I am an International Security Program Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center, a USIP-Minerva Peace and Security Fellow, and a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at Northwestern University, where I will defend my dissertation in Spring 2025. I am also a Research Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Women and Public Policy Program, a Dissertation Fellow at the Buffett Institute for Global Affairs, and the International Relations Editorial Assistant for Perspectives on Politics, where I read and assess all IR submissions for publication. I was a former SSHRC Doctoral Fellow and a Graduate Research Fellow at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School.

My research has been published in the American Political Science Review and the Extractive Industries and Society. 

I work at the intersection of international relations and comparative politics, focusing on peace and security, and gender and politics. I specialize in women’s representation in peace negotiations. I question how gendered power dynamics influence peace negotiation outcomes for women and test the conditions under which women secure substantive outcomes. My multi-method research employs statistical analysis, randomized controlled trial experiments, text analysis, process tracing, and case study research.

I earned an M.A. in Political Science and a B.A. in Geography and International Relations from the University of British Columbia. I have worked as a Gender Specialist with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Kosovo and as a Gender Consultant for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Ghana. I strive to advance gender equality and Women, Peace and Security policy through research.

Header Photo: Traditional land of the Líl̓wat Nation