Jasmine Olivier-McGregor

Dr. Jasmine Nicole Olivier-McGregor is a researcher at AIR. Dr. Olivier-McGregor is a qualitative researcher with a passion for community-oriented research aimed at producing substantive change for communities experiencing economic, social, and racial injustice. Her research sits at the intersection of urban poverty and inequality, criminal justice, and housing instability.

Dr. Olivier-McGregor’s primary responsibilities include qualitative analysis and implementation evaluation for projects examining topics such as juvenile justice diversion, restorative justice-based school discipline, and violence intervention. Through her applied research, Olivier-McGregor has engaged diverse public safety, housing, and education stakeholders, including community-based organizations, direct service providers, educators and school administrators, police officers, public housing staff, local government officials, and youth and families with lived expertise.

Prior to joining AIR, Dr. Olivier-McGregor was a researcher at Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago where she led the process evaluation of criminal justice and housing justice direct cash transfer programs based in San Francisco and New York City. In addition, Olivier-McGregor has conducted original research on a reimagined public safety that highlights community-centered violence intervention strategies, particularly within directly impacted, historically marginalized communities.

Olivier-McGregor held a previous appointment as a visiting research science fellow at the Center for Policing Equity, and currently serves as a senior research advisor to Campaign Zero, a nonprofit committed to ending police violence.