Evan DeFilippis

Evan DeFilippis is a PhD Student in Organizational Behavior and Psychology at Harvard. His primary research interests involve persuasion, conflict resolution, and behavioral economics. He graduated from Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School with a Masters in Public Administration with a focus on Development Economics. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a triple degree in Economics, Political Science, and Psychology. He was the University of Oklahoma's valedictorian in 2012, he is one of the nation's few Harry S. Truman Scholars based on his commitment to public service, and is a David L. Boren Critical Languages scholar.

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Guns and Children: A Tragic Combination

Jun 20, 2014, 1:23 PM 33

I have a new article out in Slate Magazine, one of the most shared columns in the last several months.  It is reproduced below. Co-authored with Devin Hughes Caroline Sparks was 2 years old. Her 5-year-old brother was playing nearby…

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Why Stop-and-Frisk Does Not Work

Apr 16, 2014, 8:03 AM 6

The Inconsistency of Our Outrage The stop-and-frisk debate is instructive in that it spotlights the inconsistency in outrage that both conservatives and liberals display over the violation of constitutional rights. Many conservatives appear completely insensitive to the empirical reality…

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Having a Gun in the House Doesn’t Make a Woman Safer

Feb 24, 2014, 6:21 AM 4

Apologies for the long delay between posts.  I was working on getting an article published in the Atlantic, and it got through today! Read the latest article here: http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/02/having-a-gun-in-the-house-doesnt-make-a-woman-safer/284022/ It examines the most recent data on firearms ownership and its…

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