Ashley Cooper is a Research Analyst at the Morrison Institute for Public Policy and with the Arizona Research Center for Housing and Economic Solutions (ARCHES). She works on place-based research projects investigating barriers to housing affordability and access in Arizona.
Prior to joining the Morrison Institute, Ashley was a researcher at the Center for Work and Democracy at ASU. She has previously worked as a research fellow with American Friends Service Committee of Arizona and as a legal intern with the ACLU of Arizona.
Ashley earned her Ph.D. in Justice and Social Inquiry in the School of Social Transformation. Her dissertation, titled "'Love and Affection from the House of Correction': A People's History of Organizing for Dignity in Arizona Prisons," explores the evolution of the Parsons v. Ryan class action lawsuit regarding prison medical care, conditions, and solitary confinement from the perspective of imprisoned women through archival, convivial, and historical sources.