Max is a Truman Scholar from Alabama reading for an MPhil in Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation at the University of Oxford. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Washington University in St. Louis in Psychology, Neuroscience, and Philosophy (with Latin Honors) as a William H. Danforth Scholar. During his time at WashU, Max co-founded a social impact consulting firm, Kuleana Consulting. He also worked as a Research Assistant at WashU studying mental representations of racism across the political spectrum and the University of Pennsylvania developing event-processing models for people with depression. Max was selected as a Stern Family Civic Scholar, which supported his work developing a psychological well-being intervention program for incarcerated individuals.
Max’s current work includes consulting on the design and development digital mental wellness projects for start-ups and social enterprises, conducting original research on the development of a trauma-resiliency program for first responders in LMIC’s, and developing an application for managing autonomic chronic illnesses. He currently serves as an Editor of both the Journal of Inequality Research and The Oxford Graduate Inequality Review.
