Grady Yuthok Short is a research associate in the Brennan Center's Elections and Government Program, where he focuses on political violence, money in politics, and congressional capacity. He previously worked as a communications intern for the office of Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and the Seattle Office of Sustainability and Environment.
Short graduated magna cum laude from Williams College with a BA in political science and mathematics. While there, he served as an executive editor and features editor for the Williams Record and provided research assistance on projects related to food stamp eligibility in California and inequality in late-20th-century New York City. He spent a year as a visiting student at the University of Oxford, where he primarily studied legal theory and the political economy of the United Kingdom.