Jordan Mickens is a second-year PhD student in the Management of Organizations group at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, where he received the Chancellor's Fellowship.

Under the guidance of Dr. Drew Jacoby-Senghor and Dr. Sa-kiera Tiarra Jolynn Hudson, his research focuses on misperceptions of poverty, inequality, and social mobility. Additionally, he explore interventions to increase support for equity-based initiatives in organizations – including educational and political organizations – specifically addressing: how can we increase support for equity- and welfare-enhancing policy?

Prior to UC Berkeley, he earned his Masters in Public Affairs from the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University where he studied domestic politics, poverty alleviation, and welfare policy.

Before his graduate school journey, he worked in public education, first as a high school teacher and basketball coach in Oakland, CA, and then in edTech supporting public school districts across the US with issues related to technology access. During the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, he worked in local government at the Office of the Oakland Mayor where he lead the #OaklandUndivided campaign to close the digital divide for all students in need in Oakland.