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Welcome! I am a PhD Candidate in the Department of Government at Cornell University and a Research Fellow in the Women and Public Policy Program at the Harvard Kennedy School.
My research interests include gender and politics, social movements, civic engagement, and public opinion in Latin America and the United States. My dissertation project explores formal and informal institutional change through the lens of abortion activism and policy implementation in Argentina, Colombia, and Costa Rica. I use semi-structured interviews, focus groups, and a cross-national survey to explore the evolution of informal institutions among healthcare professionals and the public (i.e., norms and hierarchies), and to show how expanding access to abortion informally can be a precursor to formal institutional change (i.e., policy and legal reform). In addition to my dissertation research, I have an active research agenda that employs my comparative and survey research training to explore questions related to civic engagement, public opinion, and gender in Latin America and the United States. I also collaborate on research into women's experiences in peace and security operations with the Gender and Security Sector Lab. My work is published or forthcoming in Comparative Politics; Perspectives on Politics; Politics, Groups, and Identities; and International Studies Perspectives, among other venues. I have received generous research support from the American Political Science Association, the American Council of Learned Societies, the Center on Global Democracy, the Einaudi Center for International Studies, and the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research. I hold a B.A. with Honors in International Relations from William & Mary. |
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