Lian BenzResume

Ghost Daughters and Bar Girls

Negotiating Marginal Womanhood in Taiwan

Lian BenzThe ScholaSeptember 2025

An exploration of how Buddhist nuns and sex workers in Taiwan challenge prevailing definitions of Taiwanese womanhood by existing outside the expected familial and gendered life trajectory rooted in Confucian ideals.

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The Demographics Behind SAT Performance

An Analysis of New York City Public Schools

Lian Benz & Zoe TzaivragosData Science for Social ImpactMay 2025

A data-driven investigation into the socioeconomic and demographic factors that drive SAT score disparities across New York City public schools.

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Universal Basic Income

How America Could Finally Become the True Land of Opportunity

Lian BenzAvenues: The World SchoolJanuary 2025

An argument for UBI as a structural remedy to entrenched inequality in the United States, examining its economic viability and social implications.

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Pathways to Opportunity

A Moving to Opportunity Program for Harlem, NY

Lian Benz, Zoe Tziavragos & Sophie RaglanHousing PolicyDecember 2024

A policy proposal adapting the Moving to Opportunity framework to address concentrated poverty and limited mobility in Harlem, with concrete implementation recommendations.

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