Vera Institute of Justice

Taline Agamy is a research associate with Vera’s Restoring Promise initiative, which works to develop prison housing units that are rooted in human dignity and restorative justice. She has been a key research team member in Colorado, North Dakota, and South Carolina. Taline leads data management, analysis, and reporting on mentee selection and restorative response tracking data management for units in North Dakota and South Carolina.

Before joining Vera in 2021, Taline worked as a program assistant at the International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Program at Columbia University, where she conducted community-based clinical studies to understand the medical, social, and economic impacts of COVID-19 in the South Bronx.

Taline holds a BA in political science from Saint Peter’s University and a master’s degree in business analytics from Sacred Heart University.