Kayse Lee Maass, PhD
Affiliation: Northeastern University
Dr. Kayse Lee Maass is an Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering and leads the Operations Research and Social Justice Lab at Northeastern University. Prior to joining Northeastern, she earned a PhD in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan and completed her postdoctoral studies in the Department of Health Sciences Research at the Mayo Clinic where she continues to hold a research appointment. Dr. Maass’s research focuses on operations research methodology to address access and equity issues within human trafficking, mental health, housing, and food justice contexts. This includes determining how to most effectively allocate limited resources to disrupt human trafficking networks, increase access to services for survivors, and assess the efficacy of coordination among anti-human trafficking stakeholders. Dr. Maass’s research is supported by multiple federal grants, centers interdisciplinary survivor-informed expertise, and has informed local, national, and international policy and operational decisions.
Research Interests:
Labor Trafficking
Sex Trafficking
Trafficking operations
Trafficking networks
Community-based research
Effective disruptions and interventions
Improving access to services
Systems-based approach
Homelessness and food insecurity
Mathematical Modeling, Operations Research, and Industrial Engineering
Unintended consequences of interventions and policies