JEDI Governance

Julia Bottesini (she/her) is JEDI’s Community Manager and an independent meta-researcher. Since graduating with a PhD in Psychology and Metascience from UC Davis, Julia has spent her time trying to improve scientific publishing, in both gentle and radical ways. At JEDI, Julia is responsible for day-to-day operations, member management, event planning, and data analysis, as well as supporting long-term strategic initiatives. In her non-JEDI time, Julia’s other projects include helping the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) run smoothly; and starting a PCI for Psychology.

Priya Silverstein (they/she) is JEDI’s Associate Director and a postdoctoral researcher for thePsychological Science Accelerator, a globally distributed network of researchers that pool intellectual and material resources to accelerate the accumulation of rigorous knowledge in psychological science. At JEDI, Priya is responsible for long-term strategic initiatives, leads on writing, and often represents JEDI at events. They are also the current President of the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science!

Sebastian Karcher (he/him) is JEDI’s Director, as well as Director of the Qualitative Data Repository and the Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry, and a Research Associate Professor of Political Science at Syracuse University. His main research interests are in research transparency, management and curation of qualitative data, and the interaction of technology and scholarship. He works closely with Priya, Julia, and the advisory board in shaping JEDI’s strategic direction. Sebastian is also actively engaged in the editorial process as an associate editor at the American Political Science Review and a member of Datacite’s technical steering group.