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Dr. Zared Shawver is a Data Scientist at DRC. Zared previously worked at Empirical Creative, where he delivered quantitative analyses that litigators used to understand how potential jurors think about cases and moderated mock trial deliberations. Zared has also developed proprietary computer software to create mathematical models used to make predictions about potential jurors’ decisions that can help select the most favorable juries at trial.

Zared’s academic credentials include a Ph.D. in Cognitive Science with an advanced certificate in Quantitative Methods and Analysis at Stony Brook University, where his research focused on how people think about, are persuaded by, and experience emotions from narratives. He has also earned his M.S. in Psychological Science and B.A. in Psychology from Shippensburg University, where he conducted academic research on jury decision-making and studied legal psychology.