Dee Mandiyan - Center for Justice Innovation

Dee Mandiyan (they/them) has been the Senior Program Manager of the Youth Justice Board since 2018. They oversee curriculum development and implementation, partnership building, communications, and Board-led research. At the Center for Court Innovation, Dee is currently a chair of the LGBTQ Working Group, which seeks to improve the Center’s practices and relationships with LGBTQ-identifying clients and employees.

Dee earned their BA in Psychology and English from Amherst College in 2010 and their MA in Human Development and Social Intervention from New York University in 2016. Before joining the Center for Court Innovation, Dee researched the impacts of gender-specific interventions in the juvenile justice system. They also have experience running an LGBTQ student center within the CUNY system, teaching SAT/PSAT prep, and planning events for non-profits.

Dee's Updates

Advancing Procedural Justice

The Center for Court Innovation seeks to advance the idea of procedural justice—encouraging justice agencies to treat individual arrestees, victims, defendants, and litigants with dignity and respect.

Reinvesting in Justice: What Comes Next?

Procedural justice, and its intersections with race, policing, and justice system legitimacy, was a major theme of our summit on criminal justice challenges and innovative reform efforts.

Celebrating a ‘Laboratory of Reform’

The Red Hook Community Justice Center celebrated 15 years of justice reform this week with a party at the Brooklyn Museum.

New Training Resources on the National Drug Court Online Learning System

The Center for Court Innovation is pleased to announce the release of new training resources on the National Drug Court Online Learning System.