Prior to joining the Council, Bolotin led communications and research for a Seattle-based nonprofit organization focused on reentry. She also managed a psychology lab at Boston College, supporting cross-cultural research on cooperation and punishment and conducting fieldwork in Huancayo, Peru. Bolotin has worked on justice-related research projects at New York University, the University of Washington, and Yale University, including a multi-site study of the effects of permanent supportive housing for formerly incarcerated individuals. She has contributed to articles appearing in psychology journals such as PLOS One, Developmental Psychology, and the Journal of Experimental Psychology. She received high honors for her undergraduate thesis on racial bias in criminal court juries, which won a Society for Personality and Social Psychology award and was cited by the Connecticut Supreme Court’s Jury Selection Task Force in its 2021 jury reform recommendations.
Bolotin is a Bryce Harlow Foundation fellow and is currently pursuing a Master of Public Affairs at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. She holds a BA in psychology and education from Wesleyan University.
