Raymond has been working with the History Lab since 2017. Before starting at Columbia, he was the Statistical Programmer for the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance at Princeton University. His research interests include monetary policy, trade policy, and statistics, and his work has appeared in the Journal of Politics, International Organization, and the British Journal of Political Science, among other journals.
Matthew Connelly is the History Lab's principal investigator and a professor of international and global history at Columbia.
He received his B.A. from Columbia and his Ph.D. from Yale. His publications include A Diplomatic Revolution: Algeria's Fight for Independence and the Origins of the Post-Cold War Era, which won five prizes, and Fatal Misconception: The Struggle to Control World Population, an Economist and Financial Times book of the year, and most recently The Declassification Engine. He has provided commentary on international affairs for The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Le Monde, and has hosted radio documentaries for BBC Radio.
Benjamin joined the History Lab as its Data Engineer in 2019. Before starting at Columbia, he worked in data management in finance and banking. Benjamin has also taught as an adjunct in the Applied Analytics department of Columbia's School of Professional Studies. He has a B.S. from Montclair State University and an M.S. from Stevens Institute of Technology.