Rachel Smith
- GRAIL, Research Operations Manager // Political Science
Office and Contact
Room: BRNG 2263
Email: smit2155@purdue.edu
Rachel is the Research Operations Manager for Purdue University’s Governance and Responsible AI Lab (GRAIL) in the Department of Political Science. Rachel supports the lab’s research operations, project coordination, student and researcher onboarding, administrative processes, and programming. Rachel also helps connect GRAIL’s research on AI governance and responsible AI with collaborators, practitioners, and the broader Purdue community, coordinating initiatives that make rigorous, policy-relevant research more accessible and actionable.