I am a Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science at Washington University in St. Louis and a 2026–2027 American Association of University Women (AAUW) American Dissertation Fellow. My work has been invited to revise & resubmit at CMPS. I am a recipient of both the 2026 Dean’s Award for Graduate Research Excellence and the Dean's Award for Graduate Teaching Excellence. In addition, my research has been supported by the APSA Centennial Center, the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy, and the Department of Political Science at Washington University in St. Louis.
I study how conflict and identity shape gendered political behavior, with a particular focus on how violence transforms women’s lives, families, and political participation. Drawing on feminist political theory and mixed-methods research, my work examines how armed conflict reshapes household decision-making, identity, and collective action across contemporary and historical contexts. Through cross-national analyses, survey experiments, qualitative interviews, and computational approaches, I seek to better understand the everyday political consequences of war that extend beyond the battlefield.
