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Maya Kornberg
Maya Kornberg (born 1991) is an American political scientist and commentator. A senior research fellow and manager in the Brennan Center's Elections and Government Program, she is the author of Inside Congressional Committees: Function and Dysfunction in Lawmaking, published by Columbia University Press[1][2][3] In December 2024, Kornberg launched a campaign to unseat New York City Councilwoman Shahana Hanif in New York City's 39th City Council district.[4][5] She has lived in Brooklyn for more than six years.[6] Early life and educationKornberg is originally from Northern California with family roots in New York.[6] She is the daughter of Roger D. Kornberg, a Nobel laureate in Chemistry, and the granddaughter of Arthur Kornberg, a Nobel laureate in Medicine.[7][8] As a student at Stanford University in 2013, she received a fellowship award to study in Israel for the summer.[9] She had previously studied for a year at the Nahshon academy at Kibbutz Shoval in the northern Negev, where she started an environmental initiative mobilizing pre-military academies to lobby the Knesset.[8] She received a BA from Stanford University, a MPA from Columbia University and a PhD from Oxford University.[1] CareerKornberg is Senior Research Fellow and Manager at the NYU Brennan Center for Justice. She has worked on democratic governance issues at nonprofits, international organizations, think tanks, and academic institutions. She has held positions at the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), NYU Govlab, and Public Agenda. Kornberg has also taught undergraduate and graduate political science courses at NYU, Georgetown, Oxford, and American University.[1][5] Kornberg's commentary has appeared in The Washington Post, NPR, BBC, CSPAN, and Newsweek, and her work has been cited in The New York Times, Bloomberg News, and MSNBC.[10] in 2023, Kornberg published the book Inside Congressional Committees: Function and Dysfunction in Lawmaking.[11] In her book, she argues that Congressional committees are important and that reinvigorating committee procedures could make the United States Congress more effective.[2] Although she initially did not intend to focus on gender in her research, she realized that women in Congress are not only underrepresented but also lack influence, with limited opportunities for committee leadership roles.[12] On 3 December 2024, Kornberg announced her intention to run for the New York City's 39th City Council district seat against the incumbent, Shahana Hanif in the June 2025 Democrat primary. Personal lifeKornberg is a resident of Park Slope, Brooklyn.[13] She has a son.[14] References
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