Matt Saleh

Matthew Saleh, J.D., Ph.D., is Director of Research at the Criminal Justice and Employment Initiative (CJEI). Matt’s research focuses on career pathways and workforce development for youth with barriers to employment, such as justice involvement. At Cornell, Matt teaches undergraduate courses in the disability studies program and a course in the Government Department on mass incarceration in the United States. With CJEI, Matt has funding from the New York State Legislature, NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS), and Department of Labor to deliver trainings on legal requirements for employers related to hiring people with criminal convictions. Matt has been a Principal Investigator (PI) on numerous federal justice innovation and reform grants from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Justice, Department of Labor, and more.