Ben Kinder

Ben Kinder

Ben Kinder

  • CDDRL Honors Student, 2025-26

Biography

Major: Public Policy and Data Science & Social Systems
Minor: Jewish Studies
Hometown: Mercer Island, Washington 
Thesis Advisor: Hakeem Jefferson

Tentative Thesis Title: The Impact of Electoral Systems on Political Representation

Future aspirations post-Stanford: After Stanford, I'm planning on pursuing a Ph.D. in the social sciences.

A fun fact about yourself: I play the French Horn in the Stanford Wind Symphony!

In The News

Students and faculty pose in front of the Lincoln Memorial during Honors College in Washington, D.C.
Blogs

Honors College 2025 Day 3: Policy, Practice, and the Persistence of Democracy

This is the third story in a series of blog posts written by the Fisher Family Honors Program class of 2026 detailing their experiences in Washington, D.C., for CDDRL's annual Honors College.
Honors College 2025 Day 3: Policy, Practice, and the Persistence of Democracy
CDDRL Fisher Family Honors Class of 2026
News

Introducing Our 2025-26 CDDRL Honors Students

We are thrilled to welcome twelve outstanding students, who together represent fourteen different majors and minors and hail from seven different states and four countries, to our Fisher Family Honors Program in Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law.
Introducing Our 2025-26 CDDRL Honors Students