Ethan Barnes
Ethan Barnes
Ethan Barnes is a senior at Northwestern University studying Political Science from Washington, D.C. He has worked with legislators across six states to pass bipartisan bills on probation and parole reform, including in Illinois and Virginia, as well as raised over $100,000 with grassroots organizations to support criminal justice reform advocacy. In Carlisle, Pennsylvania, he was appointed as one of the youngest-ever Civil Service Commissioners, tasked with police oversight.
At Northwestern, he is a research aide and has conducted funded research on mental health response teams in Washington, D.C., as well as supervised independent research projects evaluating congressional action on police brutality and the evolution of policing in Italy.
In the U.K., Ethan hopes to study degrees in Criminology and Law, after which he will attend Harvard Law School as a Truman Scholar through early admission. Following law school, Ethan aspires to become a federal prosecutor. Outside of the classroom, Ethan enjoys watching the Washington Commanders, cooking, and playing soccer.