Ian James

Ian James is a Graduate Student Researcher at the Possibility Lab. He was born and raised in San Francisco and earned his bachelor’s degree in anthropology and international relations from Tufts University in 2018. After graduation, he returned to SF and began working in electoral and community organizing focused on the human right to adequate housing. He managed the successful re-election campaign for District Supervisor Dean Preston in 2020, advocated for increased funding for housing subsidies as the organizing director at the Coalition on Homelessness, and piloted new civic engagement programs at GLIDE as the Community Engagement Manager. 

He continues to be interested in deeply affordable housing, civic engagement, and criminal legal reform. Outside of work, he enjoys reading, cooking, playing soccer, and learning new languages.