Savannah Hunter
Senior Researcher at UC Berkeley Labor Center
Berkeley, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSavannah Hunter is a sociologist and senior researcher at the UC Berkeley Labor Center with eight years of applied research experience on job quality, working conditions, and racial and gender inequities in low-wage industries. She designs and leads research and technical assistance projects that translate academic insight into labor policy and practical workplace interventions. Trained with a PhD in Sociology from UC Davis and bilingual in Spanish, she blends rigorous quantitative and qualitative methods with community-engaged practice. Her background includes teaching undergraduate courses on work and employment and producing actionable training materials—such as a bilingual Valley fever prevention guide for construction workers. Known for bridging academic, nonprofit, and public health partners, she brings a clear focus on making research useful to workers and policymakers. Colleagues describe her as a pragmatic scholar who moves from data to deployable solutions.
7 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Sociology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Sociology at University of California, DavisBachelor’s Degree, Psychology - Concentration in Industrial and Organizational, 4.0, Bachelor’s Degree, Psychology - Concentration in Industrial and Organizational, 4.0 at University of Nebraska at Omaha
Spanish, English
Github Skills (3)
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Carceral-Ecologies/Carceral-OSHA-Data
Feb 2020 - May 2021
Contributions:2 releases, 53 commits, 14 PRs in 1 year 3 months
savannahmhunter/STRIDE_temporary_jobs_project
Jul 2018 - Aug 2018
Contributions:21 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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