Claudia Nmai is a research assistant in the Justice Policy Center at the Urban Institute. She works on research and policy projects related to victimization, victim safety, and responses to harm.

Before joining Urban, Nmai held research positions within the sociology department at Stanford University and conducted an honors thesis in sociology exploring how Black parents across immigration status talk to their children about the potential for police violence. She also interned at the Stanford Center for Racial Justice in the Stanford Law School and worked as a student staff member at the Stanford Women’s Community Center.

Nmai holds a BA in sociology from Stanford University.