health Policy Strategies Reentry Health Project. https://perma.cc/82UD-PGPX
Franco, Konrad. “New Funding Opportunities for Reentry and Justice-Involved Individuals: Mental Health, Housing, and Diversion.” California Health Policy Strategies Reentry Health Project. https://perma.cc/6V6B-5WEU
Franco, Konrad. “Adult Reentry Grant: Overview and Recommendations for Implementation.” California Health Policy Strategies. https://perma.cc/B4Z9-7XN8
Franco, Konrad, David Panush, and David Maxwell-Jolly. “Whole Person Care Pilots Focusing on the Reentry Population: An Overview.” California Health Policy Strategies Reentry Health Project. https://perma.cc/WD3T-CAGZ
Franco, Konrad, David Panush, and David Maxwell-Jolly. “How Many Incarcerated Individuals Received Psychotropic Medication in California Jails: 2012-2017.” California Health Policy Strategies Reentry Health Project. https://perma.cc/22NE-VNTQ
Panush, David, Bruce Wagstaff, David Maxwell-Jolly, Elizabeth Salazar, Sharon Jackson, Diana Recouvreur, Zach Psick, and Konrad Franco. “Reentry Health Policy Project: Meeting the Serious Health and Behavioral Needs of Prison and Jail Inmates Returning to the Community.” https://perma.cc/XPM6-MPEX
Awards
- Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy Fellowship (Dissertation Award)
- Richard A McGee AJI Graduate Student Award (Dissertation Award)
- Beyond the Barriers, UC Davis, Research Award (Paper Award)
- Cloggs Scholarship Awardee, ICPSR
- Honorable Mention, Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship
- Outstanding Senior Commendation, Economics Department
- International Economics Honors Society (Omicron Delta Epsilon)
- Dean’s Honor List, University of California-Davis College of Letters & Science