I'm currently a PhD candidate in political science at Washington University in St. Louis. I am also an American Academy of University Women 2026-2027 American Doctoral Fellow. 

 

My research examines how violent conflict shapes women’s lives, with a particular focus on household dynamics & fertility decisions. My dissertation investigates how ethnic conflict transforms women’s fertility preferences and family decision-making, arguing that reproduction can become a political act tied to collective survival. Drawing on feminist IR theory, I use cross-national analysis, survey experiments, and qualitative interviews to understand how women navigate the social and political pressures created by conflict.