Welcome! I am an Assistant Professor in the School of Government and Public Policy at the University of Arizona. I received my PhD from the Department of Government at Cornell University.  I am also a Research Affiliate with the Gender and Security Sector Lab and the Eliminating Violence Against Women Lab. 

My primary research agenda examines the political causes and consequences of gender-based violence, with an emphasis on women’s political engagement and development in conflict-affected countries. My other work focuses on the role of domestic and international actors on violence and the intersection of gender, public opinion, and civic engagement. Across my research, I use large-scale administrative data, original survey experiments, in-depth fieldwork, and historical case studies to examine how gender and violence shape interactions with the political world.

‍Previously, I was a Dean’s Research Associate in the Department of Political Science at Michigan State University; a Research Fellow in the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School; a Predoctoral Fellow with the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at the University of California, San Diego;  a USIP-Minerva Peace and Security Scholar; and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow.